Infrastructure

· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.

SCORE

GRADE

FIX

REVIEW

PASS

INFO

Probed from New York, United Stated

200 OK

Checks

6 PASS 3 REVIEW

DNS Records

1 A records, 37 ms lookup

REVIEW

1 A records, 37 ms lookup

Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)

Got: 199.232.37.55

Single A record — no DNS redundancy

Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.

No IPv6 (AAAA) records

CNAME record at zone apex

A CNAME at the zone apex can break MX and NS records. Use ALIAS/ANAME or A records instead.

Got: m.sni.global.fastly.net

No NS records found

No MX records — email not configured via DNS

CAA records not checked

CAA record lookup requires a specialized DNS resolver. This check will be available in a future update.

No SPF record found in TXT records

SPF helps prevent email spoofing. Add a TXT record starting with 'v=spf1'.

DNS resolution time: 37 ms

Got: 37 ms

A	199.232.37.55
AAAA	—
CNAME	m.sni.global.fastly.net
NS	—
MX	—
TXT	—
CAA	Lookup not available with standard resolver

Resolved in 37 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.

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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

A CNAME at the zone apex can break MX and NS records. Use ALIAS/ANAME or A records instead.

Why this matters

CNAME at the apex (example.com) breaks every other apex record (MX, TXT, NS) — DNS-protocol violation per RFC 1034.

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RFC 1034 forbids CNAME alongside other records at the same name. Some DNS providers offer ALIAS / ANAME / flattened-CNAME records that work around this — use those instead. Otherwise apex-level CNAME breaks email (no MX), domain ownership verification (no TXT), and more.

Source: RFC 1034

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.

SPF helps prevent email spoofing. Add a TXT record starting with 'v=spf1'.

Why this matters

Without SPF, receiving servers can't validate sending IPs — your domain is easier to spoof in phishing.

Learn more ▾

SPF complements DMARC. Both should be published. SPF records list authorized sending IPs (e.g., `v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all` for Google Workspace). After publishing, verify in Google Postmaster Tools or mxtoolbox.

Source: RFC 7208 (SPF)

IPv6 Readiness

Action

No IPv6 support

REVIEW

No IPv6 support

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

TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations

260 days until leaf cert expires — 3 issues to address

REVIEW

Certificate validity

260

days left

0d 30d 60d 90d+

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+

Redirect Chain

No redirects — direct access

PASS

No redirects — direct access

Got: https://www.forbes.com

https://www.forbes.com

11 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#	URL	Status	Time	Protocol	Server
1	https://www.forbes.com	200	11 ms	HTTP/1.1	istio-envoy

A+

Crawlability

robots.txt present, sitemap with 292 URLs

PASS

robots.txt present, sitemap with 292 URLs

robots.txt is present

Got: 10240 bytes

sitemap.xml is present

sitemap.xml is valid XML

sitemap.xml contains 292 entries

robots.txt references sitemap

robots.txt 200 OK

Size 10240 B Sitemaps referenced 3 User-agents meta-externalagent, Meta-ExternalAgent, OAI-SearchBot, omgili, PerplexityBot, googlebot-news, FriendlyCrawler, AhrefsBot, anthropic-ai, ClaudeBot, Diffbot, omgilibot, AmazonAdBot, *, Amazonbot, Applebot-Extended, Bytespider, cohere-ai, FacebookBot, GPTBot, ImagesiftBot, CCBot Blocking No — crawling allowed

User-agent: *
Allow: /ajax/follow_info*
Allow: /ajax/getUniregUserData*

Disallow: /following/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /follow/
Disallow: /ajax/
Disallow: /author/following/
Disallow: /blog/following/
Disallow: /json/
Disallow: /header/channels/
Disallow: /find-more/
Disallow: /preview/
Disallow: *wp-admin*
Disallow: /typeahead/
Disallow: /pepe/
Disallow: /media-manager/
Disallow: /coupons/visit/*
Disallow: /test/
Disallow: /advisor/*zx1fa*
Disallow: /wui/

