hogent.be

We performed a comprehensive analysis of hogent.be on 2026-06-30. The website returned an HTTP 200 status code with a server response time of 4128ms. The page is served over HTTP/1.1 protocol with Gzip compression enabled, achieving approximately 60.0% size reduction. The total page weight is 29 KB. The website uses a secure HTTPS connection with a valid SSL certificate issued by Hellenic Academic and Research Institutions CA (DV type). The connection is encrypted using TLS 1.2 with the ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 cipher suite and sha256WithRSAEncryption signature algorithm. The certificate covers 2 domain(s) (Subject Alternative Names) and expires on 2027-03-03, which is 246 days from now. The security headers analysis reveals a score of 20/100 (poor). The following security headers are properly configured: Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS). However, the site is missing Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, and Permissions-Policy, which could expose the site and its users to cross-site scripting (XSS), clickjacking, and other web-based attacks. Our technology detection scan identified 9 technologies across 9 categories powering hogent.be. The detected stack includes Bootstrap, Vite, Google Analytics 4, Google Tag Manager, reCAPTCHA v3, Cloudflare, Google Fonts, jQuery 3.3.1., and Font Awesome. Based on our comprehensive analysis of domain age, SSL configuration, email authentication, security headers, and blacklist status, hogent.be receives an overall trust score of 70/100, classified as "Likely Safe".

After conducting a thorough safety and legitimacy analysis, hogent.be receives a trust score of 70/100, which places it in the "Likely Safe" category. This score is calculated by evaluating multiple factors including SSL certificate validity, domain registration history, email authentication protocols, security header configuration, and blacklist status across major threat intelligence databases. The analysis identified several positive trust signals: a valid HTTPS connection protecting data in transit, HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security) enforcement preventing protocol downgrade attacks, a valid SSL certificate issued by Hellenic Academic and Research Institutions CA with 246 days until expiration, SPF (Sender Policy Framework) email authentication preventing email spoofing, and DMARC email authentication with a quarantine policy. Areas of concern include: the absence of a Content-Security-Policy header, which leaves the site more vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, no X-Frame-Options header, which could allow the site to be embedded in malicious iframes (clickjacking), missing Referrer-Policy, potentially leaking URL information to third parties, the domain's WHOIS information is hidden behind a privacy service, making it harder to verify the owner's identity, and DNSSEC is not enabled, leaving DNS queries vulnerable to spoofing attacks. While these issues don't necessarily indicate malicious intent, they represent areas where the website's security posture could be improved. We checked hogent.be against 8 major blacklist databases including Google Safe Browsing, Phishtank, Urlhaus, Openphish, Dnsfilter, Spamhaus Dbl, Surbl, and Virustotal. The domain passed all 8 checks with a clean status, meaning it has not been flagged for phishing, malware distribution, spam, or other malicious activities by any of the tested threat intelligence providers.

Our technology detection engine scanned hogent.be and identified 9 distinct technologies across 9 categories. This analysis is performed by examining HTTP response headers, HTML source code patterns, JavaScript library fingerprints, CSS framework signatures, and DNS records. CSS Framework: Bootstrap — provides the styling and responsive layout system for hogent.be. Build Tool: Vite — bundles and optimizes the JavaScript and CSS assets for hogent.be. Analytics: Google Analytics 4 — tracks visitor behavior and provides traffic insights for hogent.be. Tag Manager: Google Tag Manager — manages marketing and analytics tags without code changes for hogent.be. Security: reCAPTCHA v3 — provides security features like bot detection and CAPTCHA for hogent.be. CDN: Cloudflare — accelerates content delivery by caching assets at edge locations worldwide for hogent.be. Fonts: Google Fonts — delivers web fonts for typography for hogent.be. JavaScript Library: jQuery (version 3.3.1.) — provides utility functions and DOM manipulation for hogent.be. Icon Set: Font Awesome — provides additional functionality for hogent.be. We also extracted the following tracking identifiers: Google Tag Manager container GTM-PSVQVK. These IDs can be used to identify other websites operated by the same organization.

