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· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
94
GRADE
A
FIX
1
REVIEW
2
PASS
6
INFO
0
Probed from Madrid, Spain
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
6 PASS 2 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
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.wired.com/
200https://wired.com/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

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

Consistent

B
TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations
220 days until leaf cert expires — 3 issues to address
REVIEW

Certificate validity

220
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
2 A records, 126 ms lookup
PASS
2 A records, 126 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 2 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 52.223.6.210, 166.117.251.134
Info::
Has 2 IPv6 (AAAA) record(s)
Got: 2600:9000:a707:a46c:560f:b721:9702:d75e, 2600:9000:a41b:ef95:eff:32b3:411c:f36c
Info::
4 nameserver(s) configured
Got: ns-1935.awsdns-49.co.uk, ns-28.awsdns-03.com, ns-836.awsdns-40.net, ns-1116.awsdns-11.org
Info::
5 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: 126 ms
Got: 126 ms
A52.223.6.210, 166.117.251.134
AAAA2600:9000:a707:a46c:560f:b721:9702:d75e, 2600:9000:a41b:ef95:eff:32b3:411c:f36c
CNAME—
NSns-1935.awsdns-49.co.uk, ns-28.awsdns-03.com, ns-836.awsdns-40.net, ns-1116.awsdns-11.org
MX
1 aspmx.l.google.com
5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com
5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
10 alt4.aspmx.l.google.com
10 alt3.aspmx.l.google.com
TXT
yahoo-verification-key=HFoI8YeAFA0EIy9UkTckoOvVblp1gSUBZM9B8KKeYNs=
facebook-domain-verification=75aqj8blnqc3dj5cy9b5d9mialys78
google-site-verification=tA0Sx_MrXe58GUfjaTg-EgrfF7wv1WdDVKKq7dyNuwc
zapier-domain-verification-challenge=97705597-a31c-4c6d-aa76-7e01d2b3fe13
adobe-idp-site-verification=c2108b9dbc0fc05ff0794006df1c41b6c945bd2c8a904bef754e...
_globalsign-domain-verification=GXpUUS49HB9rYWZEmxJFtZdS61weLMlf91w9Dn-5O0
fastly-domain-delegation-grdt7uboiyaqqtgjenzi-789661-2024-07-19
google-site-verification=Njx9q6Atd2al1mD6wtXu2u83s0Sz6WZQa_r0jmg261k
SPF v=spf1 include:_u.wired.com._spf.smart.ondmarc.com ~all
907D-6CE2-7BD0-FF0C-7E83-E21D-AD2B-DD27
3c5bnsm2366rtqny77w8cq9wvy49r0w9
_globalsign-domain-verification=5gwbTrtjX4CPebqVSR8L6SpOvnf_3_6K7X0z_Izh9q
MS=ms43391860
loaderio=b8d2a4d94bf4574bd8c95427c0fcbee6
anthropic-domain-verification-qjhty4=rH0iOGSnUm12xzxooo18gnz9G
fastly-domain-delegation-duxxxum9cshse9phbfst-554686-2022-12-12
google-site-verification=h3oXJvoyRaANoWJ-cjd8H3Zv49YViS96em2ZhNfeGPo
openai-domain-verification=dv-LCvTXCMns2J5grLiXF1uTD2T
airalo-domain-verification=8o95GSpImu3dWoe
MS=ms32964175
google-site-verification=39CB9sd7tH1nrsJcVjjUzO9sVoKZ-2MBshlRhqFX13k
ZOOM_verify_PeuZagN7TzybBaD-uxsGAw
globalsign-domain-verification=Wq9iztGUzQcBBi1OLrEOlXtefwOzX7yfvhbsw-CVdo
atlassian-domain-verification=mYtQWl3namqmk5ikMKT48XVnS+XdjdbkLlkWMcNyvsddK2JDAi...
docusign=093f2a18-6882-43f7-a9ae-b2594de9d47f
_globalsign-domain-verification=ln6G6qMbrMeJLZSOGjjxis2fcs9NHicunfT-JK_mCZ
google-site-verification=8dMUQRGxbDNDoEIZXU-E4-GmKLNvgkFwwAmqY0qUroU
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 126 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
Redirect Chain
1 redirect(s), 370 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 370 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://wired.com → https://www.wired.com/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect

https://wired.com

103 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.wired.com/

267 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://wired.com301103 msHTTP/1.1nginx
2https://www.wired.com/200267 msHTTP/1.1cloudflare

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+
IPv6 Readiness
IPv6 reachable (1 ms)
PASS
IPv6 reachable (1 ms)
Info::
IPv6 is configured and reachable at 2600:9000:a707:a46c:560f:b721:9702:d75e, 2600:9000:a41b:ef95:eff:32b3:411c:f36c
Got: 1 ms connect
IPv6 Ready
AAAA Records 2600:9000:a707:a46c:560f:b721:9702:d75e, 2600:9000:a41b:ef95:eff:32b3:411c:f36c Connection Reachable (1 ms)
A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 60 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 60 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 1845 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 1845 B Sitemaps referenced 7 User-agents Pinterestbot, Storebot-Google, Diffbot, MistralAI-User, Google-InspectionTool, AmazonAdBot, Claude-SearchBot, heritrix, CCBot, PanguBot, Google-Extended, GoogleOther, meta-webindexer, cohere-ai, Webzio-Extended, LinkedInBot, Applebot-Extended, Bytespider, archive.org_bot, ia_archiver, ClaudeBot, Webzio, *, Twitterbot, TikTokