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· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
85
GRADE
B
FIX
2
REVIEW
2
PASS
5
INFO
0
Probed from Singapore, Singapore
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
5 PASS 2 REVIEW 2 FIX
D
TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations
Action
13 days until leaf cert expires — 4 issues to address
FIX

Certificate validity

13
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+
Renew urgently — under 14 days remaining

Recommended actions

  • Renew certificate — 13 days remaining
  • Add includeSubDomains to the HSTS directive
  • 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
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.ft.com/
200https://ft.com/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://ft.com/ → https://ft.com

Consistent

A
DNS Records
4 A records, 603 ms lookup
PASS
4 A records, 603 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 4 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 151.101.66.46, 151.101.130.46, 151.101.2.46, 151.101.194.46
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
4 nameserver(s) configured
Got: ns-1447.awsdns-52.org, ns-1984.awsdns-56.co.uk, ns-52.awsdns-06.com, ns-530.awsdns-02.net
Info::
5 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 (603 ms)
Slow DNS adds latency to every page load. Consider a faster DNS provider.
Got: 603 ms
A151.101.66.46, 151.101.130.46, 151.101.2.46, 151.101.194.46
AAAA—
CNAME—
NSns-1447.awsdns-52.org, ns-1984.awsdns-56.co.uk, ns-52.awsdns-06.com, ns-530.awsdns-02.net
MX
10 aspmx.l.google.com
20 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com
20 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
30 alt3.aspmx.l.google.com
30 alt4.aspmx.l.google.com
TXT
/9JIaeVTZTKIvRQN3nbfJN6BNbLYOjQelBjl6qUN4/s=
IktKRV0FPEeiosHW0zf4Lw
MS=ms15735648
MS=ms23088425
MS=ms23619679
MS=ms39959132
MS=ms50570352
MS=ms54676079
MS=ms87193117
access-domain-verification=436fdc74c8ebd0d982301a0c1a3b752176a55246a7c97b159d335...
adobe-idp-site-verification=c5baff41-b308-42c8-8ace-9393ace1d783
amazonses:Dw3ndQPO42StK7/Toh+RBHUOydpp514RsYbCJWony5A=
amazonses:HvBZtqew7lgZbGfdU4V/Gd07PT9PXZUEHTkH5eHdwYw=
amazonses:NceEuFJaVFhkB7aKpzAp27vTpU0Z/HHD/LBjG/Jg9yk=
apple-domain-verification=hiRNMTWYN1yBRwg4
asv=d0c9c01ad65bddcc0eee60ecfc13201f
atlassian-domain-verification=/flKBbAdKfXx7mblo5+qFf5hD7psLK8FrrnR9vB5xL5zyvD19G...
atlassian-domain-verification=hVzdk0lf3NQ/udMQWFZWxWA8eOjXyOjGD6e+1kcBpqqsLX8LHd...
cloudflare_dashboard_sso=cb52a8597e3ed22ef489d879b270709f
docker-verification=f23e7fb2-5705-49f2-a965-506add981f13
docusign=c04c5b8c-58c7-4024-99f3-fb1f636da0d0
facebook-domain-verification=15ore8k5t6ft96p6lt8sb02m8dls4w
facebook-domain-verification=k64kwvkb345rz292m21kltvaf1r5d5
facebook-domain-verification=k7y14n0l2qtawyedyyz5fiu9ngsvg7
facebook-domain-verification=wb6970zko03f90a0lxi4gpt89lnybl
facebook-domain-verification=wnuqdndij8zjroogp6jlsu8ud0yu3q
figma-domain-verification=8ea20ad3e142b70da670a8313afdeb991a189ec78f024825dd321a...
google-site-verification=nqX1TPP8SIFG3F_1ULz5qPw7qEqO4Bowh14fkxdESfo
google-site-verification=sXoPNkEqXt3ce7rT9MnH2bnjNLKFR3oizWMMmkQFDLI
jamf-site-verification=lbgmfPGJwTYfXRt8qeKWNA
make-domain-verification=25fb721f-943e-4b5d-8268-48ff60f61191
mandrill_verify.JufTb8PUBLcJ8tPLkojezA
mongodb-site-verification=l2ACYeoZMEwgZw4T5SPbJiGRPoBKC3wt
notion-domain-verification=mkIjxnyKOdeLmDtzKbgWoLKngPBDT5U2dmxXWbCzf7l
openai-domain-verification=dv-bxQol3maMz9EffWDUvCsa5cG
pardot596911=26c4369191477541d69fe3837196409e805f282f3e4aef8171e20293d42957ad
pardot_218412=760e83e8fe2a693cf55ad39557c5d2ffa643883ebace2abcb9c1ce7397544cb0
slack-domain-verification=z853Xxvh1FXWNfobsGsdZp626tQCj0k4tvSa2w4O
sophos-domain-verification=67ec68273fd952a93f6de23473f7209d3f10f79602e68759b4a0f...
SPF v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mktomail.com include:_spf.salesforce.com ...
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 603 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), 529 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 529 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://ft.com → https://www.ft.com (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect
Info::
Redirect overhead: 529 ms total
Got: 529 ms

