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 Singapore, Singapore

301 Moved Permanently

Checks

5 PASS 3 REVIEW 1 FIX

CDN & Delivery

Action

No CDN detected

FIX

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.

Redirect Chain

1 redirect(s), 1192 ms total

REVIEW

1 redirect(s), 1192 ms total

Single redirect

Got: https://aljazeera.net → https://www.aljazeera.net:443/ (301)

WWW normalization redirect

Redirect overhead: 1192 ms total

Got: 1192 ms

https://aljazeera.net

1124 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.aljazeera.net:443/

68 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#	URL	Status	Time	Protocol	Server
1	https://aljazeera.net	301	1124 ms	HTTP/1.1	awselb/2.0
2	https://www.aljazeera.net:443/	200	68 ms	HTTP/1.1	nginx

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

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

196 days until leaf cert expires — 4 issues to address

REVIEW

Certificate validity

196

days left

0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

Prefer TLS 1.3 — TLS 1.2 is acceptable but TLS 1.3 removes RSA key exchange and improves latency
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, 43 ms lookup

PASS

3 A records, 43 ms lookup

Resolves to 3 IPv4 address(es)

Got: 13.49.83.13, 13.63.71.242, 13.51.16.51

No IPv6 (AAAA) records

4 nameserver(s) configured

Got: ns-1302.awsdns-34.org, ns-1814.awsdns-34.co.uk, ns-321.awsdns-40.com, ns-744.awsdns-29.net

2 mail exchanger(s) configured

CAA records not checked

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

SPF record present in TXT

DNS resolution time: 43 ms

Got: 43 ms

A	13.49.83.13, 13.63.71.242, 13.51.16.51
AAAA	—
CNAME	—
NS	ns-1302.awsdns-34.org, ns-1814.awsdns-34.co.uk, ns-321.awsdns-40.com, ns-744.awsdns-29.net
MX	1 mailc.aljazeera.net 1 maild.aljazeera.net
TXT	3zv3tgbs2k0pj8xqdqg12cfkmply93jr _1bmum43r4n57qkuxjsyom1zbvn2ijq3 _289cpjjjnnuco7dextmfwlvqbt5m33r _3wnuecwciyekut4waj4y1n63jcheuhf _ycwb8e0yvedr6q4vrsg53m3uqv3w3r1 apple-domain-verification=PmVy-B_mikHNFRwqrtBIpE1FfA1TsdwBkRrWv3_efy4 asv=4dc88ed727adb34eec75a00181fc36aa atlassian-domain-verification=gwG1DYw+nFVn3oTa+jxpwViezXpvqIVCjEjUVFJU+w9SdGrRBo... bw=B1zeIDMHBKosym6zpDu/cUboci6irCXWfEo60UX5diqM dtm-domain-verification=vfOxQR9CF938wM0gZ_aX6BtaFN5Mej1sFSzcabMjr5A duo_sso_verification=tqXBUPajFtKxYyjJ0IbPxNjrU4m6tSS6eMdSl06tgBVgs85CJ7NX4fA05uJ... google-site-verification=itXr07xwjWzxtpJnmOBA_DvjupfXgYkaFECveKUONqQ google-site-verification=n4l1sZmKEm0z0RI9aSWuRmbnhU4uwpD_H8_K9ufGUdk lucidlink-verification=PBWG9NCVNKVM8V60A23WRJBGEG m583726qszwk4b422t7k7k12v9bwhrvd masv=CAYXsjhquDFMUerIyNYNdYadnPZvJAEl s8t5km0vgqfhjycjvdcwv3k8rph8873l SPF v=spf1 ip4:194.6.255.56/28 ip4:78.100.98.103 ip4:78.100.98.104 ip4:194.6.255.77 ...
CAA	Lookup not available with standard resolver

Resolved in 43 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.

