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· 17 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
85
GRADE
B
FIX
1
REVIEW
10
PASS
6
INFO
0
Probed from Santa Clara, United States
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
17
6 PASS 10 REVIEW 1 FIX
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.

B
DNSSEC
Unsigned (DNSSEC not deployed)
REVIEW
Unsigned (DNSSEC not deployed)
Info::
DNSSEC is not deployed
The zone is not DNSSEC-signed. Users on validating resolvers (Cloudflare 1.1.1.1, Quad9 9.9.9.9, growing default in mobile resolvers) get no protection against DNS spoofing for this domain. Most registrars now offer DNSSEC at a single click; consider enabling it for sites where authenticity matters (banking, healthcare, government).
B
CAA Records
No CAA records (any CA may issue certificates)
REVIEW
No CAA records (any CA may issue certificates)
Info::
No CAA records published
Without CAA records, any publicly-trusted CA can issue certificates for this domain. Adding a CAA record (`yourdomain. IN CAA 0 issue "letsencrypt.org"`) restricts issuance to CAs you authorize. Required by CAB Forum baseline since 2017; the default of 'any CA' is widely supported but is the broader attack surface for issuance fraud.
B
Reverse DNS
0/1 IPs match cert SAN
REVIEW
0/1 IPs match cert SAN
Info::
PTR for 66.254.114.41 does not match any cert SAN: reflectededge.reflected.net
Common when behind a CDN or shared hosting (PTR points at the provider's hostname). Mismatch can also affect mail deliverability if this IP sends email -- many MTAs reject mail when forward+reverse DNS disagree.
B
Redirect Chain
1 redirect(s), 1665 ms total
REVIEW
1 redirect(s), 1665 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://pornhub.com → https://www.pornhub.com/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect
Warning::
Redirect overhead: 1665 ms total
Got: 1665 ms

https://pornhub.com

42 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.pornhub.com/

1623 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://pornhub.com30142 msHTTP/1.1
2https://www.pornhub.com/2001623 msHTTP/1.1openresty

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

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.pornhub.com/
200https://pornhub.com/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

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

Consistent

B
TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations
203 days until leaf cert expires — 2 issues to address
REVIEW

