Infrastructure
· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.FIPv6 ReadinessActionIPv6 records exist but unreachableFIX
Having AAAA records but an unreachable server is worse than no AAAA — clients may experience delays before falling back to IPv4.
Advertising IPv6 (AAAA records) without a reachable server means IPv6-preferring clients silently fail every connection.
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Modern browsers prefer IPv6 if AAAA exists (Happy Eyeballs algorithm). If the IPv6 server isn't reachable, browsers fall back to IPv4 — but with seconds of added latency per request. Either fix IPv6 reachability or remove the AAAA records.
Source: RFC 8305 (Happy Eyeballs)
BCrawlabilityrobots.txt present, no sitemapREVIEW
A sitemap helps search engines discover and index your pages more efficiently.
No sitemap.xml — Google relies on crawl-graph discovery alone, slowing indexing of deep or fresh URLs.
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A sitemap accelerates Google's discovery of new and updated content. Most CMSes auto-generate one; static-site frameworks need a build-step plugin. Reference it from robots.txt and submit in Search Console to confirm Google can fetch it.
Source: sitemaps.org / Google Search Central
Add a 'Sitemap:' directive to robots.txt so search engines can discover your sitemap.
robots.txt omits Sitemap: directive — crawlers must fetch /sitemap.xml by convention; reliable but missing the explicit hint.
Source: sitemaps.org
#
# 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: AhrefsBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: SemrushBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: SemrushBot-BA
Disallow: /
User-agent: SemrushBot-SI
Disallow: /
User-agent: SemrushBot-SWA
Disallow: /
User-agent: SemrushBot-CT
Disallow: /
User-agent: SemrushBot-BM
Disallow: /
User-agent: SemrushBot-COUB
Disallow: /
User-agent: SiteAuditBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: SplitSignalBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: LinkCheck by Siteimprove.com
Disallow: /
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.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/
# Added by HRW
Disallow: /video-photos/photograph/
Disallow: */video-photos/photograph/
Disallow: /video-photos/satellite-imagery/
Disallow: */video-photos/satellite-imagery/
Disallow: /video-photos/map/
Disallow: */video-photos/map/
Disallow: */printable/
Disallow: */print
Disallow: /sitesearch
Disallow: */sitesearch
Disallow: /*?country
Disallow: /*?keyword=
Disallow: /*&keyword=
Disallow: /*?tags=
Disallow: /*?topic=
Disallow: /*?t=
Disallow: /*&t=
Disallow: /languages
Disallow: */languages
Disallow: /languages?*
Disallow: */languages?*
Disallow: /preview-link*
Disallow: */preview-link*
# DPL-1056: Block indexing of report PDFs
Disallow: /sites/default/files/media_*/*.doc
Disallow: /sites/default/files/media_*/*.pdf
Disallow: /sites/default/files/reports/*.pdf
Disallow: /sites/default/files/jp_report/*.pdf
No sitemap found
Adding a sitemap helps search engines discover your pages.
BURL Variantswww/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPSREVIEW
www / non-www
Inconsistent — duplicate content risk
HTTP → HTTPS
Consistent
BTLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations31 days until leaf cert expires — 3 issues to addressREVIEW
Certificate validity
Recommended actions
- Submit your domain to hstspreload.org to be added to the Chrome preload list
- 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 Records1 A records, 25 ms lookupPASS
| A | 23.185.0.2 |
| AAAA | 2620:12a:8000::2, 2620:12a:8001::2 |
| CNAME | — |
| NS | ns1-01.azure-dns.com, ns2-01.azure-dns.net, ns3-01.azure-dns.org, ns4-01.azure-dns.info |
| MX | 5 hrw-org.mail.protection.outlook.com |
| TXT | SPF v=spf1 include:%{i}._ip.%{h}._ehlo.%{d}._spf.vali.email include:_spf.e-activist.... adobe-sign-verification=f2a1da5c409e584f392104d66fecb7c6 ZOOM_verify_GFnk1iUNTp-5DwRhE5xW9w apple-domain-verification=DmCqzYVDXHuJi7BD atlassian-domain-verification=q0w7pa9KBdlQMq2tG4vbbUrG7I10fILpilFDhfjxIK2i0lu4Ts... ca3-c70599daa78842bdade6436ded62f773 masv=IHNllQCJgXphTwQQvQRAsqaqgYQZGkUn google-site-verification=TSRsiqG0hu4_xua-70pu-MVB2Elagcpgy9X-MwFGB0o jumpdesktop=0429d352743661e6b532e147686d384c7634e8c8992962749e29d6e9956b "ip4:208.185.229.0/24 ip4:208.185.235.0/24 ip4:148.59.108.0/23 ip4:148.59.106.0/... asv=91ac67ca0d365acdb3370ef4c6341ec2 deepl-domain-verification=cdd6cc20439e4489bd0d2ff6f104ad84 |
| CAA | Lookup not available with standard resolver |
Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.
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.
Informational: CAA (Certification Authority Authorization) records weren't checked in this scan.
ARedirect Chain1 redirect(s), 71 ms totalPASS
https://hrw.org
42 ms · HTTP/1.1
https://www.hrw.org/
29 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL
| # | URL | Status | Time | Protocol | Server |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | https://hrw.org | 301 | 42 ms | HTTP/1.1 | nginx |
| 2 | https://www.hrw.org/ | 200 | 29 ms | HTTP/1.1 | nginx |
See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →
A+Domain Intelligencehrw.org — via Network Solutions, LLC, 31 years, 10 months old, hosted on FastlyPASS
1248 days
November 15, 2029
31 days
Issued by Let's Encrypt
31 years, 10 months
Registered November 16, 1994
Not enabled
Protects against DNS spoofing
Fastly
ASN AS54113
23.185.0.2
Network Solutions, 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.
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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.
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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