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· 17 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
91
GRADE
A
FIX
0
REVIEW
5
PASS
12
INFO
0
Probed from Madrid, Spain
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
17
12 PASS 5 REVIEW
B
DNSSEC
Unsigned (DNSSEC not deployed)
REVIEW
Unsigned (DNSSEC not deployed)
Info::
DNSSEC is not deployed
The zone is not DNSSEC-signed. Users on validating resolvers (Cloudflare 1.1.1.1, Quad9 9.9.9.9, growing default in mobile resolvers) get no protection against DNS spoofing for this domain. Most registrars now offer DNSSEC at a single click; consider enabling it for sites where authenticity matters (banking, healthcare, government).
C
Reverse DNS
Action
0/8 IPs match cert SAN
REVIEW
0/8 IPs match cert SAN
Info::
PTR lookup failed for 151.101.64.81: lookup 151.101.64.81: no such host
No reverse DNS record set for this IP. Common on bare cloud-VM IPs without provider-side PTR; not a security issue.
Info::
PTR lookup failed for 151.101.0.81: lookup 151.101.0.81: no such host
No reverse DNS record set for this IP. Common on bare cloud-VM IPs without provider-side PTR; not a security issue.
Info::
PTR lookup failed for 151.101.128.81: lookup 151.101.128.81: no such host
No reverse DNS record set for this IP. Common on bare cloud-VM IPs without provider-side PTR; not a security issue.
Info::
PTR lookup failed for 151.101.192.81: lookup 151.101.192.81: no such host
No reverse DNS record set for this IP. Common on bare cloud-VM IPs without provider-side PTR; not a security issue.
Info::
PTR lookup failed for 2a04:4e42::81: lookup 2a04:4e42::81: no such host
No reverse DNS record set for this IP. Common on bare cloud-VM IPs without provider-side PTR; not a security issue.
Info::
PTR lookup failed for 2a04:4e42:200::81: lookup 2a04:4e42:200::81: no such host
No reverse DNS record set for this IP. Common on bare cloud-VM IPs without provider-side PTR; not a security issue.
Info::
PTR lookup failed for 2a04:4e42:400::81: lookup 2a04:4e42:400::81: no such host
No reverse DNS record set for this IP. Common on bare cloud-VM IPs without provider-side PTR; not a security issue.
Info::
PTR lookup failed for 2a04:4e42:600::81: lookup 2a04:4e42:600::81: no such host
No reverse DNS record set for this IP. Common on bare cloud-VM IPs without provider-side PTR; not a security issue.
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 redirects to HTTPS permanently
Got: HTTP 301

www / non-www

200https://www.bbc.co.uk/
200https://bbc.co.uk/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://bbc.co.uk/ → https://bbc.co.uk/

Consistent

B
TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations
92 days until leaf cert expires — 2 issues to address
REVIEW

