Website reputation report

inklingsnews.com

Last checked 1 hour ago · Point-in-time assessment

76/100Technical Safety ScoreIndependent technical assessment, not a visitor rating
● Evidence is limited

What is this website?

Inklings is Staples High School’s student newspaper representing a journalistic tradition that is alive and well in Westport, Connecticut. Throughout its history, Inklings has been a publication that is written, edited and published by students with the objective of expanding the boundaries of scholastic journalism. Inklings News Online pursues this goal with the additional elements of multimedia, social media and constant updates.

No listed local patterns observedHomepage-only analysis is not a malware clearance. Read the scope and findings below.

76/100Safety Score
70%Evidence Confidence
Trust Radar evidence profile Eight evidence dimensions from zero to one hundred. Exact values surround the chart. Threat Intelligence55 Domain History95 Infrastructure91 Website Security95 Security Hygiene80 Transparency53 Reputation50 Operational Stability83
Trust RadarEight observed factors. Select one to inspect its evidence.

How to read this report

Safety Score evaluates observed signals. Evidence Confidence measures how complete, direct, fresh, and consistent those signals are.

No automated scan can guarantee that a website is safe.

Current report context

What changed since the last scan

  • No earlier report to compare
What this scan could verify · 6 observed, 0 unavailable
DNS observed
Registration lookup observed
Network observed
TLS observed
Website response observed
Website content observed

Unavailable and unperformed checks are not clean results. The detailed evidence below remains the source for each conclusion.

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Independent evidence brief

What we observed about inklingsnews.com

Updated Oct 19, 2026

The latest scan examined 10 public pages on inklingsnews.com. Website descriptions below come from the site itself. Registration, connection and threat findings were checked separately.

Purpose and visible content

On its About page, the site says: Inklings is Staples High School’s student newspaper representing a journalistic tradition that is alive and well in Westport, Connecticut. Throughout its history, Inklings has…

Registrar and domain history

Registered on Jan 20, 2005. Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC.

Recorded expiry date: Jan 20, 2027. Registry data can change.

Connection and hosting evidence

The checked homepage returned HTTP 200 in about 4000 ms.

A valid TLS certificate was observed, expiring Dec 23, 2026.

Threat checks and score context

External malware-provider coverage was unavailable. The report does not treat this missing check as a clean result.

Safety Score: 76/100. Evidence Confidence: 70%. These measure different things.

Community reviews of inklingsnews.com

No approved reviews yet ☆☆☆☆☆

Visitor experiences are separate from the independent technical Safety Score.

Visitor opinions remain separate from the technical Safety Score.

Public content profile

Pages reviewed on inklingsnews.com

10 of up to 10 pages

We sampled public pages from this website to understand its subject and contact paths. The titles and short descriptions below come from the website itself. They are not endorsements or independent safety findings.

Inklings News – Join the discussion.Join the discussion. About Us – Inklings NewsInklings is Staples High School’s student newspaper representing a journalistic tradition that is alive and well in Westport, Connecticut. Throughout its history, Inklings has been Under pressure: supporting athlete mental health – Inklings NewsYour heart beats louder in your chest. The stadium lights beat down on your skin as the crowd roars behind you. You need to win this game. But part of your concentration remains ba A commitment to safety: two high schoolers help initiate new security fob expected to be implemented at Staples – Inklings NewsThe school day was almost over at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Quick glances at the clock reconfirmed what students already knew: just 20 minutes unti Want to help save polar bears and refresh your body? Join the Polar Plunge club – Inklings NewsThe Polar Plunge club’s logo and mascot bear, also featured on the club’s Instagram profile picture. 14th annual Slice of Saugatuck Festival a success – Inklings NewsThe 14th annual Slice of Saugatuck Festival, after originally being postponed due to weather concerns, took place on Saturday, Oct. 3, from 2-5 p.m. After a Nor’easter was forecast News – Inklings NewsJoin the discussion. Features – Inklings NewsJoin the discussion. Tom Hanks sets the tone for Westport Country Playhouse’s 100th Script in Hand Reading – Inklings NewsTom Hanks sets the tone for Westport Country Playhouse’s 100th Script in Hand Reading Note: Inklings was unable to interview any of the actors who appeared in the performance as pr BREAKING NEWS: Homecoming game moved to 5 p.m. due to weather forecast – Inklings NewsThe Staples homecoming game has been moved to 5 p.m., changing the schedule for one of the school year’s most anticipated events. “Due to the weather forecast, tomorrow evening’s H

