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· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
100
GRADE
A+
FIX
0
REVIEW
1
PASS
8
INFO
0
Probed from Singapore, Singapore
200 OK
Checks
9
8 PASS 1 REVIEW
B
TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations
54 days until leaf cert expires — 3 issues to address
REVIEW

Certificate validity

54
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

  • Extend HSTS max-age to at least 31536000 (1 year) to meet the preload list criteria
  • 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
2 A records, 5 ms lookup
PASS
2 A records, 5 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 2 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 104.19.178.74, 104.19.177.74
Info::
Has 2 IPv6 (AAAA) record(s)
Got: 2606:4700::6813:b24a, 2606:4700::6813:b14a
Info::
2 nameserver(s) configured
Got: jay.ns.cloudflare.com, may.ns.cloudflare.com
Info::
1 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: 5 ms
Got: 5 ms
A104.19.178.74, 104.19.177.74
AAAA2606:4700::6813:b24a, 2606:4700::6813:b14a
CNAME—
NSjay.ns.cloudflare.com, may.ns.cloudflare.com
MX
0 lasvegassun-com.mail.protection.outlook.com
TXT
MS=ms68583227
google-site-verification=TzBpljMGz9RJJoCD2-FQjOZGKzSjixoqTCz3F_BNOwY
google-site-verification=apXJizYdjhS8YfjNFRsCr-b_yNCfx68tp0fv5w_Mbzc
SPF v=spf1 a mx include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:spf.mandrillapp.com inclu...
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 5 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://lasvegassun.com

https://lasvegassun.com

225 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://lasvegassun.com200225 msHTTP/1.1cloudflare
A+
IPv6 Readiness
IPv6 reachable (2 ms)
PASS
IPv6 reachable (2 ms)
Info::
IPv6 is configured and reachable at 2606:4700::6813:b24a, 2606:4700::6813:b14a
Got: 2 ms connect
IPv6 Ready
AAAA Records 2606:4700::6813:b24a, 2606:4700::6813:b14a Connection Reachable (2 ms)
A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 38 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 38 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 4286 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 38 entries
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap
robots.txt 200 OK
Size 4286 B Sitemaps referenced 1 User-agents GoogleOther, AdIdxBot, Googlebot-Video, gsa-crawler, DuckDuckBot, Baiduspider, Google-Extended, PerplexityBot, facebookexternalhit, LinkedInBot, Google-InspectionTool, Slurp, meta-externalfetcher, Telegrambot, Java/1.5.0_11, Googlebot-Image, Chartbeat, WhatsApp, Feedly/1.0, Directcrawler, Discordbot, MicrosoftPreview, Twitterbot, Pinterestbot, cohere-ai, Mediapartners-Google, meta-webindexer, VoilaBot, Baiduspider-video, ShopWiki, YandexBot, meta-externalads, Slackbot, Baiduspider-news, Baiduspider-image, YandexNews, YandexImages, anthropic-ai, Amazonbot, Feedspot/1.0, BufferLinkPreviewBot/1.0, Bingbot, FacebookBot, *, Java/1.4.1_04, Krzana bot, SputnikBot/2.3, Applebot, ClaudeBot, weborama-fetcher, AdsBot-Google, BingPreview, msnbot-media, GPTBot, meta-externalagent, Clickagy Intelligence Bot v2, Googlebot, Googlebot-News, Applebot-Extended, ChatGPT-User, CCBot Blocking No — crawling allowed
# Updated 2026-04-14 Doug Twyman — added form/functional Disallows; added AI crawler Allow sections
# DEPLOY NOTE: after pushing, purge CF cache for https://lasvegassun.com/robots.txt

# === Search engines ===
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Googlebot-News
Allow: /

User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Allow: /

User-agent: Googlebot-Video
Allow: /

User-agent: GoogleOther
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-InspectionTool
Allow: /

User-agent: AdsBot-Google
Allow: /

User-agent: Mediapartners-Google
Allow: /

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /

User-agent: BingPreview
Allow: /

User-agent: MicrosoftPreview
Allow: /

User-agent: AdIdxBot
Allow: /

User-agent: msnbot-media
Allow: /

User-agent: Slurp
Allow: /

User-agent: DuckDuckBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Baiduspider
Allow: /

User-agent: Baiduspider-news
Allow: /

User-agent: Baiduspider-image
Allow: /

User-agent: Baiduspider-video
Allow: /

User-agent: YandexBot
Allow: /

User-agent: YandexNews
Allow: /

User-agent: YandexImages
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

# === AI crawlers — explicitly welcome ===
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: meta-externalagent
Allow: /

# === 3rd party services ===
User-agent: Chartbeat
Allow: /

User-agent: facebookexternalhit
Allow: /

User-agent: FacebookBot
Allow: /

User-agent: meta-webindexer
Allow: /

User-agent: meta-externalfetcher
Allow: /

User-agent: meta-externalads
Allow: /

User-agent: Twitterbot
Allow: /

User-agent: LinkedInBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Pinterestbot
Allow: /

