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Infrastructure

· 17 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
86
GRADE
B
FIX
1
REVIEW
6
PASS
10
INFO
0
Probed from Santa Clara, United States
200 OK
Checks
17
10 PASS 6 REVIEW 1 FIX
F
IPv6 Readiness
Action
IPv6 records exist but unreachable
FIX
IPv6 records exist but unreachable
Warning::
IPv6 DNS records exist but server is not reachable
Having AAAA records but an unreachable server is worse than no AAAA — clients may experience delays before falling back to IPv4.
Got: 2606:4700:3030::6815:3a5, 2606:4700:3033::ac43:82f2
Info::
IPv6 connection error
Got: dial tcp6 [2606:4700:3030::6815:3a5]:443: connect: network is unreachable
IPv6 Misconfigured
AAAA Records 2606:4700:3030::6815:3a5, 2606:4700:3033::ac43:82f2 Connection UNREACHABLE

Having AAAA records but an unreachable server is worse than no AAAA — clients may experience delays before falling back to IPv4.

Why this matters

Advertising IPv6 (AAAA records) without a reachable server means IPv6-preferring clients silently fail every connection.

Learn more ▾

Modern browsers prefer IPv6 if AAAA exists (Happy Eyeballs algorithm). If the IPv6 server isn't reachable, browsers fall back to IPv4 — but with seconds of added latency per request. Either fix IPv6 reachability or remove the AAAA records.

Source: RFC 8305 (Happy Eyeballs)

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).
B
CAA Records
No CAA records (any CA may issue certificates)
REVIEW
No CAA records (any CA may issue certificates)
Info::
No CAA records published
Without CAA records, any publicly-trusted CA can issue certificates for this domain. Adding a CAA record (`yourdomain. IN CAA 0 issue "letsencrypt.org"`) restricts issuance to CAs you authorize. Required by CAB Forum baseline since 2017; the default of 'any CA' is widely supported but is the broader attack surface for issuance fraud.
C
Reverse DNS
Action
0/4 IPs match cert SAN
REVIEW
0/4 IPs match cert SAN
Info::
PTR lookup failed for 172.67.130.242: lookup 172.67.130.242: 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 104.21.3.165: lookup 104.21.3.165: 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 2606:4700:3030::6815:3a5: lookup 2606:4700:3030::6815:3a5: 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 2606:4700:3033::ac43:82f2: lookup 2606:4700:3033::ac43:82f2: 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
TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations
79 days until leaf cert expires — 3 issues to address
REVIEW

Certificate validity

79
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

  • 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
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.
B
Health Check Endpoint
No conventional health endpoint found
REVIEW
No conventional health endpoint found
Info::
No conventional health endpoint found
Health endpoints (/health, /healthz, /status, /ping, /api/health) let uptime monitors, load balancers, and orchestration systems (Kubernetes, ECS, Fly.io) verify the service is alive. Marketing sites and small services often skip them legitimately; flagged as Info, not a failure. Probe results: /api/health: 404, /health: 404, /healthz: 404, /ping: 404, /status: 404.
A+
DNS Records
2 A records, 31 ms lookup
PASS
2 A records, 31 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 2 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 172.67.130.242, 104.21.3.165
Info::
Has 2 IPv6 (AAAA) record(s)
Got: 2606:4700:3030::6815:3a5, 2606:4700:3033::ac43:82f2
Info::
2 nameserver(s) configured
Got: cass.ns.cloudflare.com, dave.ns.cloudflare.com
Info::
2 mail exchanger(s) configured
Info::
SPF record present in TXT
Info::
DNS resolution time: 31 ms
Got: 31 ms
A172.67.130.242, 104.21.3.165
AAAA2606:4700:3030::6815:3a5, 2606:4700:3033::ac43:82f2
CNAME—
NScass.ns.cloudflare.com, dave.ns.cloudflare.com
MX
10 mx84.dns.com.cn
20 hkmx20.dns.com.cn
TXT
SPF v=spf1 include:spf.dns.com.cn -all
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 31 ms
A+
Subdomain Takeover
No subdomain takeover risk detected
PASS
No subdomain takeover risk detected
Info::
No CNAME record present
A+
Multi-Resolver DNS Speed
Mean 20ms across 3 resolvers (spread 39ms)
PASS
Mean 20ms across 3 resolvers (spread 39ms)
Info::
Cloudflare: 7ms
Got: 7ms via 1.1.1.1:53
Info::
Quad9: 9ms
Got: 9ms via 9.9.9.9:53
Info::
Google: 46ms
Got: 46ms via 8.8.8.8:53
A+
Redirect Chain
No redirects — direct access
PASS
No redirects — direct access
Info::
No redirects — direct access
Got: https://balford.net

