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nces.ed.gov

Since 1867, NCES has been the federal statistical agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and reporting data on the condition of U.S. education—from early childhood to adult education—to help improve student outcomes.

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Category
Education & Learning
Language
English
Paid-content signal
No paid content foundObserved
Registered
1997
Hosting
qipservices.comInferred
HTTPS certificate trusted
PassedObserved
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Primary language: English.
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Website Overview

An established domain and managed infrastructure suggest continuity of operations and may support dependable delivery, although neither guarantees service quality. Several search or sharing settings need attention. Together they may make snippets, preview images or preferred URLs less consistent across platforms.

Domain and Registration

Registered in 1997, this domain has about 29 years of history. That suggests continuity, although ownership and purpose may have changed. Transfer-protection status is present, helping reduce the risk of unauthorized domain transfers. The domain uses .gov, a restricted namespace whose registration normally has eligibility requirements. Registration contact information is publicly available through RDAP.

DNS and Email

Nameservers are provided by Akamai Edge DNS, indicating managed DNS hosting. MX records point to the Microsoft 365 email service. SPF, DKIM and DMARC records were found, with DMARC policy reject. Together they can help recipients reject impersonated messages. DNSSEC is enabled, allowing validating resolvers to authenticate signed DNS data. TXT records include verification markers for Google, Apple, Atlassian, Microsoft. Such markers may also remain after a service stops being used.

TLS and Certificates

The certificate includes the organization field U.S. Department of Education. The certificate issuer is DigiCert Inc, a commercial certificate authority. The certificate uses an RSA 2048-bit public key, offering broad client compatibility. The server supplied a complete certificate chain. The certificate is valid for about 367 days in total, with 132 days remaining.

HTTP and Browser Security

The response lacks these common security headers: Permissions-Policy. No X-Powered-By header was found, reducing one common source of backend fingerprinting information. No obvious internal addresses or debug information were found in the headers. Cookie security attributes are unknown. No explicit CDN or WAF marker was found in the response headers.

Technology Stack Analysis

The public page identifies Drupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org), Drupal without precise versions, leaving fewer clues for version-specific scanning.

Search and Social Sharing

The meta description has 223 characters and may be shortened in search results. The Generator tag identifies Drupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org), making the publishing system easier to fingerprint. No Open Graph metadata was detected, so social previews may depend on platform inference. The title has 53 characters, within a common display range. The observed directives allow indexing and link following.

Hosting and Email

DNSAkamai Edge DNS
Hostingqipservices.com
EmailMicrosoft 365
Approximate IP geolocation (inferred; a CDN or proxy may differ from the origin server) United States flagWashington, District of Columbia, United States Inferred 165.224.128.225

Registration details

RDAP / WHOIS

Registrarget.gov
Registered1997-10-02
Expires2027-08-13
Domain statusserver transfer prohibited
Nameserversa1-100.akam.net、a10-67.akam.net、a13-64.akam.net、a28-65.akam.net、a3-65.akam.net、a6-64.akam.net
DNSSECsigned

DNS records

DNS

TypeNameValueTTLPriority
Ances.ed.gov.qipservices.com165.224.128.22588—
MXed.goved-gov.mail.protection.outlook.com360010
NSed.gova1-100.akam.net531—
NSed.gova10-67.akam.net531—
NSed.gova13-64.akam.net531—
NSed.gova28-65.akam.net531—
NSed.gova3-65.akam.net531—
NSed.gova6-64.akam.net531—
TXTed.gov972E00A1D6747968171D30E7FF58BEA3A316D6AF6CF56801BB2E3B3511F95A8C1800—
TXTed.govMS=ms398667241800—
TXTed.govNWqwWepFkG13OsINvfYZZN2s4AUy2BOSkE2gBF16IXuVTiSQK3apyCeMu1BlkWAmTiEEDpZCK/DIvmg+JZ4Dsw==1800—
TXTed.govadobe-idp-site-verification=1c4929bdb3360fd2ebe6f616c4b5addb885b8c24485a8e0eb6c48d50a5a49b051800—
TXTed.govadobe-sign-verification=2e448e4698a731f589b3c2205d34695149f208053d9eb445bc3ca5c3dd9165311800—
TXTed.govapple-domain-verification=N93uXoT42oyqmofK1800—
TXTed.govatlassian-domain-verification=S4kaERlWQlaHX83PtoYHSoq0f03BltEtxuOfDMJxgfc9fcaydGY1b7VEhx0vZ7iZ1800—
TXTed.govbox-domain-verification=55b5e5fa4b81a2199537550ebccbc81bc75f349ec8fec32f0da325da791771f01800—
TXTed.govgoogle-gws-recovery-domain-verification=389992661800—
TXTed.govgoogle-site-verification=KkN7Qwhpa9bpD9jP7rb7tuBXAczTg1uWyOpF44XjRnQ1800—
TXTed.govgoogle-site-verification=y-PBkTqSUKDf1sxPhU0wgYQKUXCCjcY2_zqSTNSZ6581800—
TXTed.govopenai-domain-verification=dv-h3S8HasAce56ElYdaLaY3j0T1800—
TXTed.govv=DKIM1; k=rsa; h=sha256; p=MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEA+MGokbTzz2a1K+mrxh2ruubLzMozFNb8kBL1g9Vzl0oXG5sjEqy21X4CdXXfZ47oT4jbVgFwuHbNxjNtgkx0LqjvRA6/qKi9TqrHGLBnHhAtwQvkterzzVlN4NNsh6TPzb/TH4rP/plGU6Ohi7n7GPNUs7Z6NKEGCP5d+liPv4lrrcweBmmIfgNOngZrU/bl2e53E/lPToeM6Ou01+WP393ZaJA/epHOnKe+vu/FnAq229XbSXquUMqqKdXAl3go2BiZXuL4XKnbBM7AxKVroSKrKOnfePnYHNA/xMYwmmeFgxDMr88RsTHgVA5At4+KGkhS8jHTp4MbnvwkuqPwqwIDAQAB1800—
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CNAMEnces.ed.govnces.ed.gov.qipservices.com3600—
DSed.gov13792 13 2 ec45f8a2497593ab979a144725cea69e08396948dd20f37257941a1b8d74e3913600—
DMARC_dmarc.ed.govv=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:[email protected],mailto:[email protected]; ruf=mailto:[email protected]; aspf=r; pct=100; rf=afrf; ri=3456001154—

TLS and certificates

TLS / SSL

AssessmentNormal configuration
Supported protocolsTLSv1.2、TLSv1.3
Negotiated protocolTLSv1.3
Certificate subjected.gov
IssuerDigiCert Inc
Valid until2027-02-07T23:59 · Remaining when checked: 132 days
Verification detailsCertificate trust: Passed · Hostname match: Passed

HTTP response headers

HTTP

HeaderValue
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
content-languageen
cache-controlmax-age=21600, public
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload
content-security-policyupgrade-insecure-requests; frame-ancestors 'self' https://*.ed.gov http://*.ed.gov; script-src 'self' 'unsafe-eval' 'unsafe-inline' https:; object-src 'self' 'unsafe-eval' 'unsafe-inline' https:; script-src-elem 'unsafe-inline' blob: https:;
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
referrer-policysame-origin
set-cookieRedacted

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Meta descriptionSince 1867, NCES has been the federal statistical agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and reporting data on the condition of U.S. education—from early childhood to adult education—to help improve student outcomes.
Canonical URLhttps://nces.ed.gov/national-center-education-statistics-nces
LanguageEnglish (default)
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