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Infrastructure

· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
79
GRADE
C
FIX
1
REVIEW
6
PASS
2
INFO
0
Probed from Singapore, Singapore
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
2 PASS 6 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
1 redirect(s), 1456 ms total
REVIEW
1 redirect(s), 1456 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://montana.edu → https://www.montana.edu/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect
Warning::
Redirect overhead: 1456 ms total
Got: 1456 ms

https://montana.edu

1264 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.montana.edu/

193 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://montana.edu3011264 msHTTP/1.1Apache
2https://www.montana.edu/200193 msHTTP/1.1cloudflare

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
Crawlability
robots.txt present, no sitemap
REVIEW
robots.txt present, no sitemap
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 1789 bytes
Info::
No sitemap.xml found
A sitemap helps search engines discover and index your pages more efficiently.
Info::
robots.txt does not reference a sitemap
Add a 'Sitemap:' directive to robots.txt so search engines can discover your 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

Add a 'Sitemap:' directive to robots.txt so search engines can discover your sitemap.

Why this matters

robots.txt omits Sitemap: directive — crawlers must fetch /sitemap.xml by convention; reliable but missing the explicit hint.

Source: sitemaps.org

robots.txt 200 OK
Size 1789 B Sitemaps referenced 0 User-agents Applebot-Extended, GPTBot, meta-externalagent, *, Amazonbot, Bytespider, CCBot, ClaudeBot, CloudflareBrowserRenderingCrawler, Google-Extended Blocking No — crawling allowed
# As a condition of accessing this website, you agree to abide by the following
# content signals:

# (a)  If a Content-Signal = yes, you may collect content for the corresponding
#      use.
# (b)  If a Content-Signal = no, you may not collect content for the
#      corresponding use.
# (c)  If the website operator does not include a Content-Signal for a
#      corresponding use, the website operator neither grants nor restricts
#      permission via Content-Signal with respect to the corresponding use.

# The content signals and their meanings are:

# search:   building a search index and providing search results (e.g., returning
#           hyperlinks and short excerpts from your website's contents). Search does not
#           include providing AI-generated search summaries.
# ai-input: inputting content into one or more AI models (e.g., retrieval
#           augmented generation, grounding, or other real-time taking of content for
#           generative AI search answers).
# ai-train: training or fine-tuning AI models.

# ANY RESTRICTIONS EXPRESSED VIA CONTENT SIGNALS ARE EXPRESS RESERVATIONS OF
# RIGHTS UNDER ARTICLE 4 OF THE EUROPEAN UNION DIRECTIVE 2019/790 ON COPYRIGHT
# AND RELATED RIGHTS IN THE DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET.

# BEGIN Cloudflare Managed content

User-agent: *
Content-Signal: search=yes,ai-train=no
Allow: /

User-agent: Amazonbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Disallow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: CloudflareBrowserRenderingCrawler
Disallow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Disallow: /

User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: meta-externalagent
Disallow: /

# END Cloudflare Managed Content

User-agent: *
Disallow: /vote/
Disallow: /cgi-bin/

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::
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.montana.edu/
200https://montana.edu/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://montana.edu/ https://www.montana.edu/

Consistent

B
HTTP Probe Timing
Total 883 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
REVIEW
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
206 ms
TCP Connect TCP Connect — time to establish a TCP connection to the server.
161 ms
TLS Handshake TLS Handshake — time to complete the HTTPS encryption handshake.
163 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
884 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
884 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 206 ms TCP Connect 161 ms TLS Handshake 163 ms Server Processing 353 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
B
TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations
110 days until leaf cert expires — 3 issues to address
REVIEW

