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· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
93
GRADE
A
FIX
0
REVIEW
2
PASS
7
INFO
0
Probed from New York, United Stated
200 OK
Checks
9
7 PASS 2 REVIEW
C
IPv6 Readiness
Action
No IPv6 support
REVIEW
No IPv6 support
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records found
IPv6 support is increasingly important for global accessibility. About 40% of internet users have IPv6 connectivity.
No IPv6 Support
About 40% of internet users have IPv6. Consider adding AAAA records.

IPv6 support is increasingly important for global accessibility. About 40% of internet users have IPv6 connectivity.

Why this matters

No AAAA records — same impact as 'no IPv6 (AAAA) records'; IPv6-preferring clients pay extra latency falling back to IPv4.

Source: Google IPv6 stats

B
TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations
41 days until leaf cert expires — 4 issues to address
REVIEW

Certificate validity

41
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

  • Prefer TLS 1.3 — TLS 1.2 is acceptable but TLS 1.3 removes RSA key exchange and improves latency
  • 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
4 A records, 6 ms lookup
PASS
4 A records, 6 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 4 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 151.101.2.133, 151.101.194.133, 151.101.66.133, 151.101.130.133
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
4 nameserver(s) configured
Got: ns-1124.awsdns-12.org, ns-157.awsdns-19.com, ns-1931.awsdns-49.co.uk, ns-815.awsdns-37.net
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: 6 ms
Got: 6 ms
A151.101.2.133, 151.101.194.133, 151.101.66.133, 151.101.130.133
AAAA—
CNAME—
NSns-1124.awsdns-12.org, ns-157.awsdns-19.com, ns-1931.awsdns-49.co.uk, ns-815.awsdns-37.net
MX
1 aspmx.l.google.com
5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com
10 alt3.aspmx.l.google.com
10 alt4.aspmx.l.google.com
TXT
_globalsign-domain-verification=GXpUUS49HB9rYWZEmxJFtZdS61weLMlf91w9Dn-5O0
anthropic-domain-verification-c0b6cr=1frD95YdkjaI4KRD0B6AiJihB
apple-domain-verification=JGc0F-VCXwnww0aytCdoYQZxbbKvlZEgB1GuBbZKARw
facebook-domain-verification=1s2yw12u2s0ti2jr8sbh9877z09ljn
globalsign-domain-verification=IUAylHRA1OTIjHtv-r5Py156P4CXImu7Q3D7nwuTUx
google-site-verification=x2woIfwcIEr_VzaeXv4oWvmhRKeBw-FiAKqCNV8m6gU
openai-domain-verification=dv-ZsNTguuxpVqTxk2a0smM5EP7
SPF v=spf1 a mx include:aspmx.sailthru.com include:_spf.google.com include:mail.zend...
yahoo-verification-key=0kob/ucnoVqVSbMYDx0n/JJzJ3daMUSnsNIzBX3HcjQ=
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 6 ms

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
No redirects — direct access
PASS
No redirects — direct access
Info::
No redirects — direct access
Got: https://patch.com

https://patch.com

35 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://patch.com20035 msHTTP/1.1Heroku
A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 896 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 896 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 4240 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 896 entries
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap
robots.txt 200 OK
Size 4240 B Sitemaps referenced 4 User-agents Yandex, Baiduspider-video, Baiduspider-cpro, magpie-crawler, Baiduspider, trendictionbot, AhrefsBot, Sogou, ADmantX, *, anthropic-ai, Kraken, moatbot, CCBot/2.0, WikiDo, fr_crawler, heritrix, MaxPointCrawler, cohere-ai, Baiduspider-image, Baiduspider-news, Slurp, CCBot/2.0 (http://commoncrawl.org/faq/), Synthesio, CCBot, Bitvorebot, SemrushBot, Exabot, Twitterbot, AmazonAdBot, GermCrawler, Baiduspider-favo, Baiduspider-ads, BLP_bbot, bhcBot, BrandONbot Blocking No — crawling allowed
Sitemap: https://patch.com/sm/sm-h-48.xml
Sitemap: https://patch.com/nsm/news-sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://patch.com/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://patch.com/sm/sm-promoted-biz.xml

User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: CCBot/2.0
Disallow: /

User-agent: CCBot/2.0 (http://commoncrawl.org/faq/)
Disallow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Disallow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Disallow: /

