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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
1
REVIEW
2
PASS
6
INFO
0
Probed from Madrid, Spain
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
6 PASS 2 REVIEW 1 FIX
D
Redirect Chain
Action
2 redirect(s), 3143 ms total
FIX
2 redirect(s), 3143 ms total
Warning::
2 redirects before reaching final URL
Each redirect adds latency. Try to minimize the chain to 1 hop.
Info::
HTTP to HTTPS redirect present
Warning::
Redirect overhead: 3143 ms total
Got: 3143 ms
Info::
Cross-domain redirect detected

https://suntimes.com

8 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

http://chicago.suntimes.com/

77 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://chicago.suntimes.com/

3058 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://suntimes.com3018 msHTTP/1.1AmazonS3
2http://chicago.suntimes.com/30177 msHTTP/1.1CloudFront
3https://chicago.suntimes.com/2003058 msHTTP/1.1istio-envoy

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

Each redirect adds latency. Try to minimize the chain to 1 hop.

Why this matters

Redirect chain — each hop adds latency; combine into one redirect where possible.

Source: Google Search Central / web.dev

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
TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations
242 days until leaf cert expires — 3 issues to address
REVIEW

Certificate validity

242
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+

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 Records
4 A records, 48 ms lookup
PASS
4 A records, 48 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 4 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 18.154.29.31, 18.154.29.119, 18.154.29.4, 18.154.29.100
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
4 nameserver(s) configured
Got: ns-1417.awsdns-49.org, ns-1607.awsdns-08.co.uk, ns-214.awsdns-26.com, ns-771.awsdns-32.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
Info::
DNS resolution time: 48 ms
Got: 48 ms
A18.154.29.31, 18.154.29.119, 18.154.29.4, 18.154.29.100
AAAA—
CNAME—
NSns-1417.awsdns-49.org, ns-1607.awsdns-08.co.uk, ns-214.awsdns-26.com, ns-771.awsdns-32.net
MX
1 aspmx.l.google.com
5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com
10 aspmx3.googlemail.com
10 aspmx2.googlemail.com
TXT
SPF v=spf1 ip4:64.196.161.2 ip4:64.179.27.252 ip4:65.114.230.66 ip4:66.202.101.252 i...
MS=ms21921842
intacct-esk=7E0A5E9F76BACA59E053AA06A8C0B73E
7723FAB972
airtable-verification=7638e347803e70d3e6213fe25299794f
knowbe4-site-verification=ead665e527a089fdfa5a1bc2e78282a2
notion-domain-verification=qV86dQzTF3nDlcy1wG7JJwMfGaw7dhFQmEBjoIjPrjm
openai-domain-verification=dv-fIzItWghrE41G4RqBoSJK3cG
amazon-business-verification=e6e672145bea25e77dc42a99c9782c69e2b68983835003a67f8...
google-site-verification=EorzaPAyNI_9OTD77GikRmUYB-UF6VtOK5JuWjQaSOs
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 48 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.

A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 249 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 249 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 2007 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 249 entries
Info::
Sitemap index with 249 child sitemaps
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap
robots.txt 200 OK
Size 2007 B Sitemaps referenced 4 User-agents SmartNews-AdsBot, CCBot, *, GoogleOther-Video, ClaudeBot, Scrapy, YouBot, omgilibot, Bingbot, Applebot, Twitterbot, Diffbot, FriendlyCrawler, GoogleOther, img2dataset, Bytespider, GPTBot, anthropic-ai, Googlebot, Meta-ExternalFetcher, Applebot-Extended, Google-Extended, PetalBot, Slurp, Claude-Web, PerplexityBot, VelenPublicWebCrawler, cohere-ai, ImagesiftBot, SmartNewsBot, GoogleOther-Image, facebookexternalhit, Meta-ExternalAgent, ICC-Crawler, Googlebot-News, DuckDuckBot, Amazonbot, Timpibot, Webzio-Extended, omgili Blocking No — crawling allowed
# General rules for all bots
User-agent: *
Disallow: /search
Disallow: /pages/sponsored
Disallow: /pages/manage-your-account
Disallow: /*_ptid=
Disallow: /_track

# Allow Google (for search, news, image, and video indexing)
User-agent: Googlebot
User-agent: Googlebot-News
User-agent: GoogleOther-Image
User-agent: GoogleOther-Video
Allow: /

