Verdict
ufl.edu appears legitimate.
Our checks found nothing pointing to fraud. Ordinary care still applies when you pay or sign in.
| What this site appears to be | Official University of Florida homepage with navigation for prospective/current students, academics, research news, events, and contact/donation information. |
|---|
Evidence status and limitations
Evidence completeness: UNKNOWN
- The real-world operator identity was not independently verified.
- Module-level completeness metadata is unavailable for this legacy report.
At a glance
The checks that decide most of this verdict.
| Malware engines | None flagged itVirusTotal | Clear |
|---|---|---|
| Google Safe Browsing | Not listedGoogle | Clear |
| Abuse reports on the host | 0 reportsAbuseIPDB; shared hosting inflates this count | Noted |
| Domain age | 40 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Never archivedNo public history of this site | Watch |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by InCommon RSA Server CA 2 | Noted |
The page as captured
No screenshot is retained for this report.
Key findings
- Automated classification: Not Scam.
- Domain age: more than 10 years (registration continuity).
- No flags from the reputation services TrustSniffer consulted at assessment time.
Full analysis
Overview
The website is the institutional homepage of the University of Florida, presenting information for prospective and current students, faculty, staff, alumni, visitors, and families. Its apparent purpose is to support public-university operations through admissions, academic programs, research, campus-life information, news, events, directories, and donation channels.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No contradictions were observed. The homepage consistently presents an academic and public-institutional purpose, with coherent navigation for admissions, academics, research, campus life, news, athletics, contact, and giving. It does not exhibit phishing or impersonation indicators: no sensitive login form, wallet-connect mechanism, hidden form, or untrusted form destination was identified. The available evidence is consistent with an established, apparently legitimate website, although the real-world operator identity is not independently verified.
- The homepage identifies the University of Florida and provides institutional sections for admissions, academics, research, campus life, news, contact, and donations.
- Browser analysis found no login form, hidden form, password submission to an external destination, wallet connection, wallet-drainer activity, or clipboard hijacking.
- Domain registration record: created 1986-03-25; age 40.41 years.
- External reputation checks recorded 0 malicious detections and 0 suspicious detections, with no blacklist or phishing match reported.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The site presents a public research university rather than a financial, investment, or other regulated-service business. Its stated operating model is based on education, research, admissions, public funding, donations, and partnerships; the reviewed content does not make a regulated financial-service claim or present a financial license number. This is a scope and disclosure consideration rather than an identity contradiction. The institutional identity appears well supported by the homepage and linked public-facing resources, but independent operator verification remains appropriate before credential or payment interactions.
- The homepage and linked institutional pages provide pathways for About, Admissions, Academics, Research, News, Contact, Directory, and Giving.
- The site is hosted on AS6356, NERDCNET - University of Florida, US.
- Transport security uses an OV certificate issued by InCommon RSA Server CA 2 for the University of Florida, valid to 2027-02-05.
- The site’s observed content describes education and institutional services; no financial license claim or registration number is displayed.
What to Verify Next
Before submitting credentials or making a payment, independently confirm the relevant University of Florida contact or department through an offline or independently sourced channel, and ensure that the destination, stated purpose, refund or cancellation terms where applicable, and available payment protections are consistent with the intended interaction. If a separate service presents itself as regulated financial activity, its licensing should be confirmed with the relevant official registry rather than inferred from the university association.
- The homepage exposes Directory and Contact pathways that can be used to validate departmental details.
- Admissions, financial-aid, and giving functions are presented as distinct institutional purposes, allowing the intended transaction to be matched to the appropriate university department.
- The site provides five linked social-presence domains, creating additional channels for independent cross-checking of institutional contact information.
Summary Verdict
Available evidence supports a high-trust, low-risk posture for an established institutional website. The site appears legitimate and evidence-consistent, while the connection between the website and a specific real-world operating identity remains likely rather than independently proven.
Infrastructure Integrity
The site resolves to a University of Florida NERDCNET address at 128.227.36.35 on AS6356, with one observed IP and no CDN detected. This is a direct institutional hosting posture rather than an edge-delivery arrangement; the OV TLS certificate and University of Florida subject organization provide transport and certificate-level consistency with the site’s institutional presentation.
Closing Assessment
Ordinary use is proportionate to the assessed posture, but credentials and payments should proceed only after the intended department, transaction purpose, and applicable consumer protections have been independently confirmed.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-13 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report.
What the analysis found
No rule findings contributed to this verdict.
Identity verification
| Status | LIKELY |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 80/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 80% |
- Identity verified on page
- Trusted social count=5
Identity verification measures whether the site can be independently connected to a real-world brand or person. It is separate from the classification confidence.
What TrustSniffer observed
First-party facts recorded during the assessment of ufl.edu.
- The request stayed on ufl.edu. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- The registration is paid up to 2027-07-31. Noted
- It is hosted on NERDCNET, from a server in US. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | Not available |
|---|---|
| Hosting | NERDCNET - University of Florida, US |
| Country | US |
| Server IP | 128.227.36.35 |
| Name servers | Not available |
| SSL issuer | InCommon RSA Server CA 2 |
| SSL expiry | 2027-02-05 |
| Domain age | 40.41 years (continuous registration) |
| Domain expiry | 2027-07-31 |
| Archive first seen | Not available |
| Archive snapshots | 0 |
| Reputation | VirusTotal: 0 flagged | AbuseIPDB: 0 reports | Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches |
About this assessment
A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about ufl.edu at assessment time. It is a starting point for your own judgement, not a guarantee: a high score means the signals were consistent with a legitimately operated site, a low or critical score means several risk patterns were present.
TrustSniffer assesses a website from the evidence it can collect at a point in time: domain registration and age, hosting and certificate, the content the site served, and third-party reputation feeds. A score is a summary of that evidence, not a guarantee and not a legal finding. There is no human rating and no user review in it. A site can change after it is assessed.