Infrastructure - https://sec.gov BeaverCheck Audit

B

URL Variants

www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS

REVIEW

www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS

Both www and non-www versions serve content

Got: Both variants return 200 Expected: One variant 301-redirects to the other

HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS

www / non-www

200https://www.sec.gov/

200https://sec.gov/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://sec.gov/ → https://sec.gov/

Consistent

B

TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations

95 days until leaf cert expires — 2 issues to address

REVIEW

Certificate validity

95

days left

0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

Submit your domain to hstspreload.org to be added to the Chrome preload list
Enable OCSP stapling on your TLS server to remove a CA roundtrip and protect user privacy

B

CDN & Delivery

Akamai

REVIEW

Akamai

Site is served via Akamai CDN

Got: server header

CDN Detected: Akamai

Provider Akamai Evidence server header

A+

DNS Records

1 A records, 42 ms lookup

PASS

1 A records, 42 ms lookup

Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)

Got: 23.37.165.175

Single A record — no DNS redundancy

Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.

Has 2 IPv6 (AAAA) record(s)

Got: 2a02:26f0:e0:4a0::17b2, 2a02:26f0:e0:4b7::17b2

6 nameserver(s) configured

Got: a3-67.akam.net, a18-65.akam.net, a6-64.akam.net, a1-32.akam.net, a7-65.akam.net, a20-66.akam.net

1 mail exchanger(s) configured

CAA records not checked

CAA record lookup requires a specialized DNS resolver. This check will be available in a future update.

SPF record present in TXT

DNS resolution time: 42 ms

Got: 42 ms

A	23.37.165.175
AAAA	2a02:26f0:e0:4a0::17b2, 2a02:26f0:e0:4b7::17b2
CNAME	—
NS	a3-67.akam.net, a18-65.akam.net, a6-64.akam.net, a1-32.akam.net, a7-65.akam.net, a20-66.akam.net
MX	10 sec-gov.mail.protection.outlook.com
TXT	00DSL0000021HKD=1TBSL000000020D ms-domain-verification=ba4248b5-acc8-41ea-8703-abebfda1a96a _cz0i16g8zz5maeoxkaxts6mosrsg7n6 apple-domain-verification=S8k2enqunoaJUuJA atlassian-domain-verification=awDgAKnU26QrwpZblzNS4OGF8kEEJPtUij0S0WKf13T9qRfcH0... webexdomainverification.7GA36=c6ae2a26-765a-4237-b87d-f6bddc7a9cd8 y2tqkx3t30c3sr5smhvn1d0rvcy647qq dtm-domain-verification=BcAH-g0ZVzOswh5LL4axbbHI3sWosnxP15V8LAgmmPw MS=ms60731568 adobe-idp-site-verification=97319342-419d-4786-87b7-130e1e301d13 apple-domain-verification=jlno4yB7g7OgHZk5 cisco-ci-domain-verification=6916e9cd0609e361edcbea866535f0538c7de04c019c5d4669c... X4U/iY9l80yKA4myted6fgTySSIGMnzLSdq/xloixnLrcdKk/Vv/iv0ilF4VuFx0pmVEMwe5HvDilwYR... google-site-verification=9GMDw2_WQPOazSHPiWGVPuC5PKpwfADDisMN7sEhMM0 spf2.0/pra _2haihd08iwp4vmrvs9mrm1dsncy86py SPF v=spf1 include:_mail.sec.gov include:_sas.sec.gov include:_sas1.sec.gov include:...
CAA	Lookup not available with standard resolver

Resolved in 42 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

1 redirect(s), 215 ms total

PASS

1 redirect(s), 215 ms total

Single redirect

Got: https://sec.gov → https://www.sec.gov/ (301)

WWW normalization redirect

https://sec.gov

13 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.sec.gov/

202 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#	URL	Status	Time	Protocol	Server
1	https://sec.gov	301	13 ms	HTTP/1.1	AkamaiGHost
2	https://www.sec.gov/	200	202 ms	HTTP/1.1	nginx

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+

IPv6 Readiness

IPv6 reachable (0 ms)

PASS

IPv6 reachable (0 ms)

IPv6 is configured and reachable at 2a02:26f0:e0:4a0::17b2, 2a02:26f0:e0:4b7::17b2

Got: 0 ms connect

IPv6 Ready

AAAA Records 2a02:26f0:e0:4a0::17b2, 2a02:26f0:e0:4b7::17b2 Connection Reachable (0 ms)