# Google News-specific disallows
User-agent: Googlebot-News
Disallow: /sponsored
Disallow: /sponsored-content
Disallow: /betmgm-presents

# Allow Bingbot (for Bing Search indexing)
User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /

# Allow DuckDuckGo (for DuckDuckGo search indexing)
User-agent: DuckDuckBot
Allow: /

# Allow Yahoo Slurp (for Yahoo Search and some news aggregators)
User-agent: Slurp
Allow: /

# Allow Applebot (for Siri & Safari suggestions)
User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /

# Allow Facebook bots (for link previews and sharing)
User-agent: facebookexternalhit
User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher
Allow: /

# Allow SmartNews bot 
User-agent: SmartNews-AdsBot
User-agent: SmartNewsBot
Allow: /

# Allow Twitterbot (for Twitter link previews)
User-agent: Twitterbot
Allow: /

# Block AI & aggressive scrapers
User-agent: Amazonbot
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
User-agent: Bytespider
User-agent: CCBot
User-agent: Claude-Web
User-agent: ClaudeBot
User-agent: Diffbot
User-agent: FriendlyCrawler
User-agent: GPTBot
User-agent: Google-Extended
User-agent: GoogleOther
User-agent: ICC-Crawler
User-agent: ImagesiftBot
User-agent: PerplexityBot
User-agent: PetalBot
User-agent: Scrapy
User-agent: Timpibot
User-agent: VelenPublicWebCrawler
User-agent: Webzio-Extended
User-agent: YouBot
User-agent: anthropic-ai
User-agent: cohere-ai
User-agent: img2dataset
User-agent: omgili
User-agent: omgilibot
Disallow: /

# Sitemaps
Sitemap: https://chicago.suntimes.com/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://chicago.suntimes.com/news-sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://chicago.suntimes.com/news-sitemap-content.xml
Sitemap: https://chicago.suntimes.com/sitemap-latest.xml
sitemap.xml 200 OK
Type Sitemap Index URLs 249 entries Valid XML Yes
Child Sitemaps:
A+
URL Variants
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
PASS
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
Info::
www/non-www redirect configured correctly (preferred: non-www)
Info::
HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS

www / non-www

301https://www.suntimes.com/
200https://suntimes.com/

Preferred variant: non-www

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://suntimes.com/ → https://suntimes.com/

Consistent

A+
Domain Intelligence
suntimes.com — via Amazon Registrar, Inc., 31 years, 2 months old, hosted on AWS
PASS
suntimes.com — via Amazon Registrar, Inc., 31 years, 2 months old, hosted on AWS
Info::
Domain registered until Jul 24, 2026 (3 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: Amazon Registrar, 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: AWS
Got: AS16509
Domain expiry

38 days

July 24, 2026

SSL certificate

242 days

Issued by Amazon

Domain age

31 years, 2 months

Registered July 25, 1995

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

AWS

ASN AS16509

18.154.29.119

Registrar

Amazon Registrar, Inc.

Unlocked 4 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 DNSSEC to protect visitors from DNS spoofing
  • Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) to block unauthorized domain transfers
Registrar Amazon Registrar, Inc.
Created July 25, 1995 (31 years, 2 months ago)
Expires July 24, 2026 (3 months)
Last Updated June 19, 2025
Name Servers ns-1417.awsdns-49.org, ns-1607.awsdns-08.co.uk, ns-214.awsdns-26.com, ns-771.awsdns-32.net
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 18.154.29.119
ASN AS16509 (AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US)
Provider AWS
Data source: rdap (0.3s)

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 57 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
49 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.
5 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
58 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
58 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 49 ms TCP Connect 1 ms TLS Handshake 5 ms Server Processing 3 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
A+
CDN & Delivery
AWS CloudFront (Hit from cloudfront)
PASS
AWS CloudFront (Hit from cloudfront)
Info::
Site is served via AWS CloudFront CDN (edge: MAD53-P1)
Got: x-amz-cf-id: OfktuLCEGLkGRGrDJBT5FNucVZpFGtcu1aztQqBw1AW77RPGnXgZTQ==
Info::
CDN cache status: Hit from cloudfront
CDN Detected: AWS CloudFront
Provider AWS CloudFront Cache Status Hit from cloudfront Evidence x-amz-cf-id: OfktuLCEGLkGRGrDJBT5FNucVZpFGtcu1aztQqBw1AW77RPGnXgZTQ==
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