Certificate validity

203
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

  • 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
B
CDN Cache Observability
No CDN cache-status headers in the response
REVIEW
No CDN cache-status headers in the response
Info::
No CDN cache-status headers in the response
Without an X-Cache / CF-Cache-Status / X-Vercel-Cache / Age header, you can't tell from outside whether a request hit the cache or went to origin. Operationally important: enables debugging stale-content reports and verifying cache rules. Most managed CDN platforms emit at least one of these by default; absence often means the platform's diagnostic headers are stripped at an upstream proxy.
B
Operational Status Page
No status page link detected
REVIEW
No status page link detected
Info::
No operational status page link detected
Status pages communicate planned maintenance and incidents to users -- a hallmark of operationally-mature services. Most SaaS teams publish one via Atlassian Statuspage, Instatus, BetterUptime, or a self-hosted Cachet. Smaller sites legitimately don't need one; flagged as Info, not a failure.
B
Health Check Endpoint
No conventional health endpoint found
REVIEW
No conventional health endpoint found
Info::
No conventional health endpoint found
Health endpoints (/health, /healthz, /status, /ping, /api/health) let uptime monitors, load balancers, and orchestration systems (Kubernetes, ECS, Fly.io) verify the service is alive. Marketing sites and small services often skip them legitimately; flagged as Info, not a failure. Probe results: /api/health: 404, /health: 404, /healthz: 404, /ping: 404, /status: 404.
A+
DNS Records
1 A records, 19 ms lookup
PASS
1 A records, 19 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 66.254.114.41
Info::
Single A record — no DNS redundancy
Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
8 nameserver(s) configured
Got: ns-1499.awsdns-59.org, ns-1567.awsdns-03.co.uk, ns-531.awsdns-02.net, ns-92.awsdns-11.com, sdns3.ultradns.biz, sdns3.ultradns.com, sdns3.ultradns.net, sdns3.ultradns.org
Info::
2 mail exchanger(s) configured
Info::
SPF record present in TXT
Info::
DNS resolution time: 19 ms
Got: 19 ms
A66.254.114.41
AAAA—
CNAME—
NSns-1499.awsdns-59.org, ns-1567.awsdns-03.co.uk, ns-531.awsdns-02.net, ns-92.awsdns-11.com, sdns3.ultradns.biz, sdns3.ultradns.com, sdns3.ultradns.net, sdns3.ultradns.org
MX
10 mxb-002a0701.gslb.pphosted.com
10 mxa-002a0701.gslb.pphosted.com
TXT
VMAIL23980
MS=ms54289033
kRTRS-5fqACZExtm5Ed_63Uz2-mi2w
51v423477tpvn79tnhkc6dcd50vfwsmw
_pp4dhbbh0qvnkenn5nf1e9psomjg6fg
_qe1ytxhfkv0x42iw961f8hsxswlank1
_twpx4k787g069qzojo75ghmnlil23i8
j3hm4p54gpzff1dt25w0z1m5q6749v23
kkvchh9nc20zqclz9r1fwfx4ydfh41pd
pd5fdxxbzn34ljgl6kbhd5xnz4cdgt3f
google-gws-recovery-domain-verification=50340749
google-site-verification=A_zvK-GpJnRnZeQsY7Zu6-OhUtttveONsSHeEyesS7E
google-site-verification=HjPnSnR1Tun0kHE_HxQ90eShcfVw-ZnloCL0FkOHYXw
google-site-verification=dug_KXFRBOzhEpV6p-hzn-ozaGXa3xfF82rW6mqhOK8
google-site-verification=mBLIe_LYyVmp7-dKcYMnE2VgbHqhMMbF0Ib_lNxydxw
google-site-verification=oiQAl3PbQ5Ozmw2lDDQ_UuJMGvOpEzzJ_b926wxMXcI
google-site-verification=yknHGIN9m9c9aEqGRS1pFn4DYeC_EBM0d3iIQic761E
google-site-verification=z7sWYEKED5sA2wXYfCmlR2OKkV7YiaPiZMv-YkQ8l6Y
SPF v=spf1 include:_spf.mlsend.com include:sender.zohobooks.com include:mail.zendesk...
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 19 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.

