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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
2
REVIEW
2
PASS
5
INFO
0
Probed from New York, United Stated
302 Found
Checks
9
5 PASS 2 REVIEW 2 FIX
D
URL Variants
Action
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
FIX
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
Critical::
HTTP version does not redirect to HTTPS
Got: HTTP 200 Expected: 301 redirect to HTTPS

www / non-www

200https://www.arrl.org/
200https://arrl.org/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

200http://arrl.org/

HTTP version does not redirect to HTTPS

D
CDN & Delivery
Action
No CDN detected
FIX
No CDN detected
Warning::
No CDN detected
A CDN can significantly improve load times for users around the world by caching content at edge nodes closer to them.
No CDN detected

Consider using a CDN to improve global delivery speed and reduce origin load.

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

Certificate validity

249
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

  • Prefer TLS 1.3 — TLS 1.2 is acceptable but TLS 1.3 removes RSA key exchange and improves latency
  • Enable HSTS: Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
  • 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
1 A records, 5 ms lookup
PASS
1 A records, 5 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 184.106.62.251
Info::
Single A record — no DNS redundancy
Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
2 nameserver(s) configured
Got: pdns03.domaincontrol.com, pdns04.domaincontrol.com
Info::
3 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
A184.106.62.251
AAAA
CNAME
NSpdns03.domaincontrol.com, pdns04.domaincontrol.com
MX
0 d332647b.ess.barracudanetworks.com
0 d332647a.ess.barracudanetworks.com
10 arrl-org.mail.protection.outlook.com
TXT
SPF v=spf1 mx a ip4:104.207.196.0/27 ip4:184.106.62.251 ip4:104.130.222.72 ip4:23.25...
google-site-verification=wr3UIcZuLM075hZ_IDYVrmSi5hm48n_jfBo9EOxnipQ
s75KlRvy2ICfMkRrFGXzjSNGbRJLVsjeMVtbm9UXImSDp3pWSnoZmaSJpn90yCXlDzZgeWdBZx9/YX/d...
MS=ms86081500
mrq57g1cf333vme2hh2bsbkirr
google-site-verification=eYvVCCer_TcWz5PdKsbQEY9XV7ewks4Rr6-mA710lj4
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 5 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.

A+
Redirect Chain
0 redirect(s), 93 ms total
PASS
0 redirect(s), 93 ms total
Info::
Uses 302 (temporary) redirect
If permanent, use 301 instead.
Got: https://arrl.org

https://arrl.org

93 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://arrl.org30293 msHTTP/1.1Apache

If permanent, use 301 instead.

Why this matters

302 (Found) is for genuinely temporary redirects — if this redirect is permanent, switch to 301 to preserve SEO equity.

Learn more

Search engines treat 302 as temporary, keeping the original URL indexed and not transferring full link equity to the destination. Use 301 (Moved Permanently) for permanent redirects (HTTP→HTTPS, www-vs-non-www, URL restructures).

Source: Google Search Central

A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 1133 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 1133 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 333 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 1133 entries
Info::
robots.txt does not reference a sitemap
Add a 'Sitemap:' directive to robots.txt so search engines can discover your sitemap.

Add a 'Sitemap:' directive to robots.txt so search engines can discover your sitemap.

Why this matters

robots.txt omits Sitemap: directive — crawlers must fetch /sitemap.xml by convention; reliable but missing the explicit hint.

Source: sitemaps.org

robots.txt 200 OK
Size 333 B Sitemaps referenced 0 User-agents * Blocking No — crawling allowed
User-agent: *

Disallow: /files/file/protected

Disallow: /attachments/download

Disallow: /admin

Disallow: /ad_upload

Disallow: /advertising-upload.php

Disallow: /vec_upload

Disallow: /vec-upload.php

Disallow: /results-database

Disallow: /webroot/index.php/Pages/view/

Disallow: /volunteer-monitor-resources

Crawl-delay: 5

A+
Domain Intelligence
arrl.org — via GoDaddy.com, LLC, 34 years, 5 months old, hosted on Rackspace
PASS
arrl.org — via GoDaddy.com, LLC, 34 years, 5 months old, hosted on Rackspace
Info::
Domain registered until May 21, 2030 (4 years, 1 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.
Info::
Hosting: Rackspace
Got: AS19994
Domain expiry

1437 days

May 21, 2030

SSL certificate

249 days

Issued by GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Domain age

34 years, 5 months

Registered May 20, 1992

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Rackspace

ASN AS19994

184.106.62.251

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 May 20, 1992 (34 years, 5 months ago)
Expires May 21, 2030 (4 years, 1 months)
Last Updated July 5, 2025
Name Servers pdns03.domaincontrol.com, pdns04.domaincontrol.com
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 184.106.62.251
ASN AS19994 (RACKSPACE - Rackspace Hosting, US)
Provider Rackspace
Data source: rdap (0.2s)

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 89 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.
18 ms
TLS Handshake TLS Handshake — time to complete the HTTPS encryption handshake.
47 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
89 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
89 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 5 ms TCP Connect 18 ms TLS Handshake 47 ms Server Processing 19 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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