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Is .so safe? The state of .so domain security
.so is safer than the internet average. Across 19,783 graded .so domains, 70.7% score an F — cleaner than the 78.3% global average — better company than most of the web. 2.5% earn a B or better. Most .so 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 15,878 graded .so domains, 63.6% earn an F — well below the 73.8% internet-wide average. DMARC enforcement here stands at 6.2% — below the 11.8% census-wide rate.
How do .so domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .so domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 10 | 0.1% |
| A | 53 | 0.3% |
| B | 434 | 2.2% |
| C | 1,951 | 9.9% |
| D | 3,355 | 17% |
| F | 13,980 | 70.7% |
Does .so 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 .so doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .so domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .so safe?
On average, .so is safer than the internet average: 70.7% of its 19,783 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 .so domains?
29.3% of .so domains score above an F and 2.5% 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 .so 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 .so too.
What does "grade F" mean for a .so 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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