A+

Crawlability

robots.txt present, sitemap with 9364 URLs

PASS

robots.txt present, sitemap with 9364 URLs

robots.txt is present

Got: 1635 bytes

sitemap.xml is present

sitemap.xml is valid XML

sitemap.xml contains 9364 entries

Sitemap index with 9364 child sitemaps

robots.txt references sitemap

robots.txt 200 OK

Size 1635 B Sitemaps referenced 6 User-agents *, AmazonAdBot, ClaudeBot, GPTBot, PerplexityBot, anthropic-ai, ChatGPT-User, Claude-Web, cohere-ai, Bytespider Blocking No — crawling allowed

# Al Jazeera Media Network content is made available for your personal, non-commercial 
# use subject to our Terms and Conditions: 
# https://www.aljazeera.com/terms-and-conditions/
# Any other uses are not permitted, including but not limited to:
# (1) the development of any software, machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI),
# and/or large language models (LLMs); 
# (2) text and data mining activities;
# (3) creating or providing archived or cached data sets containing our content to others; and/or
# (4) any commercial purposes.
# Use of any device, tool, or process designed to data mine or scrape the content
# using automated means is prohibited without prior written permission from 
# Al Jazeera Media Network. Contact https://network.aljazeera.net/en/contact for assistance.

User-agent: *
Disallow: /api
Disallow: /asset-manifest.json
Allow: /search/$
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /home/search?q=

# Allow Rules

User-agent: AmazonAdBot
Allow: /

# Disallow Rules

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Disallow: / 

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Disallow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow: / 

User-agent: Claude-Web
Disallow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Disallow: / 

User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /


# Sitemaps

Sitemap: https://www.aljazeera.net/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.aljazeera.net/news-sitemap.xml 
Sitemap: https://www.aljazeera.net/sitemaps/article-archive.xml
Sitemap: https://www.aljazeera.net/sitemaps/article-new.xml
Sitemap: https://www.aljazeera.net/sitemaps/video-archive.xml
Sitemap: https://www.aljazeera.net/sitemaps/video-new.xml

sitemap.xml 200 OK

Type Sitemap Index URLs 9364 entries Valid XML Yes

Child Sitemaps:

A+

URL Variants

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

PASS

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

HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS

www / non-www

403https://www.aljazeera.net/

200https://aljazeera.net/

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://aljazeera.net/ → https://www.aljazeera.net:443/

Consistent

A+

Domain Intelligence

aljazeera.net — via MarkMonitor Inc., 30 years old, hosted on AWS

PASS

aljazeera.net — via MarkMonitor Inc., 30 years old, hosted on AWS

Domain registered until Aug 29, 2029 (3 years, 4 months remaining)

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.

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.

Hosting: AWS

Got: AS16509

Domain expiry

1108 days

August 29, 2029

SSL certificate

196 days

Issued by Sectigo Limited

Domain age

30 years

Registered August 30, 1996

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

AWS

ASN AS16509

3.132.44.53

Registrar

MarkMonitor Inc.

Unlocked 4 NS records

Expiry timeline

Today

+1 year

Domain expiry SSL expiry Danger zone (≤30 days)

Recommended actions

Enable DNSSEC to protect visitors from DNS spoofing
Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) to block unauthorized domain transfers

Registrar MarkMonitor Inc.

Created August 30, 1996 (30 years ago)

Expires August 29, 2029 (3 years, 4 months)

Last Updated October 18, 2023

Name Servers ns-1302.awsdns-34.org, ns-1814.awsdns-34.co.uk, ns-321.awsdns-40.com, ns-744.awsdns-29.net

DNSSEC Not enabled

Hosting

IP Address 3.132.44.53

ASN AS16509 (AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US)

Provider AWS

Data source: rdap (0.9s)

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

HTTP Probe Timing

Total 770 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown

PASS

DNS Lookup

47 ms

TCP Connect

180 ms

TLS Handshake

364 ms

Time to First Byte

771 ms

Total Time

771 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 47 ms TCP Connect 180 ms TLS Handshake 364 ms Server Processing 180 ms Content Transfer 0 ms

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