Certificate validity

92
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

  • Add includeSubDomains to the HSTS directive
  • Enable DNSSEC on your domain for DNS spoofing protection
B
Operational Status Page
No status page link detected
REVIEW
No status page link detected
Info::
No operational status page link detected
Status pages communicate planned maintenance and incidents to users -- a hallmark of operationally-mature services. Most SaaS teams publish one via Atlassian Statuspage, Instatus, BetterUptime, or a self-hosted Cachet. Smaller sites legitimately don't need one; flagged as Info, not a failure.
A+
DNS Records
4 A records, 93 ms lookup
PASS
4 A records, 93 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 4 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 151.101.64.81, 151.101.0.81, 151.101.128.81, 151.101.192.81
Info::
Has 4 IPv6 (AAAA) record(s)
Got: 2a04:4e42::81, 2a04:4e42:200::81, 2a04:4e42:400::81, 2a04:4e42:600::81
Info::
8 nameserver(s) configured
Got: ddns1.bbc.co.uk, ddns0.bbc.co.uk, dns1.bbc.com, dns1.bbc.co.uk, ddns1.bbc.com, dns0.bbc.co.uk, ddns0.bbc.com, dns0.bbc.com
Info::
2 mail exchanger(s) configured
Info::
SPF record present in TXT
Info::
DNS resolution time: 93 ms
Got: 93 ms
A151.101.64.81, 151.101.0.81, 151.101.128.81, 151.101.192.81
AAAA2a04:4e42::81, 2a04:4e42:200::81, 2a04:4e42:400::81, 2a04:4e42:600::81
CNAME—
NSddns1.bbc.co.uk, ddns0.bbc.co.uk, dns1.bbc.com, dns1.bbc.co.uk, ddns1.bbc.com, dns0.bbc.co.uk, ddns0.bbc.com, dns0.bbc.com
MX
10 cluster1.eu.messagelabs.com
20 cluster1a.eu.messagelabs.com
TXT
google-site-verification=g4yTjpPOOs0WodzDuZ19ElG4j-r0Ipc1FW8fsUTmGVo
slack-domain-verification=wMCDUxtzgNFdmaVVeB6w6mDT8srz7ZIWqzV31zPu
asv=0f1cb0a74a95764aafe8161309533029
J0kgGm0XqA3/6pLD4DHeC5x/dAduzT809P1Iwx/PRCYvVS32rv75RIHKC2aVz47dJxKhPlxGf3h3KXiL...
google-site-verification=RaiMXJBIiFvqXHd43kv_ekzmXT2l8ibq5Xy0mulndvU
AqhruG504x81J/Xfsr7HTj4H/GbgcSiCDh6vzEb+x2RvclAu9VyYzaxkjgsnVnzT5P3qGwbGYXOE/FeV...
mongodb-site-verification=XEpCXFkFHrAUlb6oIEIe3hJz6NjerLhU
docusign=50f10407-e3e4-4f6a-aae4-712d4eb31329
yahoo-verification-key=+1K3fj4MM7tT8erFBTbBdDwhSGqBf37fO60f7R7MHbE=
atlassian-domain-verification=SQsgJ5h/FqwMTXuSG/G4Nd1Gx6uX2keREOsZSa22D5XT46EsEu...
jamf-site-verification=4q3gnFlazt-0uiCXTEJsgw
Huddle
access-domain-verification=d2445ac4134b4b6322bf8d546458c73e00100ee3eca47fa1a8646...
apple-domain-verification=jFFO0rdS9IrxgWUR
docker-verification=aab67462-78f7-4ade-a86b-358645923430
docusign=a10ad7b6-cf7e-472d-8157-23061f5b5116
_globalsign-domain-verification=bbBoRRQK3gh_LKZJdXpLFcvTT3vy-5obci6r8esay_
dropbox-domain-verification=l5djk65wpy3z
adobe-idp-site-verification=9b850a4a56e3fac19aea1e0ac5db302e5cefab444cd73519dce1...
google-site-verification=Rhy5gpa1LeMjUY6gxrds3K4bhB_SUv-fYU9D3kpeAc8
SPF v=spf1 ip4:212.58.224.0/19 ip4:132.185.0.0/16 +include:spf.sis.bbc.co.uk +includ...
msfpkey=3e29l8m08bqxp19k63t73fj5b
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 93 ms
A+
Subdomain Takeover
No subdomain takeover risk detected
PASS
No subdomain takeover risk detected
Info::
No CNAME record present
A+
CAA Records
issue: amazon.com, digicert.com, globalsign.com | issuewild: globalsign.com | iodef configured
PASS
issue: amazon.com, digicert.com, globalsign.com | issuewild: globalsign.com | iodef configured
Info::
CAA issue tag present — authorized CA(s): amazon.com, digicert.com, globalsign.com
Info::
CAA iodef tag present (failed-issuance notifications enabled)
A+
Multi-Resolver DNS Speed
Mean 13ms across 3 resolvers (spread 19ms)
PASS
Mean 13ms across 3 resolvers (spread 19ms)
Info::
Quad9: 1ms
Got: 1ms via 9.9.9.9:53
Info::
Cloudflare: 18ms
Got: 18ms via 1.1.1.1:53
Info::
Google: 20ms
Got: 20ms via 8.8.8.8:53
A
Redirect Chain
1 redirect(s), 12 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 12 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://bbc.co.uk → https://www.bbc.co.uk/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect

https://bbc.co.uk

5 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.bbc.co.uk/

7 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://bbc.co.uk3015 msHTTP/1.1Varnish
2https://www.bbc.co.uk/2007 msHTTP/1.1BBC-GTM