User-agent: WikiDo
Disallow: /

User-agent: fr_crawler
Disallow: /

User-agent: Yandex
Disallow: /
User-agent: Baiduspider
Disallow: /

User-agent: Baiduspider-image
Disallow: /

User-agent: Baiduspider-video
Disallow: /

User-agent: Baiduspider-favo
Disallow: /

User-agent: Baiduspider-news
Disallow: /

User-agent: Baiduspider-cpro
Disallow: /

User-agent: Baiduspider-ads
Disallow: /

# New crawlers to block 2016
User-Agent: trendictionbot
Disallow: /

User-Agent: Bitvorebot
Disallow: /

User-Agent: BLP_bbot
Disallow: /

User-Agent: heritrix
Disallow: /

User-Agent: magpie-crawler
Disallow: /

User-Agent: Kraken
Disallow: /

User-Agent: moatbot
Disallow: /

User-Agent: bhcBot
Disallow: /

User-Agent: SemrushBot
Disallow: /

User-Agent: Synthesio
Disallow: /

User-Agent: AhrefsBot
Disallow: /

User-Agent: BrandONbot
Disallow: /

User-Agent: GermCrawler
Disallow: /

User-Agent: Sogou
Disallow: /

User-Agent: Exabot
Disallow: /

User-Agent: MaxPointCrawler
Disallow: /

User-Agent: ADmantX
Disallow: /

User-Agent: Slurp
Crawl-delay: 1

User-agent: *
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /misc/*.css$
Allow: /misc/*.css?
Allow: /misc/*.js$
Allow: /misc/*.js?
Allow: /misc/*.gif
Allow: /misc/*.jpg
Allow: /misc/*.jpeg
Allow: /misc/*.png
Allow: /modules/*.css$
Allow: /modules/*.css?
Allow: /modules/*.js$
Allow: /modules/*.js?
Allow: /modules/*.gif
Allow: /modules/*.jpg
Allow: /modules/*.jpeg
Allow: /modules/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
Allow: /profiles/*.png
Allow: /themes/*.css$
Allow: /themes/*.css?
Allow: /themes/*.js$
Allow: /themes/*.js?
Allow: /themes/*.gif
Allow: /themes/*.jpg
Allow: /themes/*.jpeg
Allow: /themes/*.png
# Directories
Disallow: /includes/
Disallow: /misc/
Disallow: /modules/
Disallow: /profiles/
Disallow: /scripts/
Disallow: /themes/
# Files
Disallow: /CHANGELOG.txt
Disallow: /cron.php
Disallow: /INSTALL.mysql.txt
Disallow: /INSTALL.pgsql.txt
Disallow: /INSTALL.sqlite.txt
Disallow: /install.php
Disallow: /INSTALL.txt
Disallow: /LICENSE.txt
Disallow: /MAINTAINERS.txt
Disallow: /update.php
Disallow: /UPGRADE.txt
Disallow: /xmlrpc.php
# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips/
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register/
Disallow: /user/password/
Disallow: /user/login/
Disallow: /user/logout/

# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /?q=admin/
Disallow: /?q=comment/reply/
Disallow: /?q=filter/tips/
Disallow: /?q=node/add/
Disallow: /?q=search/
Disallow: /?q=user/password/
Disallow: /?q=user/register/
Disallow: /?q=user/login/
Disallow: /?q=user/logout/

#INTERNAL
Disallow: */compose$
Disallow: */compose/
Disallow: */classified/*/edit
Disallow: */event/*/edit
Disallow: */post/*/edit
Disallow: */login$
Disallow: */login/
Disallow: */classified/*/promote
Disallow: */event/*/promote
Disallow: */register$
Disallow: */register/
Disallow: */generate_ical_event/*
Disallow: *?vce=*
Disallow: */ep/*
Disallow: */reply/*
Disallow: /am/*
Disallow: */funnel$
Disallow: */funnel?page*

#User Profile Pages
Disallow: /users/*?page*
Disallow: /users/*/*

#Business search pages
Disallow: */businesses/search*

#Disallow newrelic stuff
Disallow: */page_view_timing/*
Disallow: */page_view_event/*
Disallow: */metrics/*
Disallow: */page_action/*
Disallow: */session_trace/*
Disallow: */spa/*
Disallow: */jserrors/*
Disallow: */aggregate
Disallow: /Detected
Disallow: /called

# redirect url to native app stores
Disallow: /download-app

#API Endpoints
Disallow: /api_v1/*

Disallow: */info/*

Disallow: */nodx*
Disallow: *-nodx-*
Disallow: *-nodx$

User-Agent: Twitterbot
Allow: */s/*
Allow: */nodx*
Allow: *-nodx-*
Allow: *-nodx$

User-Agent: AmazonAdBot
Allow: /
Allow: */s/*
Allow: */nodx*
Allow: *-nodx-*
Allow: *-nodx$
sitemap.xml 200 OK
Type URL Set URLs 896 entries Valid XML Yes
Sample URLs:
A+
URL Variants
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
PASS
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
Info::
www/non-www redirect configured correctly (preferred: non-www)
Info::
HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS

www / non-www

301https://www.patch.com/
200https://patch.com/

Preferred variant: non-www

HTTP → HTTPS

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

Consistent

A+
Domain Intelligence
patch.com — via Moniker Online Services LLC, 32 years, 7 months old, hosted on Fastly
PASS
patch.com — via Moniker Online Services LLC, 32 years, 7 months old, hosted on Fastly
Info::
Domain registered until Mar 2, 2028 (1 years, 10 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: Moniker Online Services 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.
Info::
Hosting: Fastly
Got: AS54113
Domain expiry

625 days

March 2, 2028

SSL certificate

41 days

Issued by Let's Encrypt

Domain age

32 years, 7 months

Registered March 1, 1994

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Fastly

ASN AS54113

151.101.194.133

Registrar

Moniker Online Services LLC

Unlocked 4 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 Moniker Online Services LLC
Created March 1, 1994 (32 years, 7 months ago)
Expires March 2, 2028 (1 years, 10 months)
Last Updated December 11, 2025
Name Servers ns-1124.awsdns-12.org, ns-157.awsdns-19.com, ns-1931.awsdns-49.co.uk, ns-815.awsdns-37.net
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 151.101.194.133
ASN AS54113 (FASTLY - Fastly, Inc., US)
Provider Fastly
Data source: rdap (0.1s)

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 30 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
3 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.
29 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
31 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 3 ms TCP Connect 1 ms TLS Handshake 5 ms Server Processing 21 ms Content Transfer 2 ms
A+
CDN & Delivery
Fastly (HIT, MISS)
PASS
Fastly (HIT, MISS)
Info::
Site is served via Fastly CDN
Got: x-served-by: cache-chi-kigq8000128-CHI, cache-lga21945-LGA
Info::
CDN cache status: HIT, MISS
CDN Detected: Fastly
Provider Fastly Cache Status HIT, MISS Evidence x-served-by: cache-chi-kigq8000128-CHI, cache-lga21945-LGA
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