Certificate validity

110
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
3 A records, 1265 ms lookup
PASS
3 A records, 1265 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 3 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 4.246.40.240, 153.90.3.216, 153.90.3.209
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
3 nameserver(s) configured
Got: dns2.msu.montana.edu, dns1.msu.montana.edu, cudess2.umt.edu
Info::
1 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
Warning::
DNS resolution is slow (1265 ms)
Slow DNS adds latency to every page load. Consider a faster DNS provider.
Got: 1265 ms
A4.246.40.240, 153.90.3.216, 153.90.3.209
AAAA
CNAME
NSdns2.msu.montana.edu, dns1.msu.montana.edu, cudess2.umt.edu
MX
50 montana-edu.mail.protection.outlook.com
TXT
ii17g4onvdcsf6mortc7bgvgmh
apple-domain-verification=qIDmP7uMWggNxwFA
atlassian-domain-verification=DbibmRQvmYAfSso/7WMVB5PBVjx/d4atIWIzdti2vm2k56neOa...
SPF v=spf1 include:%{i}._ip.%{h}._ehlo.%{d}._spf.vali.email include:_spf.mlsend.com ...
e2ma-verification=l5mbb
ffcf033a6eea477d98b09dc9f649b9e6
d365mktkey=MZBwEzBCtrg2DCxuE2HI3U8xQctXxUhrC5Rp9AIRtBIx
d365mktkey=1FteQJf4Ogh90DQcxXMi2ATqFI9elWUYxxPQS9hdLDQx
sending_domain1072752=b7c11bd58da0a6d13b2e3376157db4316208f2ac9aa4d1432159259c0b...
pardot1072752=b232cbe8547b59764c02c412388690a67f1ec52e921e37d094e1ffbd87b36625
google-site-verification=wThAlRv5Jq_zt3q7zq13uaxW2Dnj9oex_eBH8kdHnuM
ecostruxure-it-verification=1d6e7750-cadd-4835-b22e-73e2cf5e0af7
mailerlite-domain-verification=461b952e59aba79b2a2627ab191181eac595d591
intacct-esk=068ABC6C9C5E49EDE0633F06690A46D1
google-site-verification=JSngqh0rn3eO9VLaYTMV0jHj9r3LYtzLCZo4z8fK4AQ
MS=ms17986118
OklrmepcZwGCX154yT5ftd4/JOl68Zud9QAwMp4FVtVRx0P9kMkf0H1ZSgxava2Nuo5g/M/7uxkLjXaO...
adobe-idp-site-verification=03fb826d-ecce-49fb-831d-64910a2fde17
docusign=51305af3-6e6c-448a-b2a6-5339f46536fe
docusign=ce2822dd-6a65-484b-bd8d-ed06d8792016
ciscocidomainverification=72bd71c0af498eca294b8327beb11f5adc177a5a0b1206c5bb4dd0...
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 1265 ms

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.

Slow DNS adds latency to every page load. Consider a faster DNS provider.

Why this matters

DNS resolution is slow — anycast DNS providers (Cloudflare, Route 53) typically resolve <50ms globally.

Source: DNS performance benchmarks

A+
Domain Intelligence
montana.edu — 38 years, 1 months old, hosted on MSU-BOZEMAN - Montana State University, US
PASS
montana.edu — 38 years, 1 months old, hosted on MSU-BOZEMAN - Montana State University, US
Info::
Domain registered until Jul 31, 2027 (1 years, 3 months remaining)
Info::
Hosting: MSU-BOZEMAN - Montana State University, US
Got: AS13476
Domain expiry

412 days

July 31, 2027

SSL certificate

110 days

Issued by Internet2

Domain age

38 years, 1 months

Registered September 28, 1988

DNSSEC

Status unknown

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

MSU-BOZEMAN - Montana State University, US

ASN AS13476

153.90.3.209

Registrar

Registrar unknown

Lock status unknown 3 NS records
Expiry timeline
Today
+1 year
Domain expiry SSL expiry Danger zone (≤30 days)
Registrar
Created September 28, 1988 (38 years, 1 months ago)
Expires July 31, 2027 (1 years, 3 months)
Last Updated June 5, 2025
Name Servers dns1.msu.montana.edu, cudess2.umt.edu, dns2.msu.montana.edu
Registrant Montana State University
Hosting
IP Address 153.90.3.209
ASN AS13476 (MSU-BOZEMAN - Montana State University, US)
Provider MSU-BOZEMAN - Montana State University, US
Data source: whois (1.5s)
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