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Infrastructure

· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
87
GRADE
B
FIX
0
REVIEW
3
PASS
6
INFO
0
Probed from Singapore, Singapore
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
6 PASS 3 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
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 301-redirects to HTTPS

www / non-www

200https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/
200https://rockpapershotgun.com/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://rockpapershotgun.com/ https://rockpapershotgun.com/

Consistent

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

Certificate validity

67
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

  • Add includeSubDomains to the HSTS directive
  • Add the preload directive and submit to hstspreload.org once max-age + includeSubDomains are in place
  • 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, 111 ms lookup
PASS
4 A records, 111 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 4 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 151.101.129.55, 151.101.1.55, 151.101.65.55, 151.101.193.55
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
4 nameserver(s) configured
Got: ns0.gamer-network.uk, ns0.gn-dns.com, ns0.gn-dns.org, ns1.gn-dns.com
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: 111 ms
Got: 111 ms
A151.101.129.55, 151.101.1.55, 151.101.65.55, 151.101.193.55
AAAA
CNAME
NSns0.gamer-network.uk, ns0.gn-dns.com, ns0.gn-dns.org, ns1.gn-dns.com
MX
1 aspmx.l.google.com
5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com
5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
10 alt4.aspmx.l.google.com
10 alt3.aspmx.l.google.com
TXT
MS=ms35195705
YzgHEvzeneIicmnGhJd0OJ9NoAXRvhpGchK7JwvwVC/MlcqhLvxRHNr0GJ+qsFOvF62bLiTSxx+BlrMZ...
airtable-verification=1437f276d8460af3a52ac49067a34ac5
anthropic-domain-verification-q9nhsm=HwgQ88Y2JM9vd1wSC7Kd6HKT8
atlassian-domain-verification=QUsZX4LdPWTYZgx09JhShFot27EJnUl/5CyxXFsiGebXl2QD8F...
cloudflare_dashboard_sso=6cfce33563989c748398e3aef6be56d5
facebook-domain-verification=pykhp7trlzqvoadtyyj9l2r9np2fgy
google-site-verification=PJMKfvn1xyOA6XBdCydM86OQh_pymWWQ4FA1iOskp8Q
google-site-verification=QVxC_rJz72152U4M-j2ep1sZ5IbzibL7pZVYrShEQyE
tollbit-domain-verification=49fc27baf10fe98a2e81cff863e7f851e32e300564aff0ce3887...
SPF v=spf1 a:mail.eurogamer.net include:servers.mcsv.net include:_spf.google.com ~al...
workplace-domain-verification=2vf0UWdvP6G2APU323MLPQjulYBAHp
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 111 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
1 redirect(s), 24 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 24 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://rockpapershotgun.com → https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect

https://rockpapershotgun.com

9 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/

15 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://rockpapershotgun.com3019 msHTTP/1.1Varnish
2https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/20015 msHTTP/1.1

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 23 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 23 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 3506 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 23 entries
Info::
Sitemap index with 23 child sitemaps
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap
robots.txt 200 OK
Size 3506 B Sitemaps referenced 2 User-agents PerplexityBot, SBIntuitionsBot, AmazonBuyForMe, Crawl4AI, DDM*, LINER Bot, netEstate Imprint Crawler, AI2Bot, Ai2Bot-Dolma, Claude-User, Claude-Web, Kunato, omgili, Poggio-Citations, TavilyBot, Cotoyogi, GPTBot, Manus-User, PanguBot, TwinAgent, YouBot, "008", Devin, LCC, LinkupBot, Webzio-Extended, AwarioSmartBot, meta-externalagent, Anchor Browser, Applebot-extended, atlassian-bot, cohere-training-data-crawler, FacebookBot, Kangaroo Bot, meta-webindexer, NovaAct, DDM-DCipher*, DeepSeekBot, Diffbot, OAI-SearchBot, Scrapy, SeekrBot, Spider, Wrtn, AutoRAG, ClaudeBot, Direqt Anomura, imageSpider, mistral.ai, PetalBot, QualifiedBot, ShapBot, Novellum AI Crawl, SemrushBot-OCOB, Bytespider, CCBot, cohere-ai, laion-huggingface-processor, LinerBot, Offline Explorer, PeopleInc-DCipher-Scraper/1.1.0, Perplexity-User, anthropic-ai, ChatGPT-User, iAsk, ICC Crawler, ImageSiftBot, MistralAI-User, Velen Crawler, VelenPublicWebCrawler, Echobot Bot, Nutch, SemrushBotSwa, Timpibot, ZanistaBot, AddSearchBot, Ai2Bot-DeepResearchEval, Amazonbot, Bravebot, Channel3Bot, Claude-SearchBot, DuckAssistBot, Applebot, ChatGLM-Spider, Datenbank Crawler, Factset_spyderbot, HTTrack, iaskspider, ICC-Crawler, meta-externalfetcher, Big Sur AI, bigsur.ai, DDM-DCipher/1.0.7, *, Brandwatch, KlaviyoAIBot Blocking No — crawling allowed
# Ziff Davis content is made available for your non-commercial use subject to our
# Terms of Use here: https://www.ziffdavis.com/terms-of-use
# Use of any robot, crawler, or other tool to scrape, harvest, extract, or retrieve any content on
# this website using automated means is prohibited without written permission from Ziff Davis.
# Prohibited uses include but are not limited to:
# (1) text and data mining under Art. 4 of the EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single
# Market;
# (2) development or operation of artificial intelligence or machine learning software or
# databases, including by training, fine-tuning, embedding, and retrieval-augmented generation;
# (3) creating data sets containing our content or sharing it with others; and
# (4) any commercial purposes.
# Contact licensing@ziffdavis.com for assistance.

