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· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
84
GRADE
B
FIX
1
REVIEW
3
PASS
5
INFO
0
Probed from Madrid, Spain
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
5 PASS 3 REVIEW 1 FIX
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
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.psu.edu/
200https://psu.edu/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://psu.edu/ https://www.psu.edu:443/

Consistent

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

Certificate validity

138
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
2 A records, 599 ms lookup
PASS
2 A records, 599 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 2 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 75.2.126.119, 99.83.249.53
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
4 nameserver(s) configured
Got: ns6.psu.edu, ns4.psu.edu, ns5.psu.edu, ns3.psu.edu
Info::
4 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 (599 ms)
Slow DNS adds latency to every page load. Consider a faster DNS provider.
Got: 599 ms
A75.2.126.119, 99.83.249.53
AAAA
CNAME
NSns6.psu.edu, ns4.psu.edu, ns5.psu.edu, ns3.psu.edu
MX
10 psu-edu.mail.protection.outlook.com
100 tr10g04.aset.psu.edu
100 tr16g04.aset.psu.edu
100 tr10g05.aset.psu.edu
TXT
sending_domain792143=2070aa685344b45a0e16b8bce1461bd17aa0859124167d7de3045118566...
google-site-verification=vHuHM-USVzcbEPvWLaCm1V_cZ0zugtsAcalsjrGJDW4
d365mktkey=eWDZtnamFngyoYoGtT93m4fmRx1Hd9vgjxN8p0GH7xQx
atlassian-domain-verification=PGZWFhnYN7FUTwxmJqYQKgatbdTFrfNukF5KDGWa0mWPGi1jy9...
box-domain-verification=8b0e76bcd41c2098c561d4a6c76df4242237a5eca52a6f569c84822a...
mandrill_verify.-noObquq5CZ6qg-_m3FU1Q
d365mktkey=13lvct37oc5tqf3ni84bs0n1t
anthropic-domain-verification-cgacwf=TSzA7lZcFeEmmAckrvL87Zm9B
brevo-code:59b3a18744d24f960bd78166f34f87c5
yahoo-verification-key=S/JZwwRkx1/dWdZSKSNWT3ChlUALu9mKVpm+o8xe8MU=
MS=ms91290392
atlassian-domain-verification=wlBqIAmpBSixcJ83A6a4ZogoXXQeYLSASDgVbyH90fv9HjHgBg...
google-site-verification=z679zFdxlqIzQ9cUP8DwgEUoDRfIpdPBRa7mvKsDUl4
miro-verification=c9e30b08749df69f0277296f2a3df11c94685365
google-site-verification=bGc55zZ_HmH81zz6dFkY3g7VWHqhK4gA-LMi0kGB-mA
openai-domain-verification=dv-gCYk5agX8JoMzXtkM1XIREdS
onetrust-domain-verification=bbbd360682694a43870ba1c775b2d649
SPF v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com ip4:128.118.0.0/16 ip4:146.186.0.0/16 ...
brevo-code:b1414e0a234265a2faa294058248ae06
iContact1375133
atlassian-domain-verification=EIh5JHXyANEGCWCfy9tetFojgihn1AJ8D4e4ZW+Ej+xRymWxNm...
adobe-idp-site-verification=947d8d72-3123-4582-ac74-dd9d49d1648b
d365mktkey=Xc4xsZLegiS4rik7ebMtYtxf8L0mqzjSbgydiOdjGIkx
e2ma-verification=3hkgb
b5604d31e98c911293a74154659dd394967fe062e75314a2e7
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 599 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.

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), 786 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 786 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://psu.edu → https://www.psu.edu:443/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect
Info::
Redirect overhead: 786 ms total
Got: 786 ms

https://psu.edu

421 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.psu.edu:443/

365 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://psu.edu301421 msHTTP/1.1awselb/2.0
2https://www.psu.edu:443/200365 msHTTP/1.1Vercel

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A
Crawlability
no robots.txt, sitemap with 334 URLs
PASS
no robots.txt, sitemap with 334 URLs
Info::
No robots.txt found
robots.txt is optional but recommended. It tells search engine crawlers which pages to index.
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 334 entries

robots.txt is optional but recommended. It tells search engine crawlers which pages to index.

Why this matters

No robots.txt — crawlers fetch /robots.txt and get 404; not breaking but means default crawl behavior with no directives or sitemap reference.

Learn more

A minimal robots.txt with `User-agent: * / Allow: / / Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml` covers the basics. Without it, crawlers behave fine but lose the sitemap signal and can't be selectively blocked from crawl-traps.

Source: robotstxt.org

robots.txt No robots.txt found

No robots.txt found

This is fine for most sites — a missing robots.txt allows all crawling by default.

A+
Domain Intelligence
psu.edu — 40 years, 4 months old, hosted on AWS
PASS
psu.edu — 40 years, 4 months old, hosted on AWS
Info::
Domain registered until Jul 31, 2027 (1 years, 3 months remaining)
Info::
Hosting: AWS
Got: AS16509
Domain expiry

381 days

July 31, 2027

SSL certificate

138 days

Issued by Amazon

Domain age

40 years, 4 months

Registered July 14, 1986

DNSSEC

Status unknown

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

AWS

ASN AS16509

99.83.249.53

Registrar

Registrar unknown

Lock status unknown 4 NS records
Expiry timeline
Today
+1 year
Domain expiry SSL expiry Danger zone (≤30 days)
Registrar
Created July 14, 1986 (40 years, 4 months ago)
Expires July 31, 2027 (1 years, 3 months)
Last Updated March 23, 2026
Name Servers ns6.psu.edu, ns4.psu.edu, ns5.psu.edu, ns3.psu.edu
Registrant Pennsylvania State University
Hosting
IP Address 99.83.249.53
ASN AS16509 (AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US)
Provider AWS
Data source: whois (0.9s)
A
HTTP Probe Timing
Total 533 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
123 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.
307 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
534 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
534 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 123 ms TCP Connect 1 ms TLS Handshake 307 ms Server Processing 102 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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