Public page evidence

Topics and keywords observed on inklingsnews.com

12 phrases

These phrases were extracted locally from sampled public page metadata. They are observations, not search-volume or ranking estimates.

inklingsTitle, H1, Meta description10 sampled pages
joinTitle, Meta description4 sampled pages
discussionTitle, Meta description3 sampled pages
due toTitle, Meta description2 sampled pages
staplesTitle, Meta description3 sampled pages
schoolMeta description3 sampled pages
forecastTitle, Meta description2 sampled pages
gameTitle, Meta description2 sampled pages
highTitle, Meta description2 sampled pages
weatherTitle, Meta description2 sampled pages
westportTitle, Meta description2 sampled pages
to weatherTitle, Meta description2 sampled pages

At a glance

Key findings

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Report is current

The displayed evidence comes from the published immutable scan.

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Confidence is separate

Unavailable evidence is shown as missing and never counted as clean.

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Fully explainable

Why this score?

Versioned weights
Threat IntelligenceWeight 25%
55/100

Threat providers were unavailable. The neutral uncertainty baseline is not a clean verdict.

Domain HistoryWeight 10%
95/100

Domain registration age and expiry were checked.

InfrastructureWeight 10%
91/100

Observed DNS records and network address were checked.

Website SecurityWeight 15%
95/100

Observed certificate validity and TLS protocol were checked.

Security HygieneWeight 15%
80/100

Observed security header values were checked for basic protective settings. Empty values, disabled HSTS and unrecognized values receive no credit. This is not a complete browser-policy validation.

TransparencyWeight 5%
53/100

Observed site metadata and About page were checked. Publisher-supplied details are not independently verified.

ReputationWeight 5%
50/100

Popularity is weak context, not proof of safety. Unranked sites use a neutral baseline.

Operational StabilityWeight 15%
83/100

Observed HTTP status and final connection scheme were checked.

Server-side analysis

Automated security checks

Local antivirus and phishing checks

ClamAV · homepage HTMLNo signature match in the sampled HTML
Engine version1.5.4
Signature database date (UTC)2026-10-19T06:26:01+00:00
HTML bytes submitted367,501
Phishing.Database · exact hostnameNot listed in this snapshot
Feed downloaded (UTC)2026-10-19T18:00:08+00:00
Hosts in local snapshot386,082

Sampled scripts and pages

Resource analysis incomplete

6 resources checked · 21 script links observed on the homepage. Partial resource coverage.

ClamAV inspects the fetched homepage HTML on our server. New scans also sample up to four linked scripts and two collected internal pages, with size and time limits. Scripts are not executed. Other downloads, private server files and logged-in pages remain outside this check. A signature match needs investigation and can be a false positive. No match is not a whole-site safety guarantee.

Exact hostname lookup uses a downloaded Phishing.Database snapshot. It does not send this domain to an external lookup API or mark sibling subdomains as harmful. Not listed does not mean safe. Snapshot age is download age, not proof that every entry was recently revalidated.

Homepage HTML only · Eight local rule families · local-security-v2

Checks use the fetched page and redirect chain. Scripts are not executed, forms are not submitted, and linked files are not downloaded. This is not a malware clearance.

Page resource inventory

Linked scripts21
Inline scripts11
Embedded frames2
External script hosts2

Counts describe the sampled HTML, not every resource loaded by the browser. External resources are common and are not automatically harmful.

