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Infrastructure

· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
83
GRADE
B
FIX
0
REVIEW
4
PASS
5
INFO
0
Probed from Madrid, Spain
307 Temporary Redirect
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

C
URL Variants
Action
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
Warning::
HTTP→HTTPS redirect uses 302 instead of 301
Got: 302 temporary redirect Expected: 301 permanent redirect

www / non-www

200https://www.depaul.edu/
200https://depaul.edu/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

308http://depaul.edu/ https://depaul.edu/

Use 301 (permanent) instead of 302 (temporary)

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

Certificate validity

58
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
B
CDN & Delivery
Vercel
REVIEW
Vercel
Info::
Site is served via Vercel CDN
Got: x-vercel-id: cdg1::kxjsb-1776895484113-72a44d93bfe7
CDN Detected: Vercel
Provider Vercel Evidence x-vercel-id: cdg1::kxjsb-1776895484113-72a44d93bfe7
A
DNS Records
1 A records, 1668 ms lookup
PASS
1 A records, 1668 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 64.239.109.1
Info::
Single A record — no DNS redundancy
Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
3 nameserver(s) configured
Got: ns1.depaul.edu, ns2.depaul.edu, ns3.depaul.edu
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
Warning::
DNS resolution is slow (1668 ms)
Slow DNS adds latency to every page load. Consider a faster DNS provider.
Got: 1668 ms
A64.239.109.1
AAAA
CNAME
NSns1.depaul.edu, ns2.depaul.edu, ns3.depaul.edu
MX
0 depaul-edu.mail.protection.outlook.com
TXT
SPF v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:_spf.google.com include:us04._...
atlassian-domain-verification=tl5FjTuHJSvXnSIqkAD2/1ahiDganOEAwSu7AsaDi4Cg3LoBgy...
sitecore-domain-verification=f26552bc913449ab8d4cce62a0327360
smartsheet-site-validation- cKiBo/13z/uR403bulq/Q8y5l1MDoJp58twQ+YzPtbI==
00432575
apple-domain-verification=fJm7Ug5BsVd0I7Fi
jamf-site-verification=VSmnK0pev7QRYBYk1BI7tA
ZOOM_verify_e622Dwe-Qi-ZMEJfMH3t1w
adobe-idp-site-verification=8a6f84b0-d1ab-4c81-b86e-824c9dd7bbad
94pJDr9pjApZzPZC8eS7VSv0OsI9Eqm5kB0SHQznGxPFEJTVydPKk0uDlFB67dmmwiQjFeoljoIIgddx...
google-site-verification=GgecFA3L0pqdJgXIoUiQFXFE9Hwses_IqoKNOjBMcQo
apple-domain-verification=DWFSSXFvnBuV7Pi7
formstack-domain-verification=df5ee21922945b43504e870d083cb619
d365mktkey=78j6ucxmbwnam324kqwct83gn
pardot_108062_*=ab71f7137b229ea4b1d9c6264593d7946484d9e24b2b03a3beab666406d81967
d365mktkey=6g5mnyf39l9h7hbqtqcabewb8
autodesk-domain-verification=-bu6ydZH05rrmvK5L1BO
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 1668 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.

Slow DNS adds latency to every page load. Consider a faster DNS provider.

Why this matters

DNS resolution is slow — anycast DNS providers (Cloudflare, Route 53) typically resolve <50ms globally.

Source: DNS performance benchmarks

A
Redirect Chain
1 redirect(s), 965 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 965 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://depaul.edu → https://www.depaul.edu/ (307)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect
Info::
Redirect overhead: 965 ms total
Got: 965 ms

https://depaul.edu

79 ms · HTTP/1.1

307

https://www.depaul.edu/

886 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://depaul.edu30779 msHTTP/1.1Vercel
2https://www.depaul.edu/200886 msHTTP/1.1Vercel

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 5612 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 5612 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 68 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 5612 entries
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap
robots.txt 200 OK
Size 68 B Sitemaps referenced 1 User-agents * Blocking No — crawling allowed
User-agent: *

Allow: /

Sitemap: https://www.depaul.edu/sitemap.xml
A+
Domain Intelligence
depaul.edu — 40 years, 2 months old, hosted on AWS
PASS
depaul.edu — 40 years, 2 months old, hosted on AWS
Info::
Domain registered until Jul 31, 2028 (2 years, 3 months remaining)
Info::
Hosting: AWS
Got: AS16509
Domain expiry

778 days

July 31, 2028

SSL certificate

58 days

Issued by Let's Encrypt

Domain age

40 years, 2 months

Registered September 2, 1986

DNSSEC

Status unknown

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

AWS

ASN AS16509

64.239.109.1

Registrar

Registrar unknown

Lock status unknown 4 NS records
Expiry timeline
Today
+1 year
Domain expiry SSL expiry Danger zone (≤30 days)
Registrar
Created September 2, 1986 (40 years, 2 months ago)
Expires July 31, 2028 (2 years, 3 months)
Last Updated January 22, 2026
Name Servers ns3.depaul.edu, ns2.depaul.edu, ns1.depaul.edu, ns4.depaul.edu
Registrant DePaul University
Hosting
IP Address 64.239.109.1
ASN AS16509 (AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US)
Provider AWS
Data source: whois (0.7s)
A+
HTTP Probe Timing
Total 213 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
133 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.
49 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
214 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
214 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 133 ms TCP Connect 1 ms TLS Handshake 49 ms Server Processing 31 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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