User-agent: Slackbot
Allow: /

User-agent: Discordbot
Allow: /

User-agent: WhatsApp
Allow: /

User-agent: Telegrambot
Allow: /

User-agent: Feedly/1.0
Allow: /

User-agent: Feedspot/1.0
Allow: /

User-agent: BufferLinkPreviewBot/1.0
Allow: /

# === All crawlers — functional/form pages blocked ===
User-agent: *
#Crawl-delay: 10
Sitemap: https://lasvegassun.com/sitemap.xml
Disallow: /restaurants/search/
Disallow: *reminder/
Disallow: *ufcsn
Disallow: /:
Disallow: /:/
Disallow: /*rawhtml*
Disallow: /702show*
Disallow: /accounts*
Disallow: /accounts/login*
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /cgi-bin/
Disallow: /comments*
Disallow: /alerts/
Disallow: /community/press-releases/submit/
Disallow: /compare/
Disallow: /compare/
Disallow: /contact/
Disallow: /content/
Disallow: /dossier*
Disallow: /events/search/?category=*
Disallow: /events/search/
Disallow: /events/submit/
Disallow: /feedback/
Disallow: /fileadmin/
Disallow: /flag/
Disallow: /mailform/
Disallow: /mailfriend*
Disallow: /mailfriend/
Disallow: /mma-sn/
Disallow: /r/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /staff/*/contact/
Disallow: /slideshow_xml/
Disallow: /sun/dossier*
Disallow: /sunbin*
Disallow: /sunbin/
Disallow: /ufc-sn/
Disallow: /ufc-video-sn/
Disallow: /users/
Disallow: /wec-sn/
Disallow: */cdn-cgi/l/email-protection*
Disallow:*/slideshow_xml/
Disallow: */xml/
Disallow: *inlines/
Disallow: *cdn-cgi/
Disallow: */drudged/

#specific URLS to block
Disallow: *charges-fly-among-las-vegas-nightclub-investors*
Disallow: *scaled.0325_met_health03*

#other user agents
User-agent: Directcrawler
Disallow: /
User-agent: VoilaBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Java/1.5.0_11
Disallow: /
User-agent: Java/1.4.1_04
Disallow: /
User-agent: gsa-crawler
Disallow: /
#User-agent: ia_archiver-web.archive.org
#Disallow: /
User-agent: ShopWiki
Disallow: /
User-agent: weborama-fetcher
Disallow: /
User-agent: Krzana bot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Clickagy Intelligence Bot v2
Disallow: /
User-agent: SputnikBot/2.3
Disallow: /

#images
User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Disallow: /*?
Disallow: /*_t12*
Disallow: /*_t18*
Disallow: /*_t19*
Disallow: /*_t20*
Disallow: /*_t27*
Disallow: /*_t30*
Disallow: /*_t37*
Disallow: /*_t60*
Disallow: /*_t61*
Disallow: /*_t65*
Disallow: /*_t96*
Disallow: /*_r45x*
Disallow: /*_r50x*
Disallow: /*_r90x*
Disallow: /*_r60x*
Disallow: /*_r100x*
Disallow: /*_r104x*
Disallow: /*_r180x*
Disallow: /*_r340x*
Disallow: /*_r415x*
Disallow: /*_tx50*

# Twitterbot handled above in the explicit allow section
sitemap.xml 200 OK
Type URL Set URLs 38 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.lasvegassun.com/
200https://lasvegassun.com/

Preferred variant: non-www

HTTP → HTTPS

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

Consistent

A+
Domain Intelligence
lasvegassun.com — via GoDaddy.com, LLC, 31 years, 7 months old
PASS
lasvegassun.com — via GoDaddy.com, LLC, 31 years, 7 months old
Info::
Domain registered until Mar 4, 2027 (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: 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

233 days

March 4, 2027

SSL certificate

54 days

Issued by Google Trust Services

Domain age

31 years, 7 months

Registered March 3, 1995

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Unknown

2606:4700::6813:b24a

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 March 3, 1995 (31 years, 7 months ago)
Expires March 4, 2027 (10 months)
Last Updated March 5, 2026
Name Servers jay.ns.cloudflare.com, may.ns.cloudflare.com
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 2606:4700::6813:b24a
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 726 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
2 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.
7 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
223 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
727 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 2 ms TCP Connect 1 ms TLS Handshake 7 ms Server Processing 213 ms Content Transfer 503 ms
A
CDN & Delivery
Cloudflare (DYNAMIC)
PASS
Cloudflare (DYNAMIC)
Info::
Site is served via Cloudflare CDN (edge: SIN)
Got: cf-ray: 9f08318bfeb49af4-SIN
Info::
CDN cache status: DYNAMIC
CDN Detected: Cloudflare
Provider Cloudflare Cache Status DYNAMIC Evidence cf-ray: 9f08318bfeb49af4-SIN
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