https://balford.net

79 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://balford.net20079 msHTTP/1.1cloudflare
A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 1801 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 1801 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 1042 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 1801 entries
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap
robots.txt 200 OK
Size 1042 B Sitemaps referenced 1 User-agents GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, Bytespider, Meta-ExternalAgent, *, DuckAssistBot, Meta-ExternalFetcher, Applebot-Extended, AI2Bot, ImagesiftBot, ChatGPT-User, Claude-SearchBot, cohere-ai, MistralAI-User, GoogleOther, CCBot, AI2Bot-Dolma, OAI-SearchBot, Youbot, cohere-training-data-crawler, img2dataset, PanguBot, Claude-User, PerplexityBot, Perplexity-User Blocking No — crawling allowed
User-Agent: *

Allow: /

Disallow: /admin/

Disallow: /api/

Disallow: /assets/

Disallow: /feed/

Disallow: */feed/

Disallow: */feed

Disallow: /author/

Disallow: /trackback/

Disallow: */trackback

Disallow: /comments/

Disallow: */comments

Disallow: /?s=

Disallow: /?post_type=


User-Agent: OAI-SearchBot

User-Agent: ChatGPT-User

User-Agent: Claude-User

User-Agent: Claude-SearchBot

User-Agent: PerplexityBot

User-Agent: Perplexity-User

User-Agent: DuckAssistBot

User-Agent: cohere-ai

User-Agent: Youbot

User-Agent: MistralAI-User

User-Agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher

User-Agent: GoogleOther

Allow: /


User-Agent: GPTBot

User-Agent: ClaudeBot

User-Agent: Google-Extended

User-Agent: CCBot

User-Agent: Bytespider

User-Agent: cohere-training-data-crawler

User-Agent: Meta-ExternalAgent

User-Agent: Applebot-Extended

User-Agent: AI2Bot

User-Agent: AI2Bot-Dolma

User-Agent: img2dataset

User-Agent: ImagesiftBot

User-Agent: PanguBot

Disallow: /


Host: https://balford.net
Sitemap: https://balford.net/sitemap.xml
sitemap.xml 200 OK
Type URL Set URLs 1801 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 redirects to HTTPS permanently
Got: HTTP 301

www / non-www

301https://www.balford.net/
200https://balford.net/

Preferred variant: non-www

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://balford.net/ → https://balford.net/

Consistent

A+
Domain Intelligence
balford.net — via 22net, Inc., 7 years, 9 months old, hosted on Cloudflare
PASS
balford.net — via 22net, Inc., 7 years, 9 months old, hosted on Cloudflare
Info::
Domain registered until Dec 23, 2026 (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: 22net, 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: Cloudflare
Got: AS13335
Domain expiry

93 days

December 23, 2026

SSL certificate

79 days

Issued by Google Trust Services

Domain age

7 years, 9 months

Registered December 23, 2018

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Cloudflare

ASN AS13335

104.21.3.165

Registrar

22net, Inc.

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 22net, Inc.
Created December 23, 2018 (7 years, 9 months ago)
Expires December 23, 2026 (3 months)
Last Updated August 29, 2026
Name Servers cass.ns.cloudflare.com, dave.ns.cloudflare.com
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 104.21.3.165
ASN AS13335 (CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US)
Provider Cloudflare
Data source: rdap (0.1s)

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

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 16 ms TCP Connect 5 ms TLS Handshake 18 ms Server Processing 71 ms Content Transfer 16 ms
A
CDN & Delivery
Cloudflare (DYNAMIC)
PASS
Cloudflare (DYNAMIC)
Info::
Document is served via Cloudflare CDN (edge: SJC)
Got: cf-ray: a381ca3a684a148e-SJC
Info::
CDN cache status: DYNAMIC
Document served via CDN: Cloudflare
Provider Cloudflare Cache Status DYNAMIC Evidence cf-ray: a381ca3a684a148e-SJC
A+
CDN Cache Observability
Cache state: DYNAMIC
PASS
Cache state: DYNAMIC
Info::
CDN cache state observable via 1 header(s)
Got: cf-cache-status=DYNAMIC
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