VerigrityVERIGRITY GUIDES
Website trust & verification guides
Practical, evidence-first guides about website safety, HTTPS, domains, DNS, and how to read the signals before you buy, register, or share information.
HTTPS
What Is HTTPS? What the Padlock Really Means
What HTTPS protects, what it does not prove, and how to read the padlock as one signal among many.
SECURITYSSL vs TLS: What Is the Difference?
Why "SSL certificate" is really a TLS certificate, what changed, and why the old name stuck.
DNSDNS Records Explained: A, AAAA, MX, NS and More
What each DNS record type does, how to read them, and what they can — and cannot — tell you about a domain.
CHECKLISTWebsite Trust Checklist: 20 Things to Check Before You Buy
A 20-point checklist for evaluating an unfamiliar site, matched to the stakes of your decision.
SAFETY10 Suspicious URL Signs to Watch For
Homograph tricks, misleading subdomains, punycode, deceptive paths, and other URL red flags to check before you click.
More guides coming soon. We're adding a small number of new guides as we research and write them. In the meantime, our free tools are available at verigrity.com/tools.html.