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osu.edu

Category: Education

Scanned: Jun 18, 2026, 12:42 AM UTC · First seen: Jun 18, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 91 · Times Scanned: 1
99 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
No Threats Found
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Screenshot of osu.edu Captured Jun 18, 2026
https://osu.edu
Screenshot of osu.edu
36 years
Very Popular - #2,894 Tranco rank (>10M monthly visitors)
Not listed (91 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
AWS Global Accelerator (GLOBAL)
Seattle, United States
Apache
Nuxt.js
99.83.250.163
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar Unknown
Registered October 6, 1989
Expires July 31, 2028
Name Servers NS4.NET.OHIO-STATE.EDU
DNSSEC Unknown
Hosting AWS Global Accelerator (GLOBAL)
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
1 file scanned
No threats
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osu.edu 118 B No threats
External Links & Domains
0
External Links
All Clean
0
Iframes
Clean
0
Referenced Domains
All Clean
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Flagged Resources
None Detected
osu.edu Overview

Description of osu.edu

osu.edu appears to be the primary website for The Ohio State University, a large public land-grant research university in the United States. The page title, metadata, and screenshot indicate that the site serves as the institution's main web presence, providing information about academics, research, admissions, student resources, alumni engagement, and university impact.

Based on the homepage content, the site is operated by or on behalf of The Ohio State University and is intended for prospective students, current students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the broader public. It also references major institutional functions such as graduate and undergraduate programs and the Wexner Medical Center, which is consistent with a major higher-education organization.

Safety Assessment for osu.edu

The available scan results are strongly consistent with a legitimate institutional website. At the time of this scan, the domain was not flagged by any of 91 security engines, the malware scan reported no flagged files, and the checked threat-database and blacklist sources did not report known phishing or malware-related issues. The domain is also long-established, with a registration history dating back decades, which generally reduces the likelihood of opportunistic abuse.

Additional context also supports a low-risk assessment: the site has a very strong traffic presence, the homepage content matches a well-known university, and there were no suspicious external links, iframes, or flagged referenced domains in the provided scan data. Based on available data, no threats were detected at the time of this scan.

Technical Description

The site was observed using a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued through Amazon infrastructure, with certificate expiry listed as 2026-08-29. It appears to be served by Apache and routed through AWS Global Accelerator, with the observed server IP geolocating to Seattle, United States. This kind of enterprise-grade hosting setup is commonly used for performance and availability.

The domain is very mature, created in 1989, and uses multiple nameservers associated with Ohio State and OARnet infrastructure. DNSSEC status was not available in the provided data, so that control could not be confirmed from this scan alone. No immediate technical security concerns were evident from the supplied scan results.

HTTP Redirect Chain
301 https://osu.edu/
200 https://www.osu.edu/
Website Insights
#2,894
Tranco Rank
Very Popular
Visitors >10M/mo
Category: Education
Rank History (30 days)
May 11 Jun 17
23 cookies detected
Essential17
Analytics4
Advertising2
Social0
23 1st party cookies
0 3rd party (trackers)
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