No listed local patterns observed. The limited rule set cannot detect every threat or behavior.

External threat intelligence

Provider coverageNot checked

Local checks do not query external reputation databases. An unavailable check is never a clean result.

Registration

Domain information

Public RDAP observation
Canonical domaininklingsnews.com
RegistrarGoDaddy.com, LLC
RegisteredJan 20, 2005
Domain age21 years
ExpiresJan 20, 2027
Registry statusesclient delete prohibited · client renew prohibited · client transfer prohibited · client update prohibited
Report statePublished

Infrastructure

Network & hosting

Observed endpoint, not legal location
IP address104.21.88.254
Autonomous systemUnavailable
Network organizationUnavailable
Observed countryUnavailable
CDNCloudflare
Web application firewallNot detected

At a glance

Infrastructure summary

Observed during this scan

A compact view of the connection, DNS and security surface. These observations describe what the scanner could verify at scan time and do not prove ownership or ongoing availability.

HTTP response200 · https://www.inklingsnews.com/
Endpoint104.21.88.254
NetworkUnavailable
CDN and WAFCloudflare · Not detected
DNS surface8 records · 2 nameservers · 1 mail exchangers
Protection signals6 security headers · 5 technologies · DNSSEC unknown

Page telemetry

Observed page statistics

Safe metadata only

These counters describe the fetched response and sampled HTML. Script counts describe references in the markup, not a complete browser network log. Cookie counts cover observed response headers.

Response size367,501 bytes
HTTP check duration4,000 ms
Cookies observedUnavailable
Script resources21 · 2 external hosts
Frames and sampled checks2 frames · 6 resources checked

Encrypted transport

TLS certificate

Valid when observed
StatusValid when observed
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuercountryName=US, organizationName=Google Trust Services, commonName=WE1
Valid fromSep 24, 2026
Valid untilDec 23, 2026
Certificate names*.inklingsnews.com · inklingsnews.com

Resolution

DNS footprint

DNSKEY status unknown

DNSKEY presence does not verify the DNSSEC signature chain. Missing records can mean no record was returned or the lookup was unavailable.

A104.21.88.254TTL —
A172.67.155.51TTL —
AAAA2606:4700:3031::6815:58feTTL —
AAAA2606:4700:3035::ac43:9b33TTL —
NSowen.ns.cloudflare.comTTL —
NSsima.ns.cloudflare.comTTL —
MX0 _dc-mx.3db07513af94.inklingsnews.comTTL —
TXTv=spf1 +a +mx +ip4:69.16.252.123 +ip4:209.188.91.70 ~allTTL —

DNS observations · no external lookup API

Domain email protection

Exact-host SPF and DMARC observations help the owner investigate email impersonation risks. They are separate from website malware checks and do not change the Safety Score.

SPFPolicy record observed, not fully validated
DMARCNo matching record returned for this exact hostname

What to do next

Review the records with your mail administrator. Inventory legitimate senders and test SPF and DKIM alignment before enforcing a stricter DMARC policy. Fix duplicate records and investigate overly permissive SPF rules.

This bounded check does not send email, probe SMTP, evaluate recursive SPF includes, verify DKIM signatures or apply organizational-domain DMARC inheritance. A missing subdomain record does not prove that no inherited protection exists. A DNS timeout is unknown, not an absent record. A policy record is not proof that messages authenticate successfully.

Responsible disclosure

security.txt

RFC 9116 observation

No readable security.txt file was observed at the standard locations. This is informational and is not evidence of malware.

Browser protections

Security headers

6 observed
content-security-policypresent frame-ancestors 'self';
permissions-policypresent accelerometer=(), camera=(), geolocation=(), gyroscope=(), magnetometer=(), microphone=(), payment=(), usb=()
referrer-policypresent strict-origin-when-cross-origin
strict-transport-securitypresent includeSubDomains; preload; max-age=63072000
x-content-type-optionspresent nosniff
x-frame-optionspresent SAMEORIGIN

Response headers

Cookie protections

Passive observation

No Set-Cookie header was observed on the sampled homepage response. Other pages may set cookies separately.