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+
IPv6 Readiness
IPv6 reachable (0 ms)
PASS
IPv6 reachable (0 ms)
Info::
IPv6 is configured and reachable at 2a04:4e42::81, 2a04:4e42:200::81, 2a04:4e42:400::81, 2a04:4e42:600::81
Got: 0 ms connect
IPv6 Ready
AAAA Records 2a04:4e42::81, 2a04:4e42:200::81, 2a04:4e42:400::81, 2a04:4e42:600::81 Connection Reachable (0 ms)
A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 6 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 6 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 4907 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 6 entries
Info::
Sitemap index with 6 child sitemaps
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap
robots.txt 200 OK
Size 4907 B Sitemaps referenced 13 User-agents magpie-crawler, ClaudeBot, Bytespider, Diffbot-User, CCBot, cohere-ai, Google-CloudVertexBot, omgili, anthropic-ai, PetalBot, GPTBot, YandexAdditional, ApifyWebsiteContentCrawler, FirecrawlAgent, ShapBot, YouBot, Amzn-SearchBot, Applebot-Extended, Amazonbot, Scrapy, ChatGPT-User, OAI-SearchBot, Diffbot, ExaBot, Amzn-User, *, PerplexityBot, TurnitinBot, TavilyBot, Google-Extended, Perplexity-User, YandexAdditionalBot, ApifyBot, omgilibot, Claude-Web, meta-externalagent, Brightbot, ProRataInc, CloudflareBrowserRenderingCrawler, AhrefsBot Blocking No — crawling allowed

# version: 20b91abf30af3b3b076745396ba368978384f4d7
# The BBC's Terms of Use: https://www.bbc.co.uk/terms
# - Explain the rules for using our services
# - Tell you what you can do with our content
#
# In short: Please use our site like a human, not a robot.
# That means:
# - No scraping, crawling, or systematic extraction of content 
# - No use of BBC content for training or fine-tuning AI models, including large language models (LLMs)
# - No retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), AI-powered search, agentic AI or grounding using BBC content
# - No creating datasets from BBC content
# - No text and data mining (TDM) under Article 4 of the EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market
# - No using BBC content to create summaries for your own use
# - No business use without permission (details: https://www.bbc.co.uk/usingthebbc/terms/can-i-use-bbc-content-for-my-business/)
# - The BBC reserves all rights in its content and expressly opts out of any statutory exceptions in any jurisdiction for text and data mining, as permitted by law
 
# TL;DR: Browse, read, watch, enjoy - like a human.
#

# HTTPS www.bbc.co.uk

User-agent: *
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sitemaps/https-index-uk-archive.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sitemaps/https-index-uk-news.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/sitemap/sitemapindex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/sitemap/sitemapindex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sitemaps/https-index-uk-archive_video.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sitemaps/https-index-uk-video.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sitemaps/sitemap-uk-ws-topics.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sitemaps/sitemap-uk-topics.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-happy-people/sitemap/sitemapindex.xml

Disallow: /asset/
Disallow: /backstage/bbc-login-help/
Disallow: /backstage/bbc-login-help$
Disallow: /bitesize/search$
Disallow: /bitesize/search/
Disallow: /bitesize/search?
Disallow: /cbbc/search$
Disallow: /cbbc/search/
Disallow: /cbbc/search?
Disallow: /cbeebies/search$
Disallow: /cbeebies/search/
Disallow: /cbeebies/search?
Disallow: /chwilio/
Disallow: /chwilio$
Disallow: /chwilio?
Disallow: /iplayer/bigscreen/
Disallow: /iplayer/cbbc/episodes/
Disallow: /iplayer/cbbc/search
Disallow: /iplayer/cbeebies/episodes/
Disallow: /iplayer/cbeebies/search
Disallow: /iplayer/search
Disallow: /indepthtoolkit/smallprox$
Disallow: /indepthtoolkit/smallprox/
Disallow: /moderation/reports/
Disallow: /modules/musicnav/language/
Disallow: /news/0
Disallow: /radio/aod/
Disallow: /radio/aod$
Disallow: /radio/imda
Disallow: /radio/player/
Disallow: /radio/player$
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /search$
Disallow: /search?
Disallow: /sport/alpha/
Disallow: /sounds/player/
Disallow: /sounds/player$
Disallow: /ugc$
Disallow: /ugc/
Disallow: /ugcsupport$
Disallow: /ugcsupport/
Disallow: /userinfo/
Disallow: /userinfo
Disallow: /food/favourites
Disallow: /food/menus/*/shopping-list
Disallow: /food/recipes/*/shopping-list
Disallow: /food/search*?*
Disallow: /sounds/search$
Disallow: /sounds/search/
Disallow: /sounds/search?
Disallow: /ws/includes
Disallow: /rd/search$
Disallow: /rd/search/
Disallow: /rd/search?
Disallow: /things/search$
Disallow: /things/search/
Disallow: /things/search?