A+

Crawlability

robots.txt present, sitemap with 78 URLs

PASS

robots.txt present, sitemap with 78 URLs

robots.txt is present

Got: 2622 bytes

sitemap.xml is present

sitemap.xml is valid XML

sitemap.xml contains 78 entries

Sitemap index with 78 child sitemaps

robots.txt references sitemap

robots.txt 200 OK

Size 2622 B Sitemaps referenced 3 User-agents * Blocking No — crawling allowed

#
# robots.txt
#
# This file is to prevent the crawling and indexing of certain parts
# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!
# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
# you save bandwidth and server resources.
#
# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt
# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
#
# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

User-agent: *
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /core/*.css$
Allow: /core/*.css?
Allow: /core/*.js$
Allow: /core/*.js?
Allow: /core/*.gif
Allow: /core/*.jpg
Allow: /core/*.jpeg
Allow: /core/*.png
Allow: /core/*.svg
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
Allow: /profiles/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.svg
# Directories
Disallow: /core/
Disallow: /profiles/
# Files
Disallow: /README.md
Disallow: /composer/Metapackage/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/ProjectMessage/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/Scaffold/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/VendorHardening/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Template/README.txt
Disallow: /modules/README.txt
Disallow: /sites/README.txt
Disallow: /themes/README.txt
Disallow: /web.config
# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register
Disallow: /user/password
Disallow: /user/login
Disallow: /user/logout
Disallow: /media/oembed
Disallow: /*/media/oembed
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /index.php/admin/
Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/
Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips
Disallow: /index.php/node/add/
Disallow: /index.php/search/
Disallow: /index.php/user/password
Disallow: /index.php/user/register
Disallow: /index.php/user/login
Disallow: /index.php/user/logout
Disallow: /index.php/media/oembed
Disallow: /index.php/*/media/oembed

#SEC
Allow: /Archives/edgar/data
Disallow: /Archives/bin
Disallow: /Archives/etc
Disallow: /Archives/usr
Disallow: /cgi-bin
Disallow: /bin
Disallow: /Archives/edgar/vprr/XXXX
Disallow: /Archives/edgar/vprr/vprr_removal
Disallow: /Archives/edgar/vprr/bin
Disallow: /nb
Disallow: /video/live
Disallow: /Archives/edgar/data/1473971/000109181814000042/ex101002.gif
Disallow: /node
Disallow: /spotlight/equity-market-structure-advisory-committee.shtml

Sitemap: https://www.sec.gov/sec-sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.sec.gov/sitemap/sitemap-index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.investor.gov/sitemap.xml

sitemap.xml 200 OK

Type Sitemap Index URLs 78 entries Valid XML Yes

Child Sitemaps:

A+

Domain Intelligence

sec.gov — via get.gov, 28 years, 11 months old

PASS

sec.gov — via get.gov, 28 years, 11 months old

Domain registered until Aug 13, 2026 (3 months remaining)

DNSSEC is enabled

Registrar: get.gov

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

30 days

August 13, 2026

SSL certificate

95 days

Issued by DigiCert Inc

Domain age

28 years, 11 months

Registered October 2, 1997

DNSSEC

Enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Unknown

2a02:26f0:e0:4a0::17b2

Registrar

get.gov

Unlocked 6 NS records

Expiry timeline

Today

+1 year

Domain expiry SSL expiry Danger zone (≤30 days)

Recommended actions

Renew the domain or enable auto-renewal to prevent accidental expiry
Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) to block unauthorized domain transfers

Registrar get.gov

Created October 2, 1997 (28 years, 11 months ago)

Expires August 13, 2026 (3 months)

Last Updated January 30, 2026

Name Servers a1-32.akam.net, a18-65.akam.net, a20-66.akam.net, a3-67.akam.net, a6-64.akam.net, a7-65.akam.net

DNSSEC Enabled

Registrant REDACTED FOR PRIVACY

Hosting

IP Address 2a02:26f0:e0:4a0::17b2

Data source: rdap (0.2s)

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 38 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown

PASS

DNS Lookup

27 ms

TCP Connect

1 ms

TLS Handshake

4 ms

Time to First Byte

38 ms

Total Time

38 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 27 ms TCP Connect 1 ms TLS Handshake 4 ms Server Processing 7 ms Content Transfer 0 ms