Infrastructure - https://census.gov BeaverCheck Audit

D

CDN & Delivery

Action

No CDN detected

FIX

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.

B

Redirect Chain

1 redirect(s), 1405 ms total

REVIEW

1 redirect(s), 1405 ms total

Single redirect

Got: https://census.gov → https://www.census.gov/ (302)

WWW normalization redirect

Uses 302 (temporary) redirect

If permanent, use 301 instead.

Got: https://census.gov

Redirect overhead: 1405 ms total

Got: 1405 ms

https://census.gov

960 ms · HTTP/1.0

302

https://www.census.gov/

446 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#	URL	Status	Time	Protocol	Server
1	https://census.gov	302	960 ms	HTTP/1.0
2	https://www.census.gov/	200	446 ms	HTTP/1.1	cloudflare

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

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

C

URL Variants

Action

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→HTTPS redirect uses 302 instead of 301

Got: 302 temporary redirect Expected: 301 permanent redirect

www / non-www

200https://www.census.gov/

200https://census.gov/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

302http://census.gov/ → https://www.census.gov/

Use 301 (permanent) instead of 302 (temporary)

B

HTTP Probe Timing

Total 1084 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown

REVIEW

DNS Lookup

107 ms

TCP Connect

104 ms

TLS Handshake

770 ms

Time to First Byte

1.08 s

Total Time

1.08 s

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 107 ms TCP Connect 104 ms TLS Handshake 770 ms Server Processing 104 ms Content Transfer 0 ms

B

TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations

157 days until leaf cert expires — 3 issues to address

REVIEW

Certificate validity

157

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 OCSP stapling on your TLS server to remove a CA roundtrip and protect user privacy

A

DNS Records

1 A records, 278 ms lookup

PASS

1 A records, 278 ms lookup

Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)

Got: 148.129.75.166

Single A record — no DNS redundancy

Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.

Has 1 IPv6 (AAAA) record(s)

Got: 2610:20:2010:a05:1000:0:9481:4ba6

2 nameserver(s) configured

Got: ns1e.census.gov, ns2e.census.gov

2 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 is slow (278 ms)

Slow DNS adds latency to every page load. Consider a faster DNS provider.

Got: 278 ms

A	148.129.75.166
AAAA	2610:20:2010:a05:1000:0:9481:4ba6
CNAME	—
NS	ns1e.census.gov, ns2e.census.gov
MX	50 mail1.census.gov 50 mail2.census.gov
TXT	adobe-idp-site-verification=c75e766ae664774cb9d671205f69ba1bbb97fbacb49c55d78725... apple-domain-verification=2jIC5VNEsj8bPdnu google-site-verification=5gdefaxvKpVMBIGemF2Dw4yBrtDazSNnprwC3sLsrUE SPF v=spf1 ip4:148.129.0.0/16 ip6:2610:20:2000:101::f:0 ip6:2610:20:2010:a04::f:0 mx... google-site-verification=OMpp6MyQ1bAbnGclpbKqCMZal_1HxJapzG2tSRWFbzI +i27enlfMpLlk9UWn4Ku+sUy3QO5Lnbysj+2rdvlyfPtq28iCTuH3b9ZnVWcYbhtrY1f1H9xsXT74U75... infoblox-domain-mastery=578e129560f03adc81a7b3f658065459be516b52709d8fde2b1183b7... MS=ms38105103 google-site-verification=KnpcXkPcji6vLLd7Scev-xZMllMdI8f75Ibi--S4lzI apple-domain-verification=A8NwvlnLg7Cm2H3G airtable-verification=3602865d8095935581ec510122a7f819
CAA	Lookup not available with standard resolver

Resolved in 278 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.

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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.

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+

IPv6 Readiness

IPv6 reachable (104 ms)

PASS

IPv6 reachable (104 ms)

IPv6 is configured and reachable at 2610:20:2010:a05:1000:0:9481:4ba6

Got: 104 ms connect

IPv6 Ready

AAAA Records 2610:20:2010:a05:1000:0:9481:4ba6 Connection Reachable (104 ms)

A+

Crawlability

robots.txt present, sitemap with 14 URLs

PASS

robots.txt present, sitemap with 14 URLs

robots.txt is present

Got: 1162 bytes

sitemap.xml is present

sitemap.xml is valid XML

sitemap.xml contains 14 entries

Sitemap index with 14 child sitemaps

robots.txt references sitemap

robots.txt 200 OK

Size 1162 B Sitemaps referenced 1 User-agents Yahoo! Slurp, bingbot, usasearch, *, W3C-checklink, Googlebot Blocking No — crawling allowed

User-agent: *
Disallow: /search-results.html

User-agent: W3C-checklink
Disallow: /cgi-bin/
Disallow: /libs/
Disallow: /tmp/
Disallow: /etc/

Disallow: /about/adrm/data-linkage/
allow: /etc.clientlibs/census/clientlibs
allow: /etc/clientlibs/granite
allow: /etc/clientlibs/foundation

User-agent: Googlebot
Crawl-delay: 15
Disallow: /cgi-bin/
Disallow: /libs/
Disallow: /tmp/
Disallow: /etc/

Disallow: /about/adrm/data-linkage/
allow: /etc.clientlibs/census/clientlibs
allow: /etc/clientlibs/granite
allow: /etc/clientlibs/foundation


User-agent: Yahoo! Slurp
Crawl-delay: 3
Disallow: /cgi-bin/
Disallow: /libs/
Disallow: /tmp/
Disallow: /etc/

Disallow: /about/adrm/data-linkage/
allow: /etc.clientlibs/census/clientlibs
allow: /etc/clientlibs/granite
allow: /etc/clientlibs/foundation

User-agent: bingbot
Crawl-delay: 3
Disallow: /cgi-bin/
Disallow: /libs/
Disallow: /tmp/
Disallow: /etc/

Disallow: /about/adrm/data-linkage/
allow: /etc.clientlibs/census/clientlibs
allow: /etc/clientlibs/granite
allow: /etc/clientlibs/foundation

User-agent: usasearch
Disallow: /quickfacts/
Noindex: /quickfacts/

SITEMAP: https://www.census.gov/sitemapindex/sitemap.xml

sitemap.xml 200 OK

Type Sitemap Index URLs 14 entries Valid XML Yes

Child Sitemaps:

A+

Domain Intelligence

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

PASS

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

Domain registered until Sep 2, 2026 (4 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

79 days

September 2, 2026

SSL certificate

157 days

Issued by DigiCert Inc

Domain age

28 years, 11 months

Registered October 2, 1997

DNSSEC

Enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Unknown

2610:20:2010:a05:1000:0:9481:4ba6

Registrar

get.gov

Unlocked 2 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 September 2, 2026 (4 months)

Last Updated February 12, 2026

Name Servers ns1e.census.gov, ns2e.census.gov

DNSSEC Enabled

Registrant REDACTED FOR PRIVACY

Hosting

IP Address 2610:20:2010:a05:1000:0:9481:4ba6

Data source: rdap (0.4s)

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