Infrastructure
· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.CIPv6 ReadinessActionNo IPv6 supportREVIEW
IPv6 support is increasingly important for global accessibility. About 40% of internet users have IPv6 connectivity.
No AAAA records — same impact as 'no IPv6 (AAAA) records'; IPv6-preferring clients pay extra latency falling back to IPv4.
Source: Google IPv6 stats
BURL Variantswww/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPSREVIEW
www / non-www
Inconsistent — duplicate content risk
HTTP → HTTPS
Consistent
BTLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations180 days until leaf cert expires — 3 issues to addressREVIEW
Certificate validity
Recommended actions
- 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 Records4 A records, 131 ms lookupPASS
| A | 3.169.202.56, 3.169.202.13, 3.169.202.34, 3.169.202.99 |
| AAAA | — |
| CNAME | — |
| NS | ns-1494.awsdns-58.org, ns-1870.awsdns-41.co.uk, ns-397.awsdns-49.com, ns-532.awsdns-02.net |
| MX | 100 healthline-com.mail.protection.outlook.com |
| TXT | MS=ms30320707 MS=ms47231924 ZOOM_verify_pBzHNZvUTQq-qLCjv-gnSA _58dyqoowvb8lchukwierwtioc1bk6ba _dd6n4s3qhakzb1w9gatf5v5j603qtrx _globalsign-domain-verification=gxDZTHFxmg56fm5vMzUelQcu7UZSnIYHxvoZHAUJYR adobe-idp-site-verification=b6e27597198dfc9921fbe2ad78e9a76012bb17d0ddb65389e600... apple-domain-verification=wjlXLroF7LB1M06q atlassian-domain-verification=bN75F1xIc011Uy6OcB2ErAcqhgLp9gCDQPDRMQr3oPs4AI376W... atlassian-domain-verification=dXpMb6IBZlmK7X42/O28YWyiXYn0+90NDFEfrPsBAoAoUsAoDi... docusign=37466720-ed19-4ae5-aa97-bc2fa5365a70 facebook-domain-verification=jj8ocu40cbv4gwsxk5zu85eu8is5l2 fastly-domain-delegation-xn2ic934nfks9dmh043n-534657-02122020 google-site-verification=10MtyW5tixgJ1zJl41PFoXGHoCT4rEXnxSDi7c9O2xc google-site-verification=4TkRPpTNSxxyr6D_knbvmMlsg3bP2l5x0dlg1SYcHM4 google-site-verification=9rByw_q31RzBqs4AA7KUd5DVRtwqu7JaBKtCzREyQ88 google-site-verification=HnXFyiSqHNyWCgiGoM5SDWyFcL2ECFWGT0WuHQpAEjI google-site-verification=ZkH-iBG2Ktb5cq30xfZBj55gcoR83zyCyWA1v6SqekM google-site-verification=g-iVuoVfzey1Z8og4DqMnL73y1J-STWZbTR11iSrzBw google-site-verification=kXFB9SEUb6AMT3qjrWDu818ERjxueipwQ-fEtO2QTSo google-site-verification=qgu4DwxU6jWFVWU3N-2QvWfPYx_TW2sUs27AInNR3wc knowbe4-site-verification=f250b2a70f1bef3a0d3e9e990a25ada0 miro-verification=77455fa727c44a16a04b03e516d6d231cf531916 mixpanel-domain-verify=b0a9551d-ae06-424e-b251-5e053c1b2197 prodpad-domain-verification=kIddY6Z63lgRnBLPBKbhQR7HTDwEqC4YvRcqxEXpvqs= SPF v=spf1 include:aspmx.sailthru.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:_sp... wiz-domain-verification=44d891959955eb64b1b2877c45e2a56cac26905d45f3a7fa090f4a05... zapier-domain-verification-challenge=e1e58f83-f475-4bea-9a2d-d7fbdfd82352 |
| CAA | Lookup not available with standard resolver |
CAA record lookup requires a specialized DNS resolver. This check will be available in a future update.
Informational: CAA (Certification Authority Authorization) records weren't checked in this scan.
