Status

Why do we need it?

We use it to provide a representation of the availability, syntax, or reputation of a given subject.

How does it work?

Multiple statuses are available to each checker. Each has its meaning and root.

INVALID

This the status that is supplied by the availability, syntax, or reputation checkers when the given subject is INVALID.

It is provided the subject does not pass our internal syntax checker.

The internal syntax checker analyzes the following against the given subject:

  • If you are testing for a domain, is the extension registered in the IANA Root Zone Database?

  • If you are testing for an IP, is it a valid IP (v4 or v6)?

  • If you are testing for a URL, is it a valid one?

Warning

While using the CLI against a local network, this is ignored.

ACTIVE

This is the status that is supplied by the availability checker.

It is provided when one of the following is effective:

  • We could query the WHOIS record and extract the expiration date out of it.

  • We could query any of the NS, A, AAAA, CNAME or DNAME of the given subject.

  • We could query the network information of the given subject.

  • We could query the HTTP status code of the given subject.

VALID

This is the status that is supplied by the syntax checker.

It is provided when the syntax check of the given subject was successful.

Consider it as the equivalent of ACTIVE but for syntax checking.

MALICIOUS

This is the status that is supplied by the reputation checker.

It is provided when the following is effective:

  • If you are testing for a domain, is its IPv4 known to be malicious?

  • If you are testing for an IP, is its IPv4 known to be malicious?

  • If you are testing for a URL, is the IPv4 of the hostname known to be malicious?

SANE

This is the status that is supplied by the reputation checker when the MALICIOUS status is not effective.