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· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
84
GRADE
B
FIX
1
REVIEW
5
PASS
3
INFO
0
Probed from Madrid, Spain
302 Found
Checks
9
3 PASS 5 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
DNS Records
2 A records, 38 ms lookup
REVIEW
2 A records, 38 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 2 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 147.67.34.25, 147.67.210.25
Info::
Has 2 IPv6 (AAAA) record(s)
Got: 2a01:7080:14:100::666:25, 2a01:7080:24:100::666:25
Warning::
CNAME record at zone apex
A CNAME at the zone apex can break MX and NS records. Use ALIAS/ANAME or A records instead.
Got: ip-europa.ec.europa.eu
Info::
No NS records found
Info::
No MX records — email not configured via DNS
Info::
CAA records not checked
CAA record lookup requires a specialized DNS resolver. This check will be available in a future update.
Info::
No SPF record found in TXT records
SPF helps prevent email spoofing. Add a TXT record starting with 'v=spf1'.
Info::
DNS resolution time: 38 ms
Got: 38 ms
A147.67.34.25, 147.67.210.25
AAAA2a01:7080:14:100::666:25, 2a01:7080:24:100::666:25
CNAMEip-europa.ec.europa.eu
NS—
MX—
TXT—
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 38 ms

A CNAME at the zone apex can break MX and NS records. Use ALIAS/ANAME or A records instead.

Why this matters

CNAME at the apex (example.com) breaks every other apex record (MX, TXT, NS) — DNS-protocol violation per RFC 1034.

Learn more ▾

RFC 1034 forbids CNAME alongside other records at the same name. Some DNS providers offer ALIAS / ANAME / flattened-CNAME records that work around this — use those instead. Otherwise apex-level CNAME breaks email (no MX), domain ownership verification (no TXT), and more.

Source: RFC 1034

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.

SPF helps prevent email spoofing. Add a TXT record starting with 'v=spf1'.

Why this matters

Without SPF, receiving servers can't validate sending IPs — your domain is easier to spoof in phishing.

Learn more ▾

SPF complements DMARC. Both should be published. SPF records list authorized sending IPs (e.g., `v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all` for Google Workspace). After publishing, verify in Google Postmaster Tools or mxtoolbox.

Source: RFC 7208 (SPF)

B
Redirect Chain
2 redirect(s), 388 ms total
REVIEW
2 redirect(s), 388 ms total
Warning::
2 redirects before reaching final URL
Each redirect adds latency. Try to minimize the chain to 1 hop.
Info::
WWW normalization redirect
Info::
Uses 302 (temporary) redirect
If permanent, use 301 instead.
Got: https://www.europa.eu
Info::
Cross-domain redirect detected

https://www.europa.eu

91 ms · HTTP/1.1

302

https://europa.eu/

112 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://european-union.europa.eu/select-...

185 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://www.europa.eu30291 msHTTP/1.1
2https://europa.eu/301112 msHTTP/1.1Europa
3https://european-union.europa.eu/select-...200185 msHTTP/1.1

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

Each redirect adds latency. Try to minimize the chain to 1 hop.

Why this matters

Redirect chain — each hop adds latency; combine into one redirect where possible.

Source: Google Search Central / web.dev

If permanent, use 301 instead.

Why this matters

302 (Found) is for genuinely temporary redirects — if this redirect is permanent, switch to 301 to preserve SEO equity.

Learn more ▾

Search engines treat 302 as temporary, keeping the original URL indexed and not transferring full link equity to the destination. Use 301 (Moved Permanently) for permanent redirects (HTTP→HTTPS, www-vs-non-www, URL restructures).

Source: Google Search Central

B
Crawlability
robots.txt present, no sitemap
REVIEW
robots.txt present, no sitemap
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 4930 bytes
Info::
No sitemap.xml found
A sitemap helps search engines discover and index your pages more efficiently.
Info::
robots.txt does not reference a sitemap
Add a 'Sitemap:' directive to robots.txt so search engines can discover your sitemap.

A sitemap helps search engines discover and index your pages more efficiently.

Why this matters

No sitemap.xml — Google relies on crawl-graph discovery alone, slowing indexing of deep or fresh URLs.

Learn more ▾

A sitemap accelerates Google's discovery of new and updated content. Most CMSes auto-generate one; static-site frameworks need a build-step plugin. Reference it from robots.txt and submit in Search Console to confirm Google can fetch it.

Source: sitemaps.org / Google Search Central

Add a 'Sitemap:' directive to robots.txt so search engines can discover your sitemap.

Why this matters

robots.txt omits Sitemap: directive — crawlers must fetch /sitemap.xml by convention; reliable but missing the explicit hint.

Source: sitemaps.org

robots.txt 200 OK
Size 4930 B Sitemaps referenced 0 User-agents bingbot, * # match any robot name Blocking No — crawling allowed
#EUROPA.EU ROBOTS.TXT

#BINGBOT
#IM0022076229 / IM0022372707
User-agent: bingbot
Disallow: /taxation_customs/dds2/ecics/

#ALL AGENTS
User-agent: *		# match any robot name
Disallow: /cgi-bin/	# don't allow robots into cgi-bin
Disallow: /eur-lex/	# don't index old Eurlex - 13/09/2006 Request from OPOCE (Mr O. Grossmann)
Disallow: /archives/	# don't index the archives