ARedirect Chain1 redirect(s), 98 ms totalPASS
https://healthline.com
29 ms · HTTP/1.1
https://www.healthline.com/
70 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL
| # | URL | Status | Time | Protocol | Server |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | https://healthline.com | 301 | 29 ms | HTTP/1.1 | AmazonS3 |
| 2 | https://www.healthline.com/ | 200 | 70 ms | HTTP/1.1 |
See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →
A+Crawlabilityrobots.txt present, sitemap with 5 URLsPASS
User-agent: *
Crawl-delay: 5
Allow: /corporate/microsites/tysabri/ms-assessment-tool.html
Allow: /corporate/microsites/tysabri/ms-assessment-tool-page1.html
Allow: /corporate/microsites/tysabri/ms-assessment-tool-page2.html
Allow: /corporate/microsites/tysabri/ms-assessment-tool-page3.html
Allow: /corporate/microsites/tysabri/ms-assessment-tool-page4.html
Allow: /corporate/microsites/tysabri/ms-assessment-tool-page5.html
Allow: /corporate/microsites/tysabri/ms-assessment-tool-page6.html
Allow: /corporate/microsites/tysabri/ms-assessment-tool-page7.html
Allow: /corporate/microsites/tysabri/ms-assessment-tool-pageresults.html
Allow: /ads.txt
Disallow: /bmajax/
Disallow: /v2/
Disallow: /vp/
Disallow: /corporate/
Disallow: /health/mirgraine-headaches
Disallow: /health/wp-*
Disallow: /nutrition/wp-*
Disallow: /program/wp-*
Disallow: /health-news/wp-*
Disallow: /health/*/wp-*
Disallow: /nutrition/*/wp-*
Disallow: /health-news/*/wp-*
Disallow: /cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/*
# Internal Frontend Test Pages - Not for Public Indexing
Disallow: /health/sponsored-article-test-do-not-edit-this-ever
Disallow: /program/hms-test-program-page
Disallow: /health/QA-Tabbed-ManyTabs-21
Disallow: /health/post-block-widget-sampler
Disallow: /health/test-reference-article-for-front-end-tests
Disallow: /health/wp-2485828
Disallow: /health/this-is-an-infinite-scroll-test-page-please-do-not-modify-this-page-without-checking-with-frontend-site-teams
Disallow: /health/hm-test-17-proven-tips-to-sleep-better-at-night
Disallow: /healthy/hm-test-page-2-17-proven-tips-to-sleep-better-at-night
Disallow: /healthy/hm-test-page-3-17-proven-tips-to-sleep-better-at-night
Disallow: /healthy/hm-test-page-4-diabetes-and-sweets
Disallow: /healthy/hm-test-page-5-diabetes-and-sweets
Disallow: /health/drugs/hm-test-all-about-humira
Disallow: /health/hm-test-feature-template-for-sponsorship
# Invalid URLs
Disallow: */null$
Disallow: */inline$
# Static Test Articles
Disallow: /test/
# Media Revenue Test Pages
Disallow: /*/hm-test
# API Routes
Disallow: /api/
Allow: /api/auth/signup
Disallow: /hlcmsresource/*.txt$
Disallow: /hlcmsresource/*.xml$
User-agent: Mediapartners-Google
Disallow:
User-agent: Adsbot-Google
Disallow:
# --- Amazon / AWS crawlers (begin) ---
# AmazonAdbot is intentionally allowed (ad targeting — see HLMR-6504)
User-agent: AmazonAdbot
Disallow:
User-agent: Amazonbot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Amzn-SearchBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Amzn-User
Disallow: /
User-agent: amazon-kendra
Disallow: /
User-agent: amazon-QBusiness
Disallow: /
User-agent: bedrockbot
Disallow: /
User-agent: aws-quick-on-behalf-of-
Disallow: /
User-agent: AmazonProductDiscoverybot
Disallow: /
User-agent: AmazonBuyForMe
Disallow: /
User-agent: AmazonSellerInitiatedListing
Disallow: /
User-agent: NovaAct
Disallow: /
# --- Amazon / AWS crawlers (end) ---
User-agent: Twitterbot
Disallow:
User-agent: NimbleCrawler