https://ft.com

110 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.ft.com

420 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://ft.com301110 msHTTP/1.1
2https://www.ft.com200420 msHTTP/1.1cloudflare

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 285 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 285 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 1557 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 285 entries
Info::
Sitemap index with 285 child sitemaps
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap
robots.txt 200 OK
Size 1557 B Sitemaps referenced 1 User-agents omgilibot, Bytespider, NewsNow, Perplexity-User, FacebookBot, meta-externalagent, *, CCBot, anthropic-ai, Claude-Web, Applebot-Extended, Google-Extended, magpie-crawler, ClaudeBot, Meta-ExternalFetcher, cohere-ai, PerplexityBot, Diffbot, GoogleOther, omgili Blocking No — crawling allowed
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Sitemap: https://www.ft.com/sitemaps/index.xml

User-agent: *
Disallow: /__
Disallow: /_fs-ch
Disallow: /article/e63d8640-eeb3-4473-b0ad-aa6aec16d9fe
Disallow: /buy/
Disallow: /cancel/
Disallow: /join/
Disallow: /login
Disallow: /myft/
Disallow: /offline/
Disallow: /page-resources
Disallow: /preferences/manage-cookies
Disallow: /register/
Disallow: /search
Disallow: /signup
Allow: /__origami/
Allow: /__assets/
Crawl-Delay: 1

User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Disallow: /
Allow: /*?syn-25a6b1a6=1

User-agent: GoogleOther
Disallow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Disallow: /

User-agent: omgili
Disallow: /

User-agent: omgilibot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Disallow: /

User-agent: magpie-crawler
Disallow: /

User-agent: NewsNow
Disallow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Disallow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Disallow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Diffbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: FacebookBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Disallow: /

User-agent: meta-externalagent
Disallow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher
Disallow: /
sitemap.xml 200 OK
Type Sitemap Index URLs 285 entries Valid XML Yes
Child Sitemaps:
A+
Domain Intelligence
ft.com — via CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., 31 years, 9 months old, hosted on Fastly
PASS
ft.com — via CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., 31 years, 9 months old, hosted on Fastly
Info::
Domain registered until Nov 29, 2026 (7 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: CSC Corporate Domains, 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: Fastly
Got: AS54113
Domain expiry

139 days

November 29, 2026

SSL certificate

13 days

Issued by Certainly

Domain age

31 years, 9 months

Registered November 30, 1994

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Fastly

ASN AS54113

151.101.194.46

Registrar

CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.

Unlocked 4 NS records
Expiry timeline
Today
+1 year
Domain expiry SSL expiry Danger zone (≤30 days)
Recommended actions
  • Renew the TLS certificate or verify auto-renewal is working
  • Enable DNSSEC to protect visitors from DNS spoofing
  • Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) to block unauthorized domain transfers
Registrar CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
Created November 30, 1994 (31 years, 9 months ago)
Expires November 29, 2026 (7 months)
Last Updated November 25, 2025
Name Servers ns-1447.awsdns-52.org, ns-1984.awsdns-56.co.uk, ns-52.awsdns-06.com, ns-530.awsdns-02.net
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 151.101.194.46
ASN AS54113 (FASTLY - Fastly, Inc., US)
Provider Fastly
Data source: rdap (1.1s)

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 8 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
2 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.
3 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
8 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
8 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 2 ms TCP Connect 1 ms TLS Handshake 3 ms Server Processing 2 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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