#IM0012723685 - 03/04/2014
Disallow: /youth/dissemination/		
Disallow: /youth/archive/
Disallow: /youth/includes/
Disallow: /youth/misc/
Disallow: /youth/modules/
Disallow: /youth/profiles/
Disallow: /youth/themes/
Disallow: /youth/cron.php
Disallow: /youth/install.php
Disallow: /youth/LICENSE.txt
Disallow: /youth/xmlrpc.php
Disallow: /youth/admin/
Disallow: /youth/comment/reply/
Disallow: /youth/filter/tips/
Disallow: /youth/node/add/
Disallow: /youth/search/
Disallow: /youth/user/register/
Disallow: /youth/user/password/
Disallow: /youth/user/login/
Disallow: /youth/user/logout/

#IM0017899419 - 20/06/2019
Crawl-delay: 10
Disallow: /capacity4dev/includes/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/misc/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/modules/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/profiles/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/scripts/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/themes/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/CHANGELOG.txt
Disallow: /capacity4dev/cron.php
Disallow: /capacity4dev/INSTALL.mysql.txt
Disallow: /capacity4dev/INSTALL.pgsql.txt
Disallow: /capacity4dev/INSTALL.sqlite.txt
Disallow: /capacity4dev/install.php
Disallow: /capacity4dev/INSTALL.txt
Disallow: /capacity4dev/LICENSE.txt
Disallow: /capacity4dev/MAINTAINERS.txt
Disallow: /capacity4dev/update.php
Disallow: /capacity4dev/UPGRADE.txt
Disallow: /capacity4dev/xmlrpc.php
Disallow: /capacity4dev/admin/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/comment/reply/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/filter/tips/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/node/add/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/search/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/user/register/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/user/password/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/user/login/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/user/logout/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/results-reporting-eud-or-hq-unit
Disallow: /capacity4dev/eu-rfi
Disallow: /capacity4dev/results_reporting_2013-14
Disallow: /capacity4dev/results_reporting_2014-15
Disallow: /capacity4dev/?q=admin/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/?q=comment/reply/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/?q=filter/tips/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/?q=node/add/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/?q=search/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/?q=user/password/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/?q=user/register/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/?q=user/login/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/?q=user/logout/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/includes/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/misc/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/modules/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/profiles/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/scripts/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/themes/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/CHANGELOG.txt
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/cron.php
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/INSTALL.mysql.txt
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/INSTALL.pgsql.txt
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/INSTALL.sqlite.txt
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/install.php
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/INSTALL.txt
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/LICENSE.txt
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/MAINTAINERS.txt
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/update.php
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/UPGRADE.txt
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/xmlrpc.php
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/admin/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/comment/reply/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/filter/tips/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/node/add/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/search/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/user/register/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/user/password/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/user/login/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/user/logout/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/?q=admin/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/?q=comment/reply/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/?q=filter/tips/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/?q=node/add/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/?q=search/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/?q=user/password/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/?q=user/register/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/?q=user/login/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/?q=user/logout/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/flag/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/?q=flag/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/flag/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/capacity4dev/flag/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/?q=flag/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/searchgroup/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/events/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/events/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/blogs/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/news/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/discussions/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/media/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/documents/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/library/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/calendar/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/members/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/people/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/people
Disallow: /capacity4dev/user/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/users/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/members/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/members
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/people/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/people
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/user/
Disallow: /capacity4dev/*/users/
Disallow: /youreurope/citizensACC/
Disallow: /youreurope/businessACC/
Disallow: /youreurope/citizensDEV/
Disallow: /youreurope/businessDEV/
sitemap.xml No sitemap found

No sitemap found

Adding a sitemap helps search engines discover your pages.

B
URL Variants
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
REVIEW
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
Info::
www/non-www redirect configured correctly (preferred: www)
Critical::
HTTP version does not redirect to HTTPS
Got: HTTP 302 Expected: 301 redirect to HTTPS

www / non-www

200https://www.europa.eu/
301https://europa.eu/

Preferred variant: www

HTTP → HTTPS

302http://www.europa.eu/ → http://europa.eu/

HTTP version does not redirect to HTTPS

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

Certificate validity

128
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+
IPv6 Readiness
IPv6 reachable (25 ms)
PASS
IPv6 reachable (25 ms)
Info::
IPv6 is configured and reachable at 2a01:7080:14:100::666:25, 2a01:7080:24:100::666:25
Got: 25 ms connect
IPv6 Ready
AAAA Records 2a01:7080:14:100::666:25, 2a01:7080:24:100::666:25 Connection Reachable (25 ms)
A+
Domain Intelligence
europa.eu — via ClearMedia NV
PASS
europa.eu — via ClearMedia NV
Info::
Registrar: ClearMedia NV
Domain expiry

Unknown

SSL certificate

128 days

Issued by GlobalSign nv-sa

Domain age

Unknown

DNSSEC

Status unknown

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Unknown

2a01:7080:24:100::666:45

Registrar

ClearMedia NV

Lock status unknown 12 NS records
Expiry timeline
Today
+1 year
SSL expiry Danger zone (≤30 days)
Registrar ClearMedia NV
Name Servers ans1.cw.net, ans2.cw.net, ns4az2.europa.eu, ns3bru.europa.eu, ns2lux.europa.eu, ns4az1.europa.eu, ns2eu.bt.net, ns1lux.europa.eu, ns1bru.europa.eu, ns3lux.europa.eu, ns1.bt.net, ns2bru.europa.eu
Registrant NOT DISCLOSED!
Hosting
IP Address 2a01:7080:24:100::666:45
Data source: whois (0.6s)
A+
HTTP Probe Timing
Total 114 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
29 ms
TCP Connect TCP Connect — time to establish a TCP connection to the server.
23 ms
TLS Handshake TLS Handshake — time to complete the HTTPS encryption handshake.
25 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
114 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
114 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 29 ms TCP Connect 23 ms TLS Handshake 25 ms Server Processing 36 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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