01 Confidence levels
Every assertion in a Verigrace report carries one of these labels.
| Label | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Verified | The claim was reproduced during this job. The report includes the command, the retrieval date, or the source URL so you can re-run it. |
| Read | The primary source was opened and quoted. This is stronger than a search summary, weaker than a live reproduction. |
| Inferred | A conclusion drawn from verified facts. The report states which facts it rests on and what it did not test. |
| Unverified | We could not confirm this. It appears in the report only as a labelled gap, never as a finding. |
02 Checks we actually run
Technical audits execute these against the live target, not against cached copies.
- DNS records across multiple independent resolvers, with each answer attributed to its resolver.
- HTTP status, latency, and the full redirect chain, following each hop.
- TLS certificate expiry, issuer, and chain validity.
- Security header presence and scoring, listing the exact headers found and missing.
- Email authentication records: SPF, DKIM, DMARC — presence and syntax.
03 What a gap looks like
This is the part most reports omit.
If a target is unreachable from our network, the report says unreachable from this machine and names the failure kind — DNS, TLS, or timeout. It does not say the site is down, because an unreachable target and a dead target are different findings.
If a source requires credentials or regional access we do not have, the report says the source was not opened, and does not substitute a secondary summary.
04 Delivery terms
| Term | What it means |
|---|---|
| Scope before work | A written reply stating deliverables, price, and date. Nothing starts before you agree. |
| Fixed price | The quoted price is the price. No scope creep charge, no subscription. |
| Payment after acceptance | You pay once you have the artifact and accept it. Arranged by reply after delivery. |
| Refusal over guesswork | If a request cannot be verified with the access we have, we decline the job instead of producing a padded report. |
05 Standing refusals
We will not produce
- Estimated metrics presented as measurements.
- Fabricated history, testimonials, or client lists.
- Reports claiming checks that were never executed.
- Confidence levels inflated to make a result look stronger.
- Answers to questions outside the access we actually have — we decline instead.