Detected stack

Technologies

Bootstrap 80% Cloudflare 98% Google Analytics 94% Tailwind CSS 72% WordPress 95%

Versions are shown only when publicly exposed by the page or response headers. An observed version is not, by itself, proof of a vulnerability.

JavaScript library advisories

JavaScript advisory analysis could not be completed or no eligible script files were sampled. No clean result is implied.

Recommended maintenance checks

WordPressKeep WordPress core, themes and plugins updated. Remove unused plugins and review administrator accounts.

About this website

What the site says about itself

Inklings is Staples High School’s student newspaper representing a journalistic tradition that is alive and well in Westport, Connecticut. Throughout its history, Inklings has been a publication that is written, edited and published by students with the objective of expanding the boundaries of scholastic journalism. Inklings News Online pursues this goal with the additional elements of multimedia, social media and constant updates.

View the site's About page ↗

This is publisher supplied information. The independent safety findings are shown separately.

Structured facts

Website identity & response

Public page metadata
Page titleInklings News – Join the discussion.
First headingInklings News
DescriptionJoin the discussion.
Canonical URLhttps://www.inklingsnews.com/
Final URLhttps://www.inklingsnews.com/
HTTP response200 · text/html; charset=UTF-8 · 4000 ms
Languageen
Structured typesNone observed
Page page detectedhttps://www.inklingsnews.com/news/2026/10/19/14th-annual-slice-of-saugatuck-festival-a-success/About page detectedhttps://www.inklingsnews.com/about-2/Support page detectedhttps://www.inklingsnews.com/b/2026/10/16/under-pressure-supporting-athlete-mental-health/
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Local headers.csp wildcard sources100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp unsafe inline100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp unsafe eval100% evidence confidence
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Local headers.csp has object src100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp has default src100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors wildcard origin100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors credentials with wildcard100% evidence confidence
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unavailable100% evidence confidence
Dns consistency.cname present100% evidence confidence
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63072000100% evidence confidence

Connection path

Redirect chain

1 recorded hops
Hop 1https://www.inklingsnews.com/

The chain is shown exactly as observed by the scanner. A redirect is not itself a malware finding, but unexpected domains or an HTTP downgrade deserve review.

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Compared with the previous scan

What changed

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Explainable matching

Digital fingerprint

fingerprint-v1
quiet-vector-field-563

Comparable components help find technically related websites. A match does not prove common ownership.

DnsHashed private comparison value
TechnologiesHashed private comparison value

Material changes only

Change history

Show change history

No meaningful changes recorded yet.

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Visual evidence

Website screenshot

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No usable browser image was saved. The website icon is separate from a screenshot and is not visual evidence of the page.

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Questions about inklingsnews.com

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Is inklingsnews.com safe to visit?

The latest Safety Score is 76/100 with 70% Evidence Confidence. This is a point-in-time assessment of observed technical signals, not a guarantee. Check the exact address and avoid entering payment details if anything looks unusual.

Did the scan detect malware on inklingsnews.com?

ClamAV found no signature match in the sampled homepage HTML. External scripts, downloads and private server files were not checked. This is not a whole-site malware clearance.

When was inklingsnews.com registered?

The public registry record shows Jan 20, 2005. Registration details may be privacy-protected or updated later.

Did inklingsnews.com have a valid TLS certificate?

The scanner observed a valid TLS certificate using TLSv1.3. A valid certificate alone does not establish that the site is safe.

How does inklingsnews.com describe itself?

The website's About page describes its purpose in the report above. This is publisher-supplied information and is separate from independent security findings.

Can a paid listing change this website's score?

No. Premium placement and owner-supplied pages are labelled separately. Technical evidence, the Safety Score and moderation decisions remain independent.

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