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· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
87
GRADE
B
FIX
0
REVIEW
4
PASS
5
INFO
0
Probed from Madrid, Spain
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
5 PASS 4 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
Crawlability
robots.txt present, no sitemap
REVIEW
robots.txt present, no sitemap
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 311 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 311 B Sitemaps referenced 0 User-agents Meta-ExternalAgent, ia_archiver, Applebot-Extended, CCBot, cohere-ai, cohere-training-data-crawler, ClaudeBot, GPTBot Blocking No — crawling allowed
User-agent: ia_archiver
Disallow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended 
Disallow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Disallow: /

User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler
Disallow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Disallow: /

sitemap.xml No sitemap found

No sitemap found

Adding a sitemap helps search engines discover your pages.

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

Certificate validity

225
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
B
CDN & Delivery
Akamai
REVIEW
Akamai
Info::
Site is served via Akamai CDN
Got: server header
CDN Detected: Akamai
Provider Akamai Evidence server header
A+
DNS Records
1 A records, 84 ms lookup
PASS
1 A records, 84 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 184.24.30.242
Info::
Single A record — no DNS redundancy
Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
8 nameserver(s) configured
Got: dns2.p05.nsone.net, ns03.vandalay-industries.net, dns1.p05.nsone.net, ns02.vandalay-industries.net, ns01.vandalay-industries.net, ns04.vandalay-industries.net, dns4.p05.nsone.net, dns3.p05.nsone.net
Info::
2 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: 84 ms
Got: 84 ms
A184.24.30.242
AAAA
CNAME
NSdns2.p05.nsone.net, ns03.vandalay-industries.net, dns1.p05.nsone.net, ns02.vandalay-industries.net, ns01.vandalay-industries.net, ns04.vandalay-industries.net, dns4.p05.nsone.net, dns3.p05.nsone.net
MX
10 mxb-002e0402.gslb.pphosted.com
10 mxa-002e0402.gslb.pphosted.com
TXT
parsec-domain-verification=td_2LYgwPOESeC5DpiHvKknT1GeC1m
yahoo-verification-key=zWBMSZh/6L+/YFepV/LuuCXCeyr4s7vb0BwP9CVs85w=
facebook-domain-verification=w37pi62jxazsspkkvn2s4ur9076fqq
jamf-site-verification=5rijxCiruExgdfUySYZbAA
openai-domain-verification=dv-g3m9EmpcKCbw6ne16TYsn1Xk
apple-domain-verification=TLGeUVKr7elbXuQ-gWNAO2iSGAFEBSS9Lzhn5uW80Z4
google-site-verification=oA6JEeX8B8oV-J6hYRI7iOdVlI-UvUTEobddxo8BnWE
canva-site-verification=aU_hn6zWLQ695JnI73xWNA
liveramp-site-verification=N7LfJQ_zOOUHWzRKQ58XigamknKTRS3g5EZCAit3OQk
1password-site-verification=IIPTSTLKAFEY5LZW5S2OMGJF5A
miro-verification=3ea8442faf25fa0de74a9891a07ab52013c4390c
google-site-verification=BFXjAkyVZ3HpEBaBBSpAO3hyLQQA9NVwMldFutB4LTg
google-site-verification=9nMvEu8_WnR_jYnX32cg62iYnBv-OzyaSKG_tt9JjUs
docusign=0466d3a8-1fdd-479c-b14c-3c83941d25c7
adobe-sign-verification=542210af2ebc04eddf91ca33105988f9
_globalsign-domain-verification=VPemhDee0EKRXi0IPzeSUrn849jHevrjIaTeDYOTZ4
SPF v=spf1 include:%{ir}.%{v}.%{d}.spf.has.pphosted.com include:mail.zendesk.com inc...
onetrust-domain-verification=991596553d8d42c6a1b83400be1e0847
dtm-domain-verification=_CWWtNed41LwJpvRky6-76xNtvnnn68p_IdNVQ1flNA
meltwater_sso_20230818_TRITON-15725
browserstack-domain-verification=9ce49647-eeca-4252-8570-ec115c1476d9
bc6a55a52e7bd3b31530f2ab8caaeabeea5ec31962533ca2a6
docker-verification=86bff9eb-613d-4b5a-b095-9bea2fd4025a
a84b0b35fb3c4df691ae1e4f605a4dc4
airtable-verification=7a6ab679b17e7cd4ccc458de2cc64270
y/BkiRKRXYOUuh53o7gCWGEuLxZSgGI/5YaqeNL2njfqabTiEKp6FDeZ5WXNmwsls8qiJUyKsWcJoVm8...
adobe-idp-site-verification=1547d5b9-6e6c-4049-945b-81602ef62527
autodesk-domain-verification=Uyp3r-Zx45ZwOupbOHGN
figma-domain-verification=aead255d3da47715e36963b9160958039da8770669c2c7ab83f062...
google-site-verification=5BDyGXolxFxapL78G4WgA94-9AekRxCi7qEqLExy_wY
anthropic-domain-verification-3vpd5p=lLlaLSTe5sNZVLPJbvarDRRvY
dropbox-domain-verification=qnfg38m5maca
atlassian-domain-verification=MMzWQ2TqcxeKliKSzrsMVl8JE34sjUX/AAseKUOLM2alhtHAS0...
smartsheet-site-validation=krn6tIiv4DtylzMWkBVyKxf9tL7lRZkJ
google-site-verification=s-CHvT8D1hVZPdUlMkwUZpyw49BuqoADe8u2hv7nV6M
google-site-verification=GSohpv3y_Sb-U-3ibF_5xc3AZqmfbWPwFWd11oTxyMg
apple-domain-verification=BcdEddcojts87DCz
canva-site-verification=581y01xhly517LXX1VDOIA
cursor-domain-verification-vss4g6=dfreq2sI4cUnX1nzOsXBncOG3
_lajahfwi5k599brayrrddd880qo90qa
slack-domain-verification=46UH6nRynXZ40pUPXjBLCCK2UMk3UwBJ4eh4YmAa
MS=ms89193773
stripe-verification=3E72779BA80AE115AABF32BDE9C24E566BF4517821007A9D11DB047A9F48...
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 84 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), 172 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 172 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://rockstargames.com → https://www.rockstargames.com/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect

https://rockstargames.com

95 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.rockstargames.com/

77 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://rockstargames.com30195 msHTTP/1.1AkamaiGHost
2https://www.rockstargames.com/20077 msHTTP/1.1Apache/2.4.37 (Oracle Linux) OpenSSL/1.1.1k

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+
URL Variants
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
PASS
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
Info::
HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS

www / non-www

403https://www.rockstargames.com/
200https://rockstargames.com/

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://rockstargames.com/ https://www.rockstargames.com/

Consistent

A+
Domain Intelligence
rockstargames.com — via MarkMonitor Inc., 27 years, 9 months old, hosted on Akamai
PASS
rockstargames.com — via MarkMonitor Inc., 27 years, 9 months old, hosted on Akamai
Info::
Domain registered until Nov 30, 2027 (1 years, 7 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: MarkMonitor Inc.
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: Akamai
Got: AS16625
Domain expiry

499 days

November 30, 2027

SSL certificate

225 days

Issued by DigiCert Inc

Domain age

27 years, 9 months

Registered December 1, 1998

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Akamai

ASN AS16625

184.24.30.242

Registrar

MarkMonitor Inc.

Unlocked 8 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 MarkMonitor Inc.
Created December 1, 1998 (27 years, 9 months ago)
Expires November 30, 2027 (1 years, 7 months)
Last Updated October 29, 2025
Name Servers dns1.p05.nsone.net, dns2.p05.nsone.net, dns3.p05.nsone.net, dns4.p05.nsone.net, ns01.vandalay-industries.net, ns02.vandalay-industries.net, ns03.vandalay-industries.net, ns04.vandalay-industries.net
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 184.24.30.242
ASN AS16625 (AKAMAI-AS - Akamai Technologies, Inc., US)
Provider Akamai
Data source: rdap (0.3s)

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

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 33 ms TCP Connect 30 ms TLS Handshake 33 ms Server Processing 31 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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