Disallow: /
User-agent: grapeshot
Disallow:
User-agent: BotRightHere
Disallow: /
User-agent: WebZip
Disallow: /
User-agent: larbin
Disallow: /
User-agent: b2w/0.1
Disallow: /
User-agent: Copernic
Disallow: /
User-agent: psbot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Python-urllib
Disallow: /
User-agent: URL_Spider_Pro
Disallow: /
User-agent: CherryPicker
Disallow: /
User-agent: EmailCollector
Disallow: /
User-agent: EmailSiphon
Disallow: /
User-agent: WebBandit
Disallow: /
User-agent: EmailWolf
Disallow: /
User-agent: ExtractorPro
Disallow: /
User-agent: CopyRightCheck
Disallow: /
User-agent: Crescent
Disallow: /
User-agent: SiteSnagger
Disallow: /
User-agent: ProWebWalker
Disallow: /
User-agent: CheeseBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: LNSpiderguy
Disallow: /
User-agent: Alexibot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Teleport
Disallow: /
User-agent: TeleportPro
Disallow: /
User-agent: MIIxpc
Disallow: /
User-agent: Telesoft
Disallow: /
User-agent: Website Quester
Disallow: /
User-agent: WebZip
Disallow: /
User-agent: moget/2.1
Disallow: /
User-agent: WebZip/4.0
Disallow: /
User-agent: WebStripper
Disallow: /
User-agent: WebSauger
Disallow: /
User-agent: WebCopier
Disallow: /
User-agent: NetAnts
Disallow: /
User-agent: Mister PiX
Disallow: /
User-agent: WebAuto
Disallow: /
User-agent: TheNomad
Disallow: /
User-agent: WWW-Collector-E
Disallow: /
User-agent: RMA
Disallow: /
User-agent: libWeb/clsHTTP
Disallow: /
User-agent: asterias
Disallow: /
User-agent: httplib
Disallow: /
User-agent: turingos
Disallow: /
User-agent: spanner
Disallow: /
User-agent: InfoNaviRobot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Harvest/1.5
Disallow: /
User-agent: Bullseye/1.0
Disallow: /
User-agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; BullsEye; Windows 95)
Disallow: /
User-agent: Crescent Internet ToolPak HTTP OLE Control v.1.0
Disallow: /
User-agent: CherryPickerSE/1.0
Disallow: /
User-agent: CherryPickerElite/1.0
Disallow: /
User-agent: WebBandit/3.50
Disallow: /
User-agent: NICErsPRO
Disallow: /
User-agent: Microsoft URL Control - 5.01.4511
Disallow: /
User-agent: DittoSpyder
Disallow: /
User-agent: Foobot
Disallow: /
User-agent: SpankBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: BotALot
Disallow: /
User-agent: lwp-trivial/1.34
Disallow: /
User-agent: lwp-trivial
Disallow: /
User-agent: BunnySlippers
Disallow: /
User-agent: Microsoft URL Control - 6.00.8169
Disallow: /
User-agent: URLy Warning
Disallow: /
User-agent: Wget/1.6
Disallow: /
User-agent: Wget/1.5.3
Disallow: /
User-agent: Wget
Disallow: /
User-agent: LinkWalker
Disallow: /
User-agent: cosmos
Disallow: /
User-agent: moget
Disallow: /
User-agent: hloader
Disallow: /
User-agent: humanlinks
Disallow: /
User-agent: LinkextractorPro
Disallow: /
User-agent: Offline Explorer
Disallow: /
User-agent: Mata Hari
Disallow: /
User-agent: LexiBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Web Image Collector
Disallow: /
User-agent: The Intraformant
Disallow: /
User-agent: True_Robot/1.0
Disallow: /
User-agent: True_Robot
Disallow: /
User-agent: BlowFish/1.0
Disallow: /
User-agent: JennyBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: MIIxpc/4.2
Disallow: /
User-agent: BuiltBotTough
Disallow: /
User-agent: ProPowerBot/2.14
Disallow: /
User-agent: BackDoorBot/1.0
Disallow: /
User-agent: toCrawl/UrlDispatcher
Disallow: /
User-agent: WebEnhancer
Disallow: /
User-agent: suzuran
Disallow: /
