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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
3
PASS
5
INFO
0
Probed from Madrid, Spain
302 Found
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
DNS Records
1 A records, 32 ms lookup
REVIEW
1 A records, 32 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 23.195.97.43
Info::
Single A record — no DNS redundancy
Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Warning::
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: www-msn-com-world-atm-default.trafficmanager.net
Info::
No NS records found
Info::
No MX records — email not configured via DNS
Info::
CAA records not checked
CAA record lookup requires a specialized DNS resolver. This check will be available in a future update.
Info::
No SPF record found in TXT records
SPF helps prevent email spoofing. Add a TXT record starting with 'v=spf1'.
Info::
DNS resolution time: 32 ms
Got: 32 ms
A23.195.97.43
AAAA—
CNAMEwww-msn-com-world-atm-default.trafficmanager.net
NS—
MX—
TXT—
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 32 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 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.

Learn more ▾

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)

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

Certificate validity

293
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

  • Extend HSTS max-age to at least 31536000 (1 year) to meet the preload list criteria
  • 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
1 redirect(s), 157 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 157 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://www.msn.com → https://www.msn.com/fr-fr (302)
Info::
Uses 302 (temporary) redirect
If permanent, use 301 instead.
Got: https://www.msn.com

https://www.msn.com

102 ms · HTTP/1.1

302

https://www.msn.com/fr-fr

55 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://www.msn.com302102 msHTTP/1.1Kestrel
2https://www.msn.com/fr-fr20055 msHTTP/1.1Kestrel

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

If permanent, use 301 instead.

Why this matters

302 (Found) is for genuinely temporary redirects — if this redirect is permanent, switch to 301 to preserve SEO equity.

Learn more ▾

Search engines treat 302 as temporary, keeping the original URL indexed and not transferring full link equity to the destination. Use 301 (Moved Permanently) for permanent redirects (HTTP→HTTPS, www-vs-non-www, URL restructures).

Source: Google Search Central

A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 60 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 60 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 5083 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 60 entries
Info::
Sitemap index with 60 child sitemaps
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap
robots.txt 200 OK
Size 5083 B Sitemaps referenced 6 User-agents TTD-Content, Applebot-Extended, ClaudeBot, GoogleOther, GPTBot, KunatoCrawler, Momentumbot, Timpibot, Webzio-Extended, Claude-User, Claude-Web, MistralAI-User, AdsBot-Google, admantx-ussy04/3.2, anthropic-ai, ImagesiftBot, Meta-ExternalAgent, CCBot, ISSCyberRiskCrawler, ias_crawler, Ai2Bot-Dolma, Google-Extended, Perplexity-User, QualifiedBot, VelenPublicWebCrawler, Cotoyogi, DuckAssistBot, Mediapartners-Google, CriteoBot, yandex.com/bot, Bedrockbot, Omgilibot, Bytespider, Google-CloudVertexBot, Grok, ICC-Crawler, Kangaroo Bot, Meta-ExternalFetcher, omgili, Amazonbot, Seekr, TikTokSpider, Verity, MistralAI, Other, WARDBot, ChatGPT-User, FacebookBot, GoogleOther-Video, OAI-SearchBot, YouBot, Meltwater, *, ChatGLM, Diffbot, iaskspider/2.0, Img2dataset, cohere-ai, FriendlyCrawler, PanguBot, Twitterbot, Applebot, Scrapy, WRTNBot, AI2Bot, DeepSeekBot, GoogleOther-Image, Perplexity-ai, PerplexityBot, Sidetrade indexer bot Blocking No — crawling allowed
User-agent: *

