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Infrastructure

· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
84
GRADE
B
FIX
0
REVIEW
5
PASS
4
INFO
0
Probed from New York, United Stated
403 Forbidden
Checks
9
4 PASS 5 REVIEW
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
Crawlability
no robots.txt, no sitemap
REVIEW
no robots.txt, no sitemap
Info::
No robots.txt found
robots.txt is optional but recommended. It tells search engine crawlers which pages to index.
Info::
No sitemap.xml found
A sitemap helps search engines discover and index your pages more efficiently.

robots.txt is optional but recommended. It tells search engine crawlers which pages to index.

Why this matters

No robots.txt — crawlers fetch /robots.txt and get 404; not breaking but means default crawl behavior with no directives or sitemap reference.

Learn more

A minimal robots.txt with `User-agent: * / Allow: / / Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml` covers the basics. Without it, crawlers behave fine but lose the sitemap signal and can't be selectively blocked from crawl-traps.

Source: robotstxt.org

A sitemap helps search engines discover and index your pages more efficiently.

Why this matters

No sitemap.xml — Google relies on crawl-graph discovery alone, slowing indexing of deep or fresh URLs.

Learn more

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

robots.txt No robots.txt found

No robots.txt found

This is fine for most sites — a missing robots.txt allows all crawling by default.

sitemap.xml No sitemap found

No sitemap found

Adding a sitemap helps search engines discover your pages.

B
URL Variants
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
REVIEW
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
Critical::
HTTP version does not redirect to HTTPS
Got: HTTP 403 Expected: 301 redirect to HTTPS

www / non-www

403https://www.nsa.gov/
200https://nsa.gov/

HTTP → HTTPS

403http://nsa.gov/

HTTP version does not redirect to HTTPS

C
TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations
Action
27 days until leaf cert expires — 4 issues to address
REVIEW

Certificate validity

27
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+
Renew soon — under 30 days remaining

Recommended actions

  • Renew certificate — 27 days remaining
  • Add includeSubDomains to the HSTS directive
  • Add the preload directive and submit to hstspreload.org once max-age + includeSubDomains are in place
  • Enable OCSP stapling on your TLS server to remove a CA roundtrip and protect user privacy
B
CDN & Delivery
Akamai
REVIEW
Akamai
Info::
Site is served via Akamai CDN
Got: server header
CDN Detected: Akamai
Provider Akamai Evidence server header
A+
DNS Records
1 A records, 5 ms lookup
PASS
1 A records, 5 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 23.204.22.144
Info::
Single A record — no DNS redundancy
Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
6 nameserver(s) configured
Got: a2-64.akam.net, a5-66.akam.net, a1-107.akam.net, a11-66.akam.net, a12-67.akam.net, a24-65.akam.net
Info::
6 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: 5 ms
Got: 5 ms
A23.204.22.144
AAAA
CNAME
NSa2-64.akam.net, a5-66.akam.net, a1-107.akam.net, a11-66.akam.net, a12-67.akam.net, a24-65.akam.net
MX
10 pri-jeemsg.eemsg.mail.mil
20 sec-jeemsg.eemsg.mail.mil
30 emsm-gh1-uea10.ncsc.mil
30 w455-emsm-u10.ncsc.mil
30 emsm-gh1-uea11.ncsc.mil
30 w455-emsm-u11.ncsc.mil
TXT
ms=ms92230317
SPF v=spf1 ip4:214.29.60.2/32 ip4:214.29.60.3/32 ip4:214.80.121.17/32 ip4:214.80.121...
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 5 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

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+
Redirect Chain
0 redirect(s), 29 ms total
PASS
0 redirect(s), 29 ms total

https://nsa.gov

29 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://nsa.gov40329 msHTTP/1.1AkamaiGHost
A+
Domain Intelligence
nsa.gov — via get.gov, 28 years, 11 months old, hosted on Akamai
PASS
nsa.gov — via get.gov, 28 years, 11 months old, hosted on Akamai
Info::
Domain registered until Aug 19, 2026 (3 months remaining)
Info::
DNSSEC is enabled
Info::
Registrar: get.gov
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: Akamai
Got: AS16625
Domain expiry

67 days

August 19, 2026

SSL certificate

27 days

Issued by Let's Encrypt

Domain age

28 years, 11 months

Registered October 2, 1997

DNSSEC

Enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Akamai

ASN AS16625

23.204.22.144

Registrar

get.gov

Unlocked 6 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
  • Renew the TLS certificate or verify auto-renewal is working
  • Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) to block unauthorized domain transfers
Registrar get.gov
Created October 2, 1997 (28 years, 11 months ago)
Expires August 19, 2026 (3 months)
Last Updated August 24, 2025
Name Servers a1-107.akam.net, a11-66.akam.net, a12-67.akam.net, a2-64.akam.net, a24-65.akam.net, a5-66.akam.net
DNSSEC Enabled
Registrant REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
Hosting
IP Address 23.204.22.144
ASN AS16625 (AKAMAI-AS - Akamai Technologies, Inc., US)
Provider Akamai
Data source: rdap (0.3s)

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 18 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
5 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.
19 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
19 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 5 ms TCP Connect 1 ms TLS Handshake 5 ms Server Processing 8 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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