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Infrastructure

· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
93
GRADE
A
FIX
1
REVIEW
2
PASS
6
INFO
0
Probed from Singapore, Singapore
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
6 PASS 2 REVIEW 1 FIX
D
CDN & Delivery
Action
No CDN detected
FIX
No CDN detected
Warning::
No CDN detected
A CDN can significantly improve load times for users around the world by caching content at edge nodes closer to them.
No CDN detected

Consider using a CDN to improve global delivery speed and reduce origin load.

B
URL Variants
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
REVIEW
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
Critical::
Both www and non-www versions serve content
Got: Both variants return 200 Expected: One variant 301-redirects to the other
Info::
HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS

www / non-www

200https://www.christianitytoday.com/
200https://christianitytoday.com/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://christianitytoday.com/ → https://christianitytoday.com/

Consistent

B
TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations
44 days until leaf cert expires — 3 issues to address
REVIEW

Certificate validity

44
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

  • Enable HSTS: Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
  • Enable DNSSEC on your domain for DNS spoofing protection
  • Enable OCSP stapling on your TLS server to remove a CA roundtrip and protect user privacy
A+
DNS Records
1 A records, 7 ms lookup
PASS
1 A records, 7 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 192.0.66.42
Info::
Single A record — no DNS redundancy
Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.
Info::
Has 1 IPv6 (AAAA) record(s)
Got: 2a04:fa87:fffd::c000:42cf
Info::
2 nameserver(s) configured
Got: alina.ns.cloudflare.com, arturo.ns.cloudflare.com
Info::
5 mail exchanger(s) configured
Info::
CAA records not checked
CAA record lookup requires a specialized DNS resolver. This check will be available in a future update.
Info::
SPF record present in TXT
Info::
DNS resolution time: 7 ms
Got: 7 ms
A192.0.66.42
AAAA2a04:fa87:fffd::c000:42cf
CNAME—
NSalina.ns.cloudflare.com, arturo.ns.cloudflare.com
MX
1 ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.com
5 ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.com
5 ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.com
10 ALT4.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.com
10 ALT3.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.com
TXT
IZLXJL538A7J3WFN21HHPZCHHANQ05QZNLT56ZDNY
MS=ms29519147
ZOOM_verify_9r0RDtAoQteZwa1ITnCyoA
ZOOM_verify_PyY0RiXZmWFZGuDUOU7v9n
dropbox-domain-verification=l6zfq519f5be
figma-domain-verification=ae72b9faf46eecee19f73dfb1959bbb64c3d8c5f0155851be24239...
google-site-verification=8BbpFA16kUBEiKWfL-3oY-8JmeTnn3C79GUuvSixBQk
google-site-verification=ZRAWf_G4mKJc-micAx6M5uN0vApYY-LUbox14IyPhzQ
google-site-verification=yH0GKn2l6EE-U04vGLfRGUmS1NzRpDMnOM4aSDfukh4
lgvn9z3jy2s9l4ryhnxv0x2hnky9wppp
stripe-verification=e5f22f0119cc56a937126dbd25c2c826c65f9383c8b0ff016350d256771d...
SPF v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:225305...
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 7 ms

Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.

Why this matters

Single A record means a single point of failure — if that IP goes down, your site is unreachable until DNS TTL expires.

Learn more ▾

Add multiple A records for round-robin failover, or use a managed DNS provider with health-checked failover (Route 53, Cloudflare, NS1). Short TTL (60-300s) lets clients recover faster on outages.

Source: SRE practice / DNS architecture

CAA record lookup requires a specialized DNS resolver. This check will be available in a future update.

Why this matters

Informational: CAA (Certification Authority Authorization) records weren't checked in this scan.

A
Redirect Chain
1 redirect(s), 19 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 19 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://christianitytoday.com → https://www.christianitytoday.com/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect

https://christianitytoday.com

11 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.christianitytoday.com/

8 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://christianitytoday.com30111 msHTTP/1.1nginx
2https://www.christianitytoday.com/2008 msHTTP/1.1nginx

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+
IPv6 Readiness
IPv6 reachable (1 ms)
PASS
IPv6 reachable (1 ms)
Info::
IPv6 is configured and reachable at 2a04:fa87:fffd::c000:42cf
Got: 1 ms connect
IPv6 Ready
AAAA Records 2a04:fa87:fffd::c000:42cf Connection Reachable (1 ms)
A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 73 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 73 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 1702 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 73 entries
Info::
Sitemap index with 73 child sitemaps
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap
robots.txt 200 OK
Size 1702 B Sitemaps referenced 17 User-agents ChatGPT-User, CCBot, Google-Extended, *, GPTbot Blocking No — crawling allowed
User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /page/
Disallow: /?s=*

