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· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
83
GRADE
B
FIX
1
REVIEW
3
PASS
5
INFO
0
Probed from New York, United Stated
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
5 PASS 3 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
Redirect Chain
2 redirect(s), 988 ms total
REVIEW
2 redirect(s), 988 ms total
Warning::
2 redirects before reaching final URL
Each redirect adds latency. Try to minimize the chain to 1 hop.
Info::
WWW normalization redirect
Info::
Redirect overhead: 988 ms total
Got: 988 ms

https://upc.edu

419 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.upc.edu/

455 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.upc.edu/ca

114 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://upc.edu301419 msHTTP/1.1
2https://www.upc.edu/301455 msHTTP/1.1
3https://www.upc.edu/ca200114 msHTTP/1.1

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
217 days until leaf cert expires — 3 issues to address
REVIEW

Certificate validity

217
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
1 A records, 115 ms lookup
PASS
1 A records, 115 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 147.83.2.135
Info::
Single A record — no DNS redundancy
Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
4 nameserver(s) configured
Got: ns1.cesca.cat, ns2.cesca.cat, ns2.upc.edu, ns1.upc.edu
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: 115 ms
Got: 115 ms
A147.83.2.135
AAAA
CNAME
NSns1.cesca.cat, ns2.cesca.cat, ns2.upc.edu, ns1.upc.edu
MX
1 aspmx.l.google.com
5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com
5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
10 alt4.aspmx.l.google.com
10 alt3.aspmx.l.google.com
TXT
google-site-verification=qFT1lJveXpwibVv5f8M5BaDBWOhxDSjuvwfv_awou4Y
1657696626453
MS=5F57EA05461D4811AEF4C3F8ED0F52F53DBD8A4B
brevo-code:1f3f68c59c45afb7f1aa82e0fa5f50c9
voje86dvmac5sh6b3s8fgdf179
facebook-domain-verification=njmvfgzqisovaytxj5f8up1ovvrf3q
1687262495881
SPF v=spf1 include:_spf1main.upc.edu include:_spf1secondary.upc.edu include:_spf2ls...
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 115 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
Crawlability
robots.txt present, no sitemap
PASS
robots.txt present, no sitemap
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 1835 bytes
Info::
No sitemap.xml found
A sitemap helps search engines discover and index your pages more efficiently.
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap

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 200 OK
Size 1835 B Sitemaps referenced 1 User-agents *, Googlebot Blocking No — crawling allowed
Sitemap: https://www.upc.edu/sitemap.xml.gz


# Define access-restrictions for robots/spiders

# http://www.robotstxt.org/wc/norobots.html




# By default we allow robots to access all areas of our site

# already accessible to anonymous users


User-agent: *

Disallow: */noindex-upc/*

Disallow: /*sendto_form$

Disallow: /*folder_factories$

Disallow: /sga/*.pdf

Disallow: /slt/gina*

Disallow: /slt/assessorament*

Disallow: /slt/aeronautica*

Disallow: /slt/informe-mundial*

Disallow: /slt/mobility*

Disallow: /sostenible2015*

Disallow: *manage_translations_form$

Disallow: *folder_contents$

Disallow: /sri/ca/estudiantat/mobilitat-pas/resolucions*

Disallow: /sri/ca/estudiantat/mobilitat-pdi/personal-upc/erasmus-accio-ka10*

Disallow: /genweb-pre*

Disallow: /ca/media*

Disallow: /es/media*

Disallow: /en/media*

Disallow: */content/*

Disallow: */continguts-home/*

Disallow: */contenidos-home/*

Disallow: */home-contents/*

Disallow: /ca/serveis/content/intro-serveis*



# Add Googlebot-specific syntax extension to exclude forms

# that are repeated for each piece of content in the site

# the wildcard is only supported by Googlebot

# http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=40367&ctx=sibling


User-Agent: Googlebot

Disallow: /*?

Disallow: /*atct_album_view$

Disallow: /*folder_factories$

Disallow: /*folder_summary_view$

Disallow: /*login_form$

Disallow: /*mail_password_form$

Disallow: /*search

Disallow: /*search_rss$

Disallow: /*sendto_form$

Disallow: /*summary_view$

Disallow: /*thumbnail_view$

Disallow: /*view$

Disallow: /genweb-pre*

Disallow: /ca/media*

Disallow: /es/media*

Disallow: /en/media*

Disallow: */content/*

Disallow: */continguts-home/*

Disallow: */contenidos-home/*

Disallow: */home-contents/*

Disallow: /ca/serveis/content/intro-serveis*
sitemap.xml No sitemap found

No sitemap found

Adding a sitemap helps search engines discover your pages.

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)
Warning::
HTTP→HTTPS redirect uses 302 instead of 301
Got: 302 temporary redirect Expected: 301 permanent redirect

www / non-www

301https://www.upc.edu/
200https://upc.edu/

Preferred variant: non-www

HTTP → HTTPS

302http://upc.edu/ https://upc.edu/

Use 301 (permanent) instead of 302 (temporary)

A+
Domain Intelligence
upc.edu — 25 years, 5 months old, hosted on CESCA-AC, ES
PASS
upc.edu — 25 years, 5 months old, hosted on CESCA-AC, ES
Info::
Domain registered until Jul 31, 2027 (1 years, 3 months remaining)
Info::
Hosting: CESCA-AC, ES
Got: AS13041
Domain expiry

410 days

July 31, 2027

SSL certificate

217 days

Issued by Hellenic Academic and Research Institutions CA

Domain age

25 years, 5 months

Registered March 29, 2001

DNSSEC

Status unknown

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

CESCA-AC, ES

ASN AS13041

147.83.2.135

Registrar

Registrar unknown

Lock status unknown 4 NS records
Expiry timeline
Today
+1 year
Domain expiry SSL expiry Danger zone (≤30 days)
Registrar
Created March 29, 2001 (25 years, 5 months ago)
Expires July 31, 2027 (1 years, 3 months)
Last Updated June 5, 2024
Name Servers ns2.cesca.cat, ns2.upc.edu, ns1.cesca.cat, ns1.upc.edu
Registrant Universitat politecnica de Catalunya
Hosting
IP Address 147.83.2.135
ASN AS13041 (CESCA-AC, ES)
Provider CESCA-AC, ES
Data source: whois (0.3s)
A
HTTP Probe Timing
Total 432 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
104 ms
TCP Connect TCP Connect — time to establish a TCP connection to the server.
106 ms
TLS Handshake TLS Handshake — time to complete the HTTPS encryption handshake.
111 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
432 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
432 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 104 ms TCP Connect 106 ms TLS Handshake 111 ms Server Processing 112 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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