hogent.be delivers its homepage in 4128ms (server response time), which is considered slow by industry standards. The total page weight is 29 KB, and we detected 122 resource requests loading assets from 10 third-party domains. A high number of third-party domains can significantly impact page load time due to additional DNS lookups and TLS handshakes required for each domain. The website uses Gzip compression for text-based assets, achieving an estimated 60.0% reduction in transfer size. This reduces bandwidth usage and improves page load times, especially for visitors on slower connections. Asset minification status: 7 out of 10 CSS files and 11 out of 17 JavaScript files are minified. Minifying the remaining 9 unminified file(s) could further reduce page weight by 10-30% for those assets. Minification is a best practice that reduces download sizes without affecting functionality. From an environmental perspective, each page view of hogent.be produces approximately 0.01g of CO₂, earning a carbon rating of A. This places the website among the cleanest on the web, demonstrating efficient use of server resources and optimized content delivery. For reference, the average web page produces about 0.5g of CO₂ per page view. The page weight of 29 KB is the primary factor in this calculation. Core Web Vitals data from the Chrome User Experience Report (CrUX) is not available for hogent.be. This typically means the site doesn't have enough real-world Chrome user traffic to generate statistically significant field data, or the domain is not included in the CrUX dataset. Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS) are important Google ranking factors that measure real user experience.

hogent.be resolves to the IPv4 address 193.190.173.135, but does not support IPv6. IPv6 adoption is increasingly important as IPv4 address space becomes exhausted, and some ISPs and regions are transitioning to IPv6-only connectivity. The domain has 1 A record(s) configured. The domain name system is managed by 5 name servers: ens1.hogent.be, ens2.hogent.be, ns1.belnet.be, ns2.belnet.be, and ns3.belnet.be. Having 5 name servers provides good redundancy — if one fails, the others can continue serving DNS queries. The choice of name servers often indicates the DNS hosting provider or CDN service being used. Email for hogent.be is handled by Microsoft 365 with 1 MX records configured: hogent-be.mail.protection.outlook.com. Multiple MX records provide failover redundancy — if the primary mail server is unavailable, email will be routed to the next available server. SPF (Sender Policy Framework) is configured, which specifies which mail servers are authorized to send email on behalf of this domain. This helps prevent email spoofing and improves email deliverability. DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance) is configured with a quarantine policy — a moderate setting, directing unauthorized emails to spam/junk folders. DKIM was not detected. Without DKIM, recipients cannot cryptographically verify that emails claiming to be from this domain are authentic. DNSSEC is not enabled for hogent.be. While not critical for most websites, DNSSEC adds an important security layer by ensuring DNS responses haven't been tampered with during transit. Enabling DNSSEC is recommended for domains handling sensitive data or financial transactions. Our subdomain enumeration scan discovered 2 active subdomains for hogent.be: api.hogent.be and www.hogent.be. Active subdomains can reveal the organization's infrastructure, including development environments, API endpoints, and third-party service integrations.

The homepage of hogent.be contains 621 words of visible text content. This is a moderate amount of content. The page is structured with 8 H2 headings, 11 H3 headings, 2 H4 headings. The page includes 6 images. All images have proper alt text attributes ✓, which is excellent for both accessibility (screen readers) and SEO (search engines can understand image content). The link structure consists of 68 internal links pointing to other pages on the same domain and 7 external links pointing to third-party websites. There are 17 external JavaScript files, 10 CSS stylesheets, and 0 iframes on the page. The site implements the following web standards and features: XML Sitemap (helps search engines discover all pages), robots.txt (controls search engine crawling behavior), and Schema.org structured data (EducationalOrganization and PostalAddress). The website has social media presence across 2 platforms: Facebook (@hogentofficial) and Instagram (@hogeschool_gent). An active social media presence is a positive trust indicator and helps build brand awareness and customer engagement.

The title tag for hogent.be is good at 24 characters: "HOGENT - Hogeschool Gent". The length is acceptable, though it may be slightly truncated in some search result displays. The meta description is 156 characters (acceptable): "Studeren aan HOGENT, dat is leren gáán voor wat jij belangrijk vindt. Maak kennis met onze campussen in en...". Google typically displays up to 155-160 characters of the meta description in search results. A compelling meta description with a clear call-to-action can significantly improve click-through rates from search results. The page language is declared as nl and a favicon is configured. Open Graph meta tags are configured with 3/4 recommended fields: OG title ("HOGENT - Hogeschool Gent..."), OG description, OG image (social sharing thumbnail), These tags control how the page appears when shared on Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social media platforms that support the Open Graph protocol. A Twitter Card of type Studeren aan HOGENT, dat is leren gáán voor wat jij belangrijk vindt. Maak kennis met onze campussen in en rond Gent en vind de opleiding die… is configured, which controls how links appear when shared on Twitter/X. The "Studeren aan HOGENT, dat is leren gáán voor wat jij belangrijk vindt. Maak kennis met onze campussen in en rond Gent en vind de opleiding die…" type displays a large image preview, which typically generates higher engagement rates than the basic card type. The site implements Schema.org structured data with the following types: EducationalOrganization and PostalAddress. Structured data helps search engines understand the page content and can enable rich results (featured snippets, knowledge panels, star ratings) in Google search results, which can significantly increase click-through rates.