User-agent: googlebot-news
Disallow: /sites/adobe/
Disallow: /sites/arizonacommerce/
Disallow: /sites/bmoharrisbank/
Disallow: /sites/businessaviation/
Disallow: /sites/capitalonespark/
Disallow: /sites/cdw/
Disallow: /sites/centurylink/
Disallow: /sites/dell/
Disallow: /sites/emc/
Disallow: /sites/ey/
Disallow: /sites/fedex/
Disallow: /sites/fidelity/
Disallow: /sites/gyro/
Disallow: /sites/hsbc/
Disallow: /sites/houlihanlawrence/
Disallow: /sites/hiscox/
Disallow: /sites/ibm/
Disallow: /sites/infosys/
Disallow: /sites/mdanderson/
Disallow: /sites/medidata/
Disallow: /sites/microsoft/
Disallow: /sites/microsoftdynamics/
Disallow: /sites/netapp/
Disallow: /sites/northwesternmutual/
Disallow: /sites/oppenheimerfunds/
Disallow: /sites/oracle/
Disallow: /sites/pace/
Disallow: /sites/raymondjames/
Disallow: /sites/sage/
Disallow: /sites/samsung/
Disallow: /sites/sap/
Disallow: /sites/sungardas/
Disallow: /sites/taboola/
Disallow: /sites/ups/
Disallow: /sites/delta/
Disallow: /sites/airbus/
Disallow: /sites/symantec/
Disallow: /sites/paypal/
Disallow: /sites/olddominion/
Disallow: /sites/salesforce/
Disallow: /sites/gapinternational/
Disallow: /sites/sprintbusiness/
Disallow: /sites/transamerica/
Disallow: /sites/constantcontact/
Disallow: /sites/robertocoin/
Disallow: /sites/canon/
Disallow: /sites/samsungbusiness/
Disallow: /sites/att/
Disallow: /sites/lasvegas/
Disallow: /sites/iowa/
Disallow: /sites/teradata/
Disallow: /sites/thehartford/
Disallow: /sites/statoil/
Disallow: /sites/cit/
Disallow: /sites/deloitte/
Disallow: /sites/huawei/
Disallow: /sites/relateiq/
Disallow: /sites/cftc/
Disallow: /sites/celebritycruises/
Disallow: /sites/universityofcalifornia/
Disallow: /sites/coxbusiness/
Disallow: /sites/pega/
Disallow: /sites/athenahealth/ 
Disallow: /sites/etrade/
Disallow: /sites/comcastbusiness/
Disallow: /sites/optum/
Disallow: /sites/seagate/
Disallow: /sites/rbcwealthmanagement/
Disallow: /sites/avigilon/
Disallow: /sites/citi/
Disallow: /sites/castlight/
Disallow: /sites/hyatt/
Disallow: /sites/johnhancock/
Disallow: /sites/koreanair/
Disallow: /sites/merrilllynch/
Disallow: /sites/ptc/
Disallow: /sites/toyota/
Disallow: /sites/unify/
Disallow: /sites/xerox/
Disallow: /sites/united/
Disallow: /sites/zenithwatches/
Disallow: /sites/jpmorganchase/
Disallow: /sites/ramcommercial/
Disallow: /sites/puremichigan/
Disallow: /sites/tmfgroup/
Disallow: /sites/usaa/
Disallow: /sites/emerson/
Disallow: /sites/aberdeen/
Disallow: /sites/kellogg/
Disallow: /sites/zurich/
Disallow: /sites/freeenterprise/
Disallow: /sites/allclearid/
Disallow: /sites/accenture/
Disallow: /sites/mercedesbenz/
Disallow: /sites/nice/
Disallow: /sites/riverbed/
Disallow: /sites/pimco/
Disallow: /sites/netjets/
Disallow: /sites/vmware/
Disallow: /sites/visa/
Disallow: /sites/statefarm/
Disallow: /sites/philips/
Disallow: /sites/adp/
Disallow: /sites/zenithwatches/
Disallow: /sites/citrix/ 
Disallow: /sites/gwcic/
Disallow: /sites/cargill/
Disallow: /sites/bankofsingapore/
Disallow: /sites/dbsbank/
Disallow: /sites/gradsoflife/
Disallow: /sites/internationaliotcouncil/
Disallow: /pega/customers-for-life
Disallow: /celebritycruises/guide-to-the-globe
Disallow: /sites/disneyinstitute/
Disallow: /sites/concertocloud/
Disallow: /sites/capitalonefutureedge/
Disallow: /sites/mahindracomviva/
Disallow: /sites/workday/
Disallow: /sites/colorado/
Disallow: /sites/charlesschwab/
Disallow: /sites/chicagobooth/
Disallow: /sites/morganstanley/
Disallow: /sites/opentext/
Disallow: /sites/icims/
Disallow: /sites/thriventmutualfunds/
Disallow: /sites/cbre/
Disallow: /sites/universityofphoenix/#57934e047260
Disallow: /sites/ppg/
Disallow: /sites/americanfunds/
Disallow: /sites/lilly/
Disallow: /sites/norton/
Disallow: /sites/qualityassurance/
Disallow: /sites/qlik/
Disallow: /whats-next/planes-trains-and-analytics
Disallow: /top-50-wealth-managers
Disallow: /toyota/fueled-by-skepticism
Disallow: /toyota/coming-soon
Disallow: /dell/cloud-future-of-medicine
Disallow: /cit/renewable-energy
Disallow: /retail
Disallow: /mobile/cities-transformed 
Disallow: /cit/small-business-mergers-2 
Disallow: /cit/small-business-mergers 
Disallow: /sites/kpmg/
Disallow: /dell/cities-transformed
Disallow: /sites/neustar
Disallow: /sites/ubs
Disallow: /sites/northerntrust
Disallow: /sites/infiniti 