User-agent: "008"
User-agent: AddSearchBot
User-agent: AI2Bot
User-agent: Ai2Bot-DeepResearchEval
User-agent: Ai2Bot-Dolma
User-agent: Amazonbot
User-agent: AmazonBuyForMe
User-agent: Anchor Browser
User-agent: anthropic-ai
User-agent: Applebot
User-agent: Applebot-extended
User-agent: atlassian-bot
User-agent: AutoRAG
User-agent: AwarioSmartBot
User-agent: Big Sur AI
User-agent: bigsur.ai
User-agent: Brandwatch
User-agent: Bravebot
User-agent: Bytespider
User-agent: CCBot
User-agent: Channel3Bot
User-agent: ChatGLM-Spider
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
User-agent: Claude-User
User-agent: Claude-Web
User-agent: ClaudeBot
User-agent: cohere-ai
User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler
User-agent: Cotoyogi
User-agent: Crawl4AI
User-agent: Datenbank Crawler
User-agent: DDM*
User-agent: DDM-DCipher*
User-agent: DDM-DCipher/1.0.7
User-agent: DeepSeekBot
User-agent: Devin
User-agent: Diffbot
User-agent: Direqt Anomura
User-agent: DuckAssistBot
User-agent: Echobot Bot
User-agent: FacebookBot
User-agent: Factset_spyderbot
User-agent: GPTBot
User-agent: HTTrack
User-agent: iAsk
User-agent: iaskspider
User-agent: ICC Crawler
User-agent: ICC-Crawler
User-agent: ImageSiftBot
User-agent: imageSpider
User-agent: Kangaroo Bot
User-agent: KlaviyoAIBot
User-agent: Kunato
User-agent: laion-huggingface-processor
User-agent: LCC
User-agent: LINER Bot
User-agent: LinerBot
User-agent: LinkupBot
User-agent: Manus-User
User-agent: meta-externalagent
User-agent: meta-externalfetcher
User-agent: meta-webindexer
User-agent: mistral.ai
User-agent: MistralAI-User
User-agent: netEstate Imprint Crawler
User-agent: NovaAct
User-agent: Novellum AI Crawl
User-agent: Nutch
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
User-agent: Offline Explorer
User-agent: omgili
User-agent: PanguBot
User-agent: PeopleInc-DCipher-Scraper/1.1.0
User-agent: Perplexity-User
User-agent: PerplexityBot
User-agent: PetalBot
User-agent: Poggio-Citations
User-agent: QualifiedBot
User-agent: SBIntuitionsBot
User-agent: Scrapy
User-agent: SeekrBot
User-agent: SemrushBot-OCOB
User-agent: SemrushBotSwa
User-agent: ShapBot
User-agent: Spider
User-agent: TavilyBot
User-agent: Timpibot
User-agent: TwinAgent
User-agent: Velen Crawler
User-agent: VelenPublicWebCrawler
User-agent: Webzio-Extended
User-agent: Wrtn
User-agent: YouBot
User-agent: ZanistaBot

Disallow: /

User-agent: *
Disallow: /search?q=
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /community/
Disallow: /*?view=comments
Disallow: /*?ajax=1
Disallow: /*?preview_key=
Disallow: /mypop/
Disallow: /for-you/
Disallow: /competition/

Sitemap: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/sitemap-news.xml
A+
Domain Intelligence
rockpapershotgun.com — via CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., 19 years old, hosted on Fastly
PASS
rockpapershotgun.com — via CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., 19 years old, hosted on Fastly
Info::
Domain registered until Jul 10, 2029 (3 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: CSC Corporate Domains, 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: Fastly
Got: AS54113
Domain expiry

1121 days

July 10, 2029

SSL certificate

67 days

Issued by Let's Encrypt

Domain age

19 years

Registered July 10, 2007

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Fastly

ASN AS54113

151.101.193.55

Registrar

CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.

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 CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
Created July 10, 2007 (19 years ago)
Expires July 10, 2029 (3 years, 3 months)
Last Updated August 21, 2025
Name Servers ns0.gamer-network.uk, ns0.gn-dns.com, ns0.gn-dns.org, ns1.gn-dns.com
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 151.101.193.55
ASN AS54113 (FASTLY - Fastly, Inc., US)
Provider Fastly
Data source: rdap (0.5s)

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 11 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
5 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.
4 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
11 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
11 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 5 ms TCP Connect 1 ms TLS Handshake 4 ms Server Processing 1 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
A+
CDN & Delivery
Fastly (HIT)
PASS
Fastly (HIT)
Info::
Site is served via Fastly CDN
Got: x-served-by: cache-sin-wsat1880048-SIN
Info::
CDN cache status: HIT
CDN Detected: Fastly
Provider Fastly Cache Status HIT Evidence x-served-by: cache-sin-wsat1880048-SIN
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