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Is .rest safe? The state of .rest domain security
.rest is riskier than the internet average. Across 85,399 graded .rest domains, 95.6% score an F — worse than the 78.3% global average — heavier on exposed domains than the web as a whole. 0.2% earn a B or better. Most .rest domains can still be impersonated in email, but the ending shifts the odds, not your own domain's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
Of 71,236 graded .rest domains, 80.3% earn an F — well above the 73.8% internet-wide average. DMARC enforcement here stands at 6.1% — below the 11.8% census-wide rate.
How do .rest domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .rest domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 1 | 0% |
| A | 13 | 0% |
| B | 165 | 0.2% |
| C | 848 | 1% |
| D | 2,771 | 3.2% |
| F | 81,601 | 95.6% |
Does .rest make a domain secure?
No — and that's the most important thing to know. A domain's grade is decided by how it is configured (SPF, DMARC, HTTPS, DNS), not by its ending. Choosing .rest doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .rest domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .rest safe?
On average, .rest is riskier than the internet average: 95.6% of its 85,399 graded domains score an F as of 2026-08-16, against a 78.3% global average. Most domains on every ending are exposed — the ending shifts the odds, not your own domain's grade.
How secure are .rest domains?
4.4% of .rest domains score above an F and 0.2% earn a B or better. The rest fail the basic externally observable protections, most importantly enforced SPF and DMARC, so they can be impersonated in email.
Does choosing .rest make my domain secure?
No. A domain's grade comes from how it is configured — SPF, DMARC, HTTPS, DNS — not from its ending. A well-configured domain earns an A on any ending; an unconfigured one sits at F on .rest too.
What does "grade F" mean for a .rest domain?
It fails the basic protections we can observe from outside — above all, it has no enforced SPF and DMARC, so its email can be forged and its customers targeted with convincing fakes.
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