## OpenAI GPTBot crawler (https://platform.openai.com/docs/gptbot)
User-agent: GPTbot
Disallow: /

## OpenAI ChatGPT service (https://platform.openai.com/docs/plugins/bot)
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Disallow: /

## Common Crawl crawler (https://commoncrawl.org/faq)
User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

## Google Bard / Gemini crawler (https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/overview-google-crawlers)
User-agent: Google-Extended
Disallow: /

# START YOAST BLOCK
# ---------------------------
User-agent: *
Disallow:

Sitemap: https://www.christianitytoday.com/sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://es.christianitytoday.com/sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://ar.christianitytoday.com/sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://ca.christianitytoday.com/sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://zh.christianitytoday.com/sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://fr.christianitytoday.com/sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://gl.christianitytoday.com/sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://id.christianitytoday.com/sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://zh-tw.christianitytoday.com/sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://it.christianitytoday.com/sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://jp.christianitytoday.com/sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://ko.christianitytoday.com/sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://pt.christianitytoday.com/sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://ru.christianitytoday.com/sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://ua.christianitytoday.com/sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://global.christianitytoday.com/sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.christianitytoday.com/pastors/sitemap_index.xml
# ---------------------------
# END YOAST BLOCK
sitemap.xml 200 OK
Type Sitemap Index URLs 73 entries Valid XML Yes
Child Sitemaps:
A+
Domain Intelligence
christianitytoday.com — via GoDaddy.com, LLC, 29 years, 2 months old
PASS
christianitytoday.com — via GoDaddy.com, LLC, 29 years, 2 months old
Info::
Domain registered until Jun 25, 2027 (1 years, 2 months remaining)
Info::
DNSSEC is not enabled
DNSSEC protects against DNS spoofing attacks. While not required, enabling DNSSEC adds an additional layer of security. Contact your DNS provider to enable it.
Info::
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Warning::
Registrar lock is NOT enabled
The domain can be transferred without an unlock step. Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) in your registrar's control panel to protect against unauthorized or accidental transfers.
Domain expiry

344 days

June 25, 2027

SSL certificate

44 days

Issued by Let's Encrypt

Domain age

29 years, 2 months

Registered June 26, 1997

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Unknown

2a04:fa87:fffd::c000:42cf

Registrar

GoDaddy.com, LLC

Unlocked 2 NS records
Expiry timeline
Today
+1 year
Domain expiry SSL expiry Danger zone (≤30 days)
Recommended actions
  • Enable DNSSEC to protect visitors from DNS spoofing
  • Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) to block unauthorized domain transfers
Registrar GoDaddy.com, LLC
Created June 26, 1997 (29 years, 2 months ago)
Expires June 25, 2027 (1 years, 2 months)
Last Updated June 25, 2025
Name Servers alina.ns.cloudflare.com, arturo.ns.cloudflare.com
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 2a04:fa87:fffd::c000:42cf
Data source: rdap (0.0s)

DNSSEC protects against DNS spoofing attacks. While not required, enabling DNSSEC adds an additional layer of security. Contact your DNS provider to enable it.

Why this matters

Without DNSSEC, an attacker who can poison your DNS can hijack your domain — and SSL certs alone don't stop them.

Learn more ▾

DNSSEC adds cryptographic signatures to DNS records, preventing forged responses from poisoning resolver caches. Without it, an attacker who controls the network path can redirect your domain to a malicious server before any HTTPS handshake happens. Most modern registrars (Cloudflare, Google Domains, Route 53) enable it with one toggle.

Source: ICANN / RFC 4033

The domain can be transferred without an unlock step. Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) in your registrar's control panel to protect against unauthorized or accidental transfers.

Why this matters

Without registrar lock, an attacker who phishes your registrar credentials can transfer the domain in minutes — total brand hijack.

Learn more ▾

Registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited, clientUpdateProhibited, clientDeleteProhibited) requires extra verification before any transfer/update/delete. Every major registrar offers it free. Combined with 2FA on your registrar account, it's the strongest defense against domain hijacking.

Source: ICANN / domain-security best practice

A+
HTTP Probe Timing
Total 13 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
6 ms
TCP Connect TCP Connect — time to establish a TCP connection to the server.
1 ms
TLS Handshake TLS Handshake — time to complete the HTTPS encryption handshake.
5 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
13 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
13 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 6 ms TCP Connect 1 ms TLS Handshake 5 ms Server Processing 2 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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