Disallow: /*/health/search/filter

Disallow: /spartan

Disallow: /pt-ao

Disallow: /*preview=

Disallow: /*/autos/marketplace/product/

Disallow: /*/cars/marketplace/product/

Disallow: /*?item=

Disallow: /*&item=

Disallow: /codeCoverage

Disallow: /vpBaselines

Disallow: /msnBaselines

Disallow: /*/studio

Disallow: /*/indexnowdelete/

Allow: /*/shopping/*/ar-

Allow: /*/shopping/*/ss-

Allow: /*/shopping/*/vi-

Disallow: /*/shopping/


User-agent: AdsBot-Google

Allow: /

Disallow: /*/health/search/filter


User-agent: Verity

Crawl-delay: 3
Disallow: /*/health/search/filter

Disallow: /spartan

Disallow: /pt-ao

Disallow: /*preview=

Disallow: /*/autos/marketplace/product/

Disallow: /*/cars/marketplace/product/

Disallow: /*?item=

Disallow: /*&item=

Disallow: /codeCoverage

Disallow: /vpBaselines

Disallow: /msnBaselines

Disallow: /*/studio

Disallow: /*/indexnowdelete/

Allow: /*/shopping/*/ar-

Allow: /*/shopping/*/ss-

Allow: /*/shopping/*/vi-

Disallow: /*/shopping/


User-agent: ias_crawler

Crawl-delay: 0.1
Disallow: /*/health/search/filter

Disallow: /spartan

Disallow: /pt-ao

Disallow: /*preview=

Disallow: /*/autos/marketplace/product/

Disallow: /*/cars/marketplace/product/

Disallow: /*?item=

Disallow: /*&item=

Disallow: /codeCoverage

Disallow: /vpBaselines

Disallow: /msnBaselines

Disallow: /*/studio

Disallow: /*/indexnowdelete/

Allow: /*/shopping/*/ar-

Allow: /*/shopping/*/ss-

Allow: /*/shopping/*/vi-

Disallow: /*/shopping/


User-agent: Mediapartners-Google

Crawl-delay: 0.5
Disallow: /*/health/search/filter

Disallow: /spartan

Disallow: /pt-ao

Disallow: /*preview=

Disallow: /*/autos/marketplace/product/

Disallow: /*/cars/marketplace/product/

Disallow: /*?item=

Disallow: /*&item=

Disallow: /codeCoverage

Disallow: /vpBaselines

Disallow: /msnBaselines

Disallow: /*/studio

Disallow: /*/indexnowdelete/

Allow: /*/shopping/*/ar-

Allow: /*/shopping/*/ss-

Allow: /*/shopping/*/vi-

Disallow: /*/shopping/


User-agent: CriteoBot

Crawl-delay: 0.5
Disallow: /*/health/search/filter

Disallow: /spartan

Disallow: /pt-ao

Disallow: /*preview=

Disallow: /*/autos/marketplace/product/

Disallow: /*/cars/marketplace/product/

Disallow: /*?item=

Disallow: /*&item=

Disallow: /codeCoverage

Disallow: /vpBaselines

Disallow: /msnBaselines

Disallow: /*/studio

Disallow: /*/indexnowdelete/

Allow: /*/shopping/*/ar-

Allow: /*/shopping/*/ss-

Allow: /*/shopping/*/vi-

Disallow: /*/shopping/


User-agent: yandex.com/bot

Crawl-delay: 1
Disallow: /*/weather/

Disallow: /*/clima/

Disallow: /*/cuaca/

Disallow: /*/eltiempo/

Disallow: /*/el-tiempo/

Disallow: /*/havadurumu/

Disallow: /*/idojaras/

Disallow: /*/meteo/

Disallow: /*/meteorologia/

Disallow: /*/pocasi/

Disallow: /*/pogoda/

Disallow: /*/saa/

Disallow: /*/vader/

Disallow: /*/vejr/

Disallow: /*/weer/

Disallow: /*/wetter/

Allow: /*/shopping/*/ar-

Allow: /*/shopping/*/ss-

Allow: /*/shopping/*/vi-

Disallow: /*/shopping/


User-agent: admantx-ussy04/3.2

Allow: /


User-agent: TTD-Content

Allow: /


User-agent: AI2Bot

User-agent: Ai2Bot-Dolma

User-agent: Amazonbot

User-agent: anthropic-ai

User-agent: Applebot

User-agent: Applebot-Extended

User-agent: Bedrockbot

User-agent: Bytespider

User-agent: CCBot

User-agent: ChatGLM

User-agent: ChatGPT-User

User-agent: ClaudeBot

User-agent: Claude-User

User-agent: Claude-Web

User-agent: cohere-ai

User-agent: Cotoyogi

User-agent: DeepSeekBot

User-agent: Diffbot

User-agent: DuckAssistBot

User-agent: FacebookBot

User-agent: FriendlyCrawler

User-agent: Google-CloudVertexBot

User-agent: Google-Extended

User-agent: GoogleOther

User-agent: GoogleOther-Image

User-agent: GoogleOther-Video

User-agent: GPTBot

User-agent: Grok

User-agent: iaskspider/2.0

User-agent: ICC-Crawler