Disallow: /sites/honeywell
Disallow: /sites/charlesschwabadvisor 
Disallow: /sites/frisco 
Disallow: /sites/colehaan 
Disallow: /sites/gapincthiswayahead   
Disallow: /sites/discoverpersonalloans   
Disallow: /sites/delltechnologies
Disallow: /colehaan/daring-to-step-forward
Disallow: /johnhancock/
Disallow: /johnhancock/in-a-lifetime-healthcare
Disallow: /johnhancock/in-a-lifetime-work
Disallow: /oppenheimerfunds/the-upside
Disallow: /sites/hpeenterprisenxt 
Disallow: /sites/rackspace 
Disallow: /sites/themacallan 
Disallow: /themacallan/worlds-together
Disallow: /sites/inteliotpartnership
Disallow: /oppenheimerfunds/the-upside
Disallow: /partners/
Disallow: /johnhancock/in-a-lifetime-sustainability
Disallow: /sites/domperignon
Disallow: /sites/shinola
Disallow: /sites/hpinc
Disallow: /sites/hp
Disallow: /sites/alfresco
Disallow: /cbre/built-for-performance
Disallow: /sites/mmedric
Disallow: /sites/indiana
Disallow: /sites/siemenshealthineers
Disallow: /sites/rackspace
Disallow: /rackspace/elevating-performance
Disallow: /sites/suntrust 
Disallow: /sites/unicefusa
Disallow: /sites/mitsubishiheavyindustries
Disallow: /best-countries-for-business/list
Disallow: /sites/paloaltonetworks
Disallow: /sites/f5
Disallow: /sites/samsungtv 
Disallow: /sites/qa
Disallow: /sites/paycom
Disallow: /sites/testbrandvoice
Disallow: /business/blahblah
Disallow: /sites/spdr
Disallow: /sites/lincoln
Disallow: /sites/abb
Disallow: /sites/eycybersecurity
Disallow: /sites/civicnation
Disallow: /sites/bcg 
Disallow: /sites/vanguard 
Disallow: /sites/akamai
Disallow: /sites/kyocera
Disallow: /sites/socialimpact 
Disallow: /sites/emirates 
Disallow: /sites/hpincemea 
Disallow: /sites/ibmperformancecomputing 
Disallow: /sites/pfizer   
Disallow: /sites/ibmpowersystems 
Disallow: /sites/vanguardcharitable 
Disallow: /sites/suntrustprivatewealth 
Disallow: /sites/capitalone
Disallow: /sites/juniper
Disallow: /sites/wellsfargo 
Disallow: /sites/bnymellon 
Disallow: /sites/braintree 
Disallow: /sites/bnymellonwealthmanagement
Disallow: /sites/epson 
Disallow: /sites/thomsonreuters 
Disallow: /sites/paysafe 
Disallow: /sites/josabank 
Disallow: /sites/hennessyparadisimperial
Disallow: /sites/cartier
Disallow: /sites/anabluewing
Disallow: /sites/eidoo 
Disallow: /sites/cmstesting 
Disallow: /sites/adobepartnership
Disallow: /sites/cornelljohnson
Disallow: /sites/quantcast
Disallow: /sites/japan
Disallow: /sites/impactpartners
Disallow: /sites/nvidia
Disallow: /sites/personalcapital
Disallow: /sites/microsoft365
Disallow: /sites/providencedigitalinnovation
Disallow: /sites/whittiertrust
Disallow: /sites/kinetica
Disallow: /sites/paulevans 
Disallow: /sites/ritz-carltonleadershipcenter 
Disallow: /sites/icoengine
Disallow: /sites/tesaro 
Disallow: /sites/theglenlivet 
Disallow: /feature/sf-test 
Disallow: /sites/courtyardmarriott
Disallow: /sites/nuveen
Disallow: /sites/intelai
Disallow: /sites/secret
Disallow: /sites/hec 
Disallow: /retail/old 
Disallow: /sites/alliantgroup 
Disallow: /sites/intuitivesurgical 
Disallow: /sites/sunovion
Disallow: /sites/ofx 
Disallow: /sites/firstrepublicbank 
Disallow: /sites/1850byfolgers 
Disallow: /sites/audi 
Disallow: /sites/nuveencef 
Disallow: /sites/1850brandcoffee  
Disallow: /sites/cisco  
Disallow: /sites/blackstarcapitalltd 
Disallow: /sites/usbankaltitudereserve
Disallow: /sites/dassaultsystemes
Disallow: /sites/urogen
Disallow: /sites/smartsheet
Disallow: /sites/iwc
Disallow: /sites/datingcom
Disallow: /sites/intuitquickbooks
Disallow: /sites/oticon
Disallow: /sites/servicenow
Disallow: /sites/deloitteriskandfinancialadvisory
Disallow: /sites/dbsprivatebank
Disallow: /sites/americanexpress
Disallow: /sites/tanotofoundation
Disallow: /sites/citizensaccess
Disallow: /sites/salesforceessentials
Disallow: /sites/drexeluniversity 
Disallow: /sites/microsoftinnovation
Disallow: /sites/mypos
Disallow: /sites/harvardpilgrimhealthcare
Disallow: /sites/appdynamics
Disallow: /sites/ministryoftourismindia
Disallow: /sites/orlando
Disallow: /sites/extrahop
Disallow: /sites/ascm
Disallow: /sites/crowe
Disallow: /sites/peerfit
Disallow: /sites/theleukemialymphomasociety 
Disallow: /sites/hewlettpackardenterprise
Disallow: /sites/montblanc
Disallow: /sites/meero
Disallow: /sites/braze
Disallow: /sites/publicissapient
Disallow: /sites/flexport

