How-To Geek
is
▲ UP
100.0% confident
Last check: 2 weeks ago
·
Jun 24, 2026 09:33 UTC
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MTI Verification Status
Live status from our automated multi-method verification engine.
| Overall Status | UP |
|---|---|
| Last Checked | Wed, Jun 10, 2026 5:17 AM |
| Confidence | 100.0% |
| Checks Passed | 2 |
| Checks Failed | 1 |
| Methods Run | 3 |
| SSL Grade | B |
| SSL Expires | 61 days |
Check Results
2
Checks Passed
1
Checks Failed
3
Methods Run
Latest Method Results
HTTP Check
FAILED
Connection failed: cURL error 56: OpenSSL SSL_read: error:0A000126:SSL routines::unexpected eof while reading, errno 0 (see https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/libcurl-errors.html) for https://www.howtogeek.com/
476ms
SSL/TLS Handshake
PASSED
SSL OK (B) in 117ms
B · 61d
IP: 3.222.102.97
117ms
TCP Connection
PASSED
TCP howtogeek.com:443 OK in 67ms
IP: 3.222.102.97
67ms
Historical Checks
What is How-To Geek Organization?
How-To Geek is a technological website that ranks among the top 500 in the United States. The site's 10,000+ in-depth articles have been read over 1 billion times since it was founded more than a decade ago, in 2007. Every month, almost 30 million individuals read it.
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MTI Verification Details
| Method | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
curl_http |
FAILED | Connection failed: cURL error 56: OpenSSL SSL_read: error:0A000126:SSL routines::unexpected eof while reading, errno 0 (see https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/libcurl-errors.html) for https://www.howtogeek.com/ |
tcp_connect |
PASSED | TCP howtogeek.com:443 OK in 67ms |
ssl_handshake |
PASSED | SSL OK (B) in 117ms |
Company Details
| Company | How-To Geek |
|---|---|
| Domain | howtogeek.com |
| Type | Organization |
| Monitored | Active |
Recent Uptime Checks
| Check Time | Status | Response | Method | Output |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10 05:17:27 | DOWN | 476ms | curl_http | Connection failed: cURL error 56: OpenSSL SSL_read... |
| Jun 10 05:17:28 | UP | 117ms | ssl_handshake | SSL OK (B) in 117ms |
| Jun 10 05:17:28 | UP | 67ms | tcp_connect | TCP howtogeek.com:443 OK in 67ms |
| Jun 10 05:17:28 | UP | N/A | verification_summary | N/A |
Verticals Health
| Signal | Status | UP | DOWN | UNC | UNK | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NTP ntp_servers | NONE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DNS dns_servers | NONE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| VPN vpn_servers | NONE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SMTP smtp_servers | NONE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| HTTP http_servers | NONE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SSH ssh_servers | NONE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| WHOIS whois_lookups | NONE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| CT ct_certificates | NONE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tor tor_relays | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Overall | NO DATA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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UNCERTAIN = data source temporarily unavailable. DOWN = target unreachable.