User-agent: ImagesiftBot

User-agent: Img2dataset

User-agent: ISSCyberRiskCrawler

User-agent: Kangaroo Bot

User-agent: KunatoCrawler

User-agent: Meltwater

User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent

User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher

User-agent: MistralAI

User-agent: MistralAI-User

User-agent: Momentumbot

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot

User-agent: omgili

User-agent: Omgilibot

User-agent: Other

User-agent: PanguBot

User-agent: Perplexity-ai

User-agent: PerplexityBot

User-agent: Perplexity-User

User-agent: QualifiedBot

User-agent: Scrapy

User-agent: Seekr

User-agent: Sidetrade indexer bot

User-agent: TikTokSpider

User-agent: Timpibot

User-agent: Twitterbot

User-agent: VelenPublicWebCrawler

User-agent: WARDBot

User-agent: Webzio-Extended

User-agent: WRTNBot

User-agent: YouBot

Disallow: /


Sitemap: https://www.msn.com/sitemaps/casualgames/sitemap-index.xml

Sitemap: https://www.msn.com/sitemaps/consumption/index.xml

Sitemap: https://www.msn.com/sitemaps/health/health-sitemap-index.xml

Sitemap: https://www.msn.com/staticsb/statics/latest/0/casualgames/sitemaps/sitemap-index.xml

Sitemap: https://www.msn.com/staticsb/statics/latest/0/finance/sitemaps/sitemap-index.xml

Sitemap: https://www.msn.com/sitemaps/weather/sitemap-index.xml
sitemap.xml 200 OK
Type Sitemap Index URLs 60 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: www)
Info::
HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS

www / non-www

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

Preferred variant: www

HTTP → HTTPS

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

Consistent

A
Domain Intelligence
msn.com — via MarkMonitor Inc., 31 years, 10 months old, hosted on Microsoft Azure
PASS
msn.com — via MarkMonitor Inc., 31 years, 10 months old, hosted on Microsoft Azure
Warning::
Domain expires in 48 days
Consider enabling auto-renewal to prevent accidental expiration.
Got: Expires Jun 4, 2026
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: MarkMonitor 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: Microsoft Azure
Got: AS8068
Domain expiry

EXPIRED

June 4, 2026

SSL certificate

293 days

Issued by Microsoft Corporation

Domain age

31 years, 10 months

Registered November 10, 1994

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Microsoft Azure

ASN AS8068

204.79.197.219

Registrar

MarkMonitor Inc.

Unlocked 5 NS records
Expiry timeline
Today
+1 year
Domain expiry SSL expiry Danger zone (≤30 days)
Recommended actions
  • Domain has EXPIRED — renew immediately to avoid total site outage
  • Enable DNSSEC to protect visitors from DNS spoofing
  • Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) to block unauthorized domain transfers
Registrar MarkMonitor Inc.
Created November 10, 1994 (31 years, 10 months ago)
Expires June 4, 2026 (1 months)
Last Updated May 3, 2025
Name Servers dns1.p09.nsone.net, ns1-204.azure-dns.com, ns2-204.azure-dns.net, ns3-204.azure-dns.org, ns4-204.azure-dns.info
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 204.79.197.219
ASN AS8068 (MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK - Microsoft Corporation, US)
Provider Microsoft Azure
Data source: rdap (0.5s)

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

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 122 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
48 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.
123 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
123 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 48 ms TCP Connect 1 ms TLS Handshake 5 ms Server Processing 69 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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