Learn more ▾

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

A+
Subdomain Takeover
No subdomain takeover risk detected
PASS
No subdomain takeover risk detected
Info::
No CNAME record present
A+
Multi-Resolver DNS Speed
Mean 3ms across 3 resolvers (spread 3ms)
PASS
Mean 3ms across 3 resolvers (spread 3ms)
Info::
Google: 2ms
Got: 2ms via 8.8.8.8:53
Info::
Quad9: 3ms
Got: 3ms via 9.9.9.9:53
Info::
Cloudflare: 5ms
Got: 5ms via 1.1.1.1:53
A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 309 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 309 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 5270 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 309 entries
Info::
Sitemap index with 309 child sitemaps
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap
robots.txt 200 OK
Size 5270 B Sitemaps referenced 1 User-agents DataForSeoBot, ImagesiftBot, Magpie-crawler, YouBot, Amazonbot, AwarioRssBot, Bytespider, Peer39_crawler/1.0, *, Anthropic-ai, CCBot, Cohere-ai, Omgilibot, Peer39_crawler, Twitterbot, AwarioSmartBot, Omgili Blocking No — crawling allowed
User-agent: *
Sitemap: https://www.pornhub.com/sitemaps.xml
#
#
# Albums
Disallow: /album/
Disallow: /albums*o=*
Disallow: /albums*page=*
Disallow: /albums/*-*
Disallow: /albums/*/*
Disallow: /albums/gay?search=*
Disallow: /albums/private*
#
#
# Live section - near fully deprecated
Disallow: /live*
Disallow: /live*c=*
Disallow: /live*f=*
Disallow: /live*l=*
Disallow: /live*n=*
Disallow: /live*page=*
Disallow: /live*r=*
Disallow: /live*streamate=*
Disallow: /live/*
#
#
# Porn in Your Language /language
Disallow: /language*?p=*
Disallow: /language*&p=*
Disallow: /language/*?*hd=1*
Disallow: /language/*?*p=*
Disallow: /language/*?*promo=*
#
#
# Model section
Disallow: /model/*/*
Disallow: /model/*/clips*
Disallow: /model/*/live*
Disallow: /model/*/videos/paid
Allow: /model/*/videos*
Allow: /model/*/photos
#
#
# Pornstar main page
Disallow: /pornstar/*/*achievements*
Disallow: /pornstar/*/*photo*=*
Disallow: /pornstar/*/*subscription*
Disallow: /pornstar/*/clips*
Disallow: /pornstar/*/costars*
Disallow: /pornstar/*/gifs*
Disallow: /pornstar/*/live*
Disallow: /pornstar/*/playlists*
Disallow: /pornstar/*/similar*
Disallow: /pornstar/*/stream*
Disallow: /pornstar/*/subscribers*
Disallow: /pornstar/*/videos/paid
#
#
# Pornstars individual pages
Disallow: */pornstars*=*performerType=*
Disallow: */pornstars*l=*
Disallow: */pornstars*t=*
Disallow: */pornstars/search*
Disallow: */pornstars*?age=*=*
Disallow: */pornstars*&age=*
Disallow: */pornstars*breasttype=*=*
Disallow: */pornstars*cup=*=*
Disallow: */pornstars*ethnicity=*=*
Disallow: */pornstars*gender=*=*
Disallow: */pornstars*hair=*=*
Disallow: */pornstars*piercings=*=*
Disallow: */pornstars*tattoos=*=*
Disallow: */videos/fanonly*
Disallow: */videos/private*
Disallow: /lesbian/pornstars*page=*
#
#
# Search
Disallow: *search=*+*+*+*+*page=*
Disallow: *search=*p=*
Disallow: *search=*page=*
Disallow: *search=*p=homemade*o=mr$
Disallow: *search=*p=professional*o=mr$
Disallow: /*search*filter_category=*
Disallow: /*search*filter_duration=*
Disallow: /*search*o=*
Disallow: /*gifs/search*o=
Disallow: /*o=*search*
Disallow: */channels/search*
Disallow: /lesbian/gifs/search
Disallow: /gay/gifs/search
Allow: *video*search=*o=mr$
Allow: *video*search=*&page=2$
Allow: *video*search=*&page=3$
Allow: *video*search=*&page=4$
Allow: *video*search=*&page=5$
Allow: *video*search=*&page=6$
Allow: *video*search=*&page=7$
Allow: *video*search=*&page=8$
Allow: *video*search=*&page=9$
Allow: *video*search=*&page=10$
Disallow: *video*search=*&o=*&page=*
Disallow: *video*search=*&p=*&page=*
Disallow: *video*search=*duration=*&page=*
Disallow: *video*search=*category=*&page=*
Disallow: *search=*+*+*+*+*page=2$
Disallow: *search=*+*+*+*+*page=3$
Disallow: *search=*+*+*+*+*page=4$
Disallow: *search=*+*+*+*+*page=5$
Disallow: *search=*+*+*+*+*page=6$
Disallow: *search=*+*+*+*+*page=7$
Disallow: *search=*+*+*+*+*page=8$
Disallow: *search=*+*+*+*+*page=9$
Disallow: *search=*+*+*+*+*page=10$
Disallow: /lesbian/video/search?search=*
#
#
# Video directory
Disallow: */video*rp=*
Disallow: */video*id=*
Disallow: /lesbian/video*page=*
Disallow: /lesbian/video*&o=*
Disallow: /video/ajax_search_related*
Disallow: /video/ajax_video_related*
Disallow: /video/manage*
Disallow: /video/player_related_datas*
Disallow: /video/pornstar_suggestion_list*
Disallow: /video/privates*
Disallow: /video/propose_pornstar*
Disallow: /video/rate*
Disallow: /video/search_autocomplete*
Disallow: /video/search*p=*o=*
#
#
# Major Site Area Blocks
Disallow: /shorties/tag/
Disallow: /gay/shorties/tag/
Disallow: /lesbian/shorties/tag/
Disallow: */incategories/*
Disallow: /svvt*
Disallow: /user/
Disallow: /users/
Disallow: /front/
Disallow: /embedgif/
Disallow: /gay/user/
Disallow: /gifgenerator?viewkey=*
Disallow: /interstitial*
Disallow: /photo/
Disallow: /phubapi*
Disallow: /players/
Disallow: /playlist/rate*
Disallow: /chat/index*
Disallow: /uploading/gifgenerator*
Disallow: /watch_stream/*
Disallow: /view_clip.php*
Disallow: /log_cookies
Disallow: /lesbian/gifs*page=*
Disallow: /lesbian/gifs?o=*
Disallow: /lesbian/user/
Disallow: /lesbian/channels?o=*
#
#
# specific variable and file blocks
Disallow: *?c=*p=*
Disallow: *video*name=*
Disallow: /*max_duration=*
Disallow: */gif/view*
Disallow: */oauth2*
Disallow: *ajax=1*
Disallow: *hd=01*
Disallow: *join=*
Disallow: *premium=1*
Disallow: *promo=*
Disallow: *token=*
Disallow: /_xa/
Disallow: /*/*/photos/fan*
Disallow: /*/*/photos/private
Disallow: /*cc=*
Disallow: /*correction=*
Disallow: /*exclude_category=*
Disallow: /*hd=1*
Disallow: /*login=*
Disallow: /*min_duration=*
Disallow: /*orientation=*
Disallow: /*page*page*
Disallow: /*pkey=*
Disallow: /*player.php
Disallow: /*redirect=*
Disallow: /*showDuration=*
Disallow: /*token=*
Disallow: /wall_player_v2.php
Disallow: /_i?type=*
Disallow: /redirect/