User-agent: Amazonbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Disallow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Disallow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Disallow: /

User-agent: Diffbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: FacebookBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: FriendlyCrawler
Disallow: /

User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: ImagesiftBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: meta-externalagent
User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Disallow: /

User-Agent: OAI-SearchBot 
Allow: / 

User-agent: omgili
Disallow: /

User-agent: omgilibot
Disallow: /

User-Agent: PerplexityBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: AhrefsBot
Crawl-delay: 2

User-agent: AmazonAdBot
Allow: /following/
Allow: /search/
Allow: /follow/
Allow: /author/following/
Allow: /blog/following/
Allow: /header/channels/
Allow: /find-more/
Allow: /preview/
Allow: /typeahead/
Allow: /pepe/
Allow: /media-manager/
Allow: /coupons/visit/*
Allow: /advisor/*zx1fa*
Allow: /wui/

Sitemap: https://www.forbes.com/news_sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.forbes.com/video_sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.forbes.com/companies_s

sitemap.xml 200 OK

Type URL Set URLs 292 entries Valid XML Yes

Sample URLs:

A+

URL Variants

www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS

PASS

www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS

www/non-www redirect configured correctly (preferred: www)

HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS

www / non-www

200https://www.forbes.com/

301https://forbes.com/

Preferred variant: www

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://www.forbes.com/ → https://www.forbes.com/

Consistent

Domain Intelligence

forbes.com — via MarkMonitor Inc., 33 years, 3 months old, hosted on Fastly

PASS

forbes.com — via MarkMonitor Inc., 33 years, 3 months old, hosted on Fastly

Domain expires in 72 days

Consider enabling auto-renewal to prevent accidental expiration.

Got: Expires Jun 16, 2026

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.

Registrar: MarkMonitor Inc.

Hosting: Fastly

Got: AS54113

Domain expiry

Expires today

June 16, 2026

SSL certificate

260 days

Issued by GlobalSign nv-sa

Domain age

33 years, 3 months

Registered June 17, 1993

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Fastly

ASN AS54113

151.101.130.49

Registrar

MarkMonitor Inc.

Lock status unknown 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

Registrar MarkMonitor Inc.

Created June 17, 1993 (33 years, 3 months ago)

Expires June 16, 2026 (2 months)

Last Updated May 15, 2025

Name Servers ns-1028.awsdns-00.org, ns-1637.awsdns-12.co.uk, ns-217.awsdns-27.com, ns-979.awsdns-58.net

DNSSEC Not enabled

Hosting

IP Address 151.101.130.49

ASN AS54113 (FASTLY - Fastly, Inc., US)

Provider Fastly

Data source: rdap (0.2s)

Consider enabling auto-renewal to prevent accidental expiration.

Why this matters

Domain expiry approaching — renew immediately and ensure auto-renew + alerting are configured.

Source: ICANN renewal policy

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

A+

HTTP Probe Timing

Total 52 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown

PASS

DNS Lookup

36 ms

TCP Connect

1 ms

TLS Handshake

4 ms

Time to First Byte

46 ms

Total Time

52 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 36 ms TCP Connect 1 ms TLS Handshake 4 ms Server Processing 5 ms Content Transfer 6 ms

A+

CDN & Delivery

Fastly (HIT)

PASS

Fastly (HIT)

Site is served via Fastly CDN

Got: x-served-by: cache-lga21925-LGA

CDN cache status: HIT

CDN Detected: Fastly

Provider Fastly Cache Status HIT Evidence x-served-by: cache-lga21925-LGA

All checks on this page are automated. Results are estimates - run targeted manual reviews when the score affects a release decision.