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Infrastructure

· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
86
GRADE
B
FIX
0
REVIEW
4
PASS
5
INFO
0
Probed from Madrid, Spain
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
5 PASS 4 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
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.spiegel.de/
200https://spiegel.de/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://spiegel.de/ → https://spiegel.de/

Consistent

B
TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations
233 days until leaf cert expires — 4 issues to address
REVIEW

Certificate validity

233
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

  • Add includeSubDomains to the HSTS directive
  • Add the preload directive and submit to hstspreload.org once max-age + includeSubDomains are in place
  • 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
B
CDN & Delivery
Google Cloud CDN
REVIEW
Google Cloud CDN
Info::
Site is served via Google Cloud CDN CDN
Got: via: 1.1 google
CDN Detected: Google Cloud CDN
Provider Google Cloud CDN Evidence via: 1.1 google
A+
DNS Records
1 A records, 27 ms lookup
PASS
1 A records, 27 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 128.65.210.8
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: pns101.cloudns.net, pns102.cloudns.net, pns103.cloudns.net, pns104.cloudns.net
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
Info::
DNS resolution time: 27 ms
Got: 27 ms
A128.65.210.8
AAAA—
CNAME—
NSpns101.cloudns.net, pns102.cloudns.net, pns103.cloudns.net, pns104.cloudns.net
MX
0 spiegel-de.mail.protection.outlook.com
TXT
atlassian-domain-verification=rnDZY6SZaJnSOpSEvPr0kzhgihiqUPn3g8W0pFQfopQhaMO4jk...
google-site-verification=d2wrdnHq-bRRkqVOBRvGWuxjCYVnXIiaoOp6U79jKag
01119681
mgverify=ae2a244a3a76e9bcdbe6865e4b169acb67d1168d1ab6518bcfcc3eb11e394afc
google-site-verification=MPW2epf3b4liwmBTYP8FJEH80rywYRbvVjEeZmcZX_0
jamf-site-verification=mDxSkZxQSP3_MF8_pHR9BA
MS=ms15909706
atlassian-domain-verification=qkv0u2nj3emGh9UVqNl/2AOp/BxahFJ7m2Bbv8bUPlGhytfsEA...
adobe-idp-site-verification=1ab58e56a7c5cfcf85df9cf0e34dc26505b7982a08fd338b7024...
apple-domain-verification=ABQrqpdvNdt43ZXd
SPF v=spf1 ip4:18.196.136.27 ip4:185.45.16.170 ip4:185.45.16.70 include:spf.protecti...
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 27 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
1 redirect(s), 322 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 322 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://spiegel.de → https://www.spiegel.de/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect

https://spiegel.de

140 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.spiegel.de/

182 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://spiegel.de301140 msHTTP/1.1
2https://www.spiegel.de/200182 msHTTP/1.1

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 196 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 196 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 2618 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 196 entries
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap
robots.txt 200 OK
Size 2618 B Sitemaps referenced 4 User-agents emetriqContextualBot, Baiduspider, sentibot, FacebookBot, *, AhrefsBot, TurnitinBot, BLEXBot, Diffbot, ChatGPT-User, cohere-ai, cohere-training-data-crawler, omgili, omgilibot, SemrushBot, anthropic-ai, YouBot, ia_archiver, MJ12bot, dotbot, Timpibot, Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; OGDWCtxCrawler), OAI-SearchBot, Applebot-Extended, DataForSeoBot, Yeti, GPTBot, magpie-crawler, Bytespider, CCBot, SirdataBot, LCC, ImagesiftBot, ClaudeBot, Meta-ExternalAgent, AmazonAdBot, Webzio-Extended, Claude-Web Blocking No — crawling allowed
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /*CR-Dokumentation.pdf$

User-agent: emetriqContextualBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; OGDWCtxCrawler)
Allow: /

User-agent: AmazonAdBot
Allow: /

# TLP-6507: Testweise Freischaltung der OpenAI-Suchcrawler fuer ausgewaehlte Bereiche
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /ausland/
Allow: /partnerschaft/
Allow: /gesundheit/
Allow: /familie/
Allow: /reise/
Allow: /psychologie/
Allow: /stil/
Disallow: /

# TLP-6507: Testweise Freischaltung der OpenAI-Suchcrawler fuer ausgewaehlte Bereiche
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /ausland/
Allow: /partnerschaft/
Allow: /gesundheit/
Allow: /familie/
Allow: /reise/
Allow: /psychologie/
Allow: /stil/
Disallow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Disallow: /

User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler
Disallow: /

User-agent: Webzio-Extended
Disallow: /

User-agent: YouBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Disallow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: magpie-crawler
Disallow: /

User-agent: ia_archiver
Disallow: /

User-Agent: omgili
Disallow: /

User-Agent: omgilibot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Baiduspider
Disallow: /

User-agent: AhrefsBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: DataForSeoBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Yeti
Disallow: /

User-agent: SemrushBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: sentibot
Disallow: /

User-agent: MJ12bot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

User-agent: SirdataBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: LCC
Disallow: /

User-agent: TurnitinBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: BLEXBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: dotbot
Disallow: /

User-Agent: ImagesiftBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Disallow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Disallow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Timpibot
Disallow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Disallow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Disallow: /

User-agent: FacebookBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Diffbot
Disallow: /

Sitemap: https://www.spiegel.de/sitemaps/news-de.xml
Sitemap: https://www.spiegel.de/sitemaps/videos/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.spiegel.de/plus/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.spiegel.de/sitemap.xml

# Legal notice: spiegel.de expressly reserves the right to use its content for commercial text and data mining (§ 44b Urheberrechtsgesetz).
# The use of robots or other automated means to access spiegel.de or collect or mine data without the express permission of spiegel.de is strictly prohibited.
# spiegel.de may, in its discretion, permit certain automated access to certain spiegel.de pages,
# If you would like to apply for permission to crawl spiegel.de, collect or use data, please email syndication@spiegel.de
sitemap.xml 200 OK
Type URL Set URLs 196 entries Valid XML Yes
Sample URLs:
A+
Domain Intelligence
spiegel.de — hosted on LINK11 Link11 GmbH, DE
PASS
spiegel.de — hosted on LINK11 Link11 GmbH, DE
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: LINK11 Link11 GmbH, DE
Got: AS34309
Domain expiry

Unknown

SSL certificate

233 days

Issued by DigiCert Inc

Domain age

Unknown

DNSSEC

Status unknown

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

LINK11 Link11 GmbH, DE

ASN AS34309

128.65.210.8

Registrar

Registrar unknown

Unlocked Name servers unknown
Expiry timeline
Today
+1 year
SSL expiry Danger zone (≤30 days)
Recommended actions
  • Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) to block unauthorized domain transfers
Registrar
Hosting
IP Address 128.65.210.8
ASN AS34309 (LINK11 Link11 GmbH, DE)
Provider LINK11 Link11 GmbH, DE
Data source: whois (0.7s)

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 138 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
31 ms
TCP Connect TCP Connect — time to establish a TCP connection to the server.
31 ms
TLS Handshake TLS Handshake — time to complete the HTTPS encryption handshake.
33 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
139 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
139 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 31 ms TCP Connect 31 ms TLS Handshake 33 ms Server Processing 44 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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