User-agent: Twitterbot
Disallow:

User-agent: Amazonbot
User-agent: Anthropic-ai
User-agent: AwarioRssBot
User-agent: AwarioSmartBot
User-agent: Bytespider
User-agent: CCBot
User-agent: Cohere-ai
User-agent: DataForSeoBot
User-agent: ImagesiftBot
User-agent: Magpie-crawler
User-agent: Omgili
User-agent: Omgilibot
User-agent: Peer39_crawler
User-agent: Peer39_crawler/1.0
User-agent: YouBot
Disallow: /
Allow: /$
Allow: /insights/
Allow: /blog/
sitemap.xml 200 OK
Type Sitemap Index URLs 309 entries Valid XML Yes
Child Sitemaps:
A+
Domain Intelligence
pornhub.com — via EuroDNS S.A., 26 years old, hosted on REFLECTED - Reflected Networks, Inc., US
PASS
pornhub.com — via EuroDNS S.A., 26 years old, hosted on REFLECTED - Reflected Networks, Inc., US
Info::
Domain registered until Oct 31, 2027 (1 years, 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: EuroDNS S.A.
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: REFLECTED - Reflected Networks, Inc., US
Got: AS29789
Domain expiry

476 days

October 31, 2027

SSL certificate

203 days

Issued by DigiCert Inc

Domain age

26 years

Registered October 31, 2000

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

REFLECTED - Reflected Networks, Inc., US

ASN AS29789

66.254.114.41

Registrar

EuroDNS S.A.

Unlocked 8 NS records
Expiry timeline
Today
+1 year
Domain expiry SSL expiry Danger zone (≤30 days)
Recommended actions
  • Enable DNSSEC to protect visitors from DNS spoofing
  • Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) to block unauthorized domain transfers
Registrar EuroDNS S.A.
Created October 31, 2000 (26 years ago)
Expires October 31, 2027 (1 years, 3 months)
Last Updated June 18, 2025
Name Servers ns-1499.awsdns-59.org, ns-1567.awsdns-03.co.uk, ns-531.awsdns-02.net, ns-92.awsdns-11.com, sdns3.ultradns.biz, sdns3.ultradns.com, sdns3.ultradns.net, sdns3.ultradns.org
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 66.254.114.41
ASN AS29789 (REFLECTED - Reflected Networks, Inc., US)
Provider REFLECTED - Reflected Networks, Inc., US
Data source: rdap (0.2s)

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 49 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
4 ms
TCP Connect TCP Connect — time to establish a TCP connection to the server.
13 ms
TLS Handshake TLS Handshake — time to complete the HTTPS encryption handshake.
19 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
49 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
50 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 4 ms TCP Connect 13 ms TLS Handshake 19 ms Server Processing 14 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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