User-agent: Amazonbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: magpie-crawler
Disallow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

User-Agent: omgili
Disallow: /
 
User-Agent: omgilibot
Disallow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow: /
 
User-agent: Claude-Web
Disallow: /
 
User-agent: anthropic-ai
Disallow: /
 
User-agent: cohere-ai
Disallow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

User-agent: PetalBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Scrapy
Disallow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Disallow: /

User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Disallow: /

User-agent: Google-CloudVertexBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Disallow: /

User-Agent: PerplexityBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Disallow: /

User-agent: meta-externalagent
Disallow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: YandexAdditional
Disallow: /

User-agent: YandexAdditionalBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: TurnitinBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Brightbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: ApifyBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: ApifyWebsiteContentCrawler
Disallow: /

User-agent: Diffbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Diffbot-User
Disallow: /

User-agent: ExaBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: TavilyBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: ShapBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: YouBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: FirecrawlAgent
Disallow:/

User-agent: Amzn-SearchBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Amzn-User
Disallow: /

User-agent: ProRataInc
Disallow: /

User-agent: CloudflareBrowserRenderingCrawler
Disallow: /

User-agent: AhrefsBot
Disallow: /
sitemap.xml 200 OK
Type Sitemap Index URLs 6 entries Valid XML Yes
Child Sitemaps:
A+
Domain Intelligence
bbc.co.uk — via British Broadcasting Corporation, 32 years, 3 months old
PASS
bbc.co.uk — via British Broadcasting Corporation, 32 years, 3 months old
Info::
Domain registered until Dec 13, 2034 (8 years, 3 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: British Broadcasting Corporation
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

2972 days

December 13, 2034

SSL certificate

92 days

Issued by GlobalSign nv-sa

Domain age

32 years, 3 months

Registered December 13, 1994

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Unknown

2a04:4e42::81

Registrar

British Broadcasting Corporation

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 British Broadcasting Corporation
Created December 13, 1994 (32 years, 3 months ago)
Expires December 13, 2034 (8 years, 3 months)
Last Updated October 29, 2025
Name Servers ddns0.bbc.co.uk., ddns0.bbc.com., ddns1.bbc.co.uk., ddns1.bbc.com., dns0.bbc.co.uk., dns0.bbc.com., dns1.bbc.co.uk., dns1.bbc.com.
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 2a04:4e42::81
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 35 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
28 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.
35 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
35 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 28 ms TCP Connect 1 ms TLS Handshake 5 ms Server Processing 1 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
A+
CDN & Delivery
Document on Fastly; assets also on Akamai, AWS CloudFront
PASS
Document on Fastly; assets also on Akamai, AWS CloudFront
Info::
Document is served via Fastly CDN (edge: TOJ)
Got: x-served-by: cache-toj-leto2350033-TOJ
Info::
CDN cache status: HIT
Info::
Assets on Akamai: static.files.bbci.co.uk (assets: 138)
Got: delegation static.files.bbci.co.uk.edgekey.net
Info::
Assets on Akamai: ichef.bbci.co.uk (assets: 69)
Got: delegation ichef.bbci.co.uk.edgekey.net
Info::
Assets on AWS CloudFront: cdn.privacy-mgmt.com (assets: 3), cache Hit from cloudfront
Got: x-amz-cf-id: pm9fGOCxE0Cot6tP_a4Fc8aOKxGIzcxB6BW__BE4EqOuYfEleb_dQg==
Document served via CDN: Fastly
Provider Fastly Cache Status HIT Evidence x-served-by: cache-toj-leto2350033-TOJ

Asset hosts on a CDN

  • static.files.bbci.co.uk — Akamai · assets: 138
  • ichef.bbci.co.uk — Akamai · assets: 69
  • cdn.privacy-mgmt.com — AWS CloudFront · assets: 3 · Cache Status: Hit from cloudfront

Other asset hosts

  • uk-script.dotmetrics.net — assets: 2 · below probe threshold
  • cdn.optimizely.com — assets: 1 · below probe threshold
  • cdn.tinypass.com — assets: 1 · below probe threshold
  • emp.bbci.co.uk — assets: 1 · below probe threshold
  • gn-web-assets.api.bbc.com — assets: 1 · below probe threshold
  • ichef.bbc.co.uk — assets: 1 · below probe threshold
  • mybbc-analytics.files.bbci.co.uk — assets: 1 · below probe threshold
  • static.bbci.co.uk — assets: 1 · below probe threshold
  • static.chartbeat.com — assets: 1 · below probe threshold
A+
CDN Cache Observability
Cache state: HIT
PASS
Cache state: HIT
Info::
CDN cache state observable via 3 header(s)
Got: x-cache=HIT, x-cache-hits=0, x-served-by=cache-toj-leto2350033-TOJ
A+
Health Check Endpoint
Health endpoint at https://bbc.co.uk/health (HTTP 200)
PASS
Health endpoint at https://bbc.co.uk/health (HTTP 200)
Info::
Public health endpoint at https://bbc.co.uk/health
Got: https://bbc.co.uk/health
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