User-agent: TightTwatBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: VCI WebViewer VCI WebViewer Win32
Disallow: /
User-agent: VCI
Disallow: /
User-agent: Szukacz/1.4
Disallow: /
User-agent: QueryN Metasearch
Disallow: /
User-agent: Openfind data gatherer
Disallow: /
User-agent: Openfind
Disallow: /
User-agent: Zeus
Disallow: /
User-agent: RepoMonkey Bait & Tackle/v1.01
Disallow: /
User-agent: RepoMonkey
Disallow: /
User-agent: Microsoft URL Control
Disallow: /
User-agent: Openbot
Disallow: /
User-agent: URL Control
Disallow: /
User-agent: Zeus Link Scout
Disallow: /
User-agent: Zeus 32297 Webster Pro V2.9 Win32
Disallow: /
User-agent: Webster Pro
Disallow: /
User-agent: EroCrawler
Disallow: /
User-agent: LinkScan/8.1a Unix
Disallow: /
User-agent: Keyword Density/0.9
Disallow: /
User-agent: Kenjin Spider
Disallow: /
User-agent: Iron33/1.0.2
Disallow: /
User-agent: GetRight/4.2
Disallow: /
User-agent: FairAd Client
Disallow: /
User-agent: Gaisbot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Aqua_Products
Disallow: /
User-agent: Radiation Retriever 1.1
Disallow: /
User-agent: Flaming AttackBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Oracle Ultra Search
Disallow: /
User-agent: MSIECrawler
Disallow: /
User-agent: PerMan
Disallow: /
User-agent: searchpreview
Disallow: /
User-agent: TurnitinBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: wget
Disallow: /
User-agent: ExtractorPro
Disallow: /
User-agent: WebZIP/4.21
Disallow: /
User-agent: WebZIP/5.0
Disallow: /
User-agent: HTTrack 3.0
Disallow: /
User-agent: TurnitinBot/1.5
Disallow: /
User-agent: WebCopier v3.2a
Disallow: /
User-agent: WebCapture 2.0
Disallow: /
User-agent: WebCopier v.2.2
Disallow: /
User-agent: Callpod Keeper
Disallow: /
User-agent: Go-http-client
Disallow: /
User-agent: Java Browser
Disallow: /
User-agent: PHP
Disallow: /
User-agent: Clickagy Intelligence
Disallow: /
User-agent: uipbot
Disallow: /
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /brand/
Allow: /health/drugs/ozempic-for-weight-loss
Disallow: /
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Disallow: /
User-agent: anthropic-ai
Disallow: /
User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /
User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Diffbot
Disallow: /
User-agent: FacebookBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Disallow: /
User-agent: omgili
Disallow: /
User-agent: Timpibot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Webzio-Extended
Disallow: /
User-agent: DDM-DCipher/1.0.7
Disallow: /
Sitemap: https://www.healthline.com/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.healthline.com/hlcms-articles-99.xml
Disallow /account/*
Disallow: /*?*
A+Domain Intelligencehealthline.com — via GoDaddy Corporate Domains, LLC, 21 years, 11 months old, hosted on AWSPASS
436 days
August 25, 2027
180 days
Issued by Amazon
21 years, 11 months
Registered August 25, 2004
Not enabled
Protects against DNS spoofing
AWS
ASN AS16509
3.169.183.81
GoDaddy Corporate Domains, LLC
Expiry timeline
Recommended actions
- Enable DNSSEC to protect visitors from DNS spoofing
- Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) to block unauthorized domain transfers
DNSSEC protects against DNS spoofing attacks. While not required, enabling DNSSEC adds an additional layer of security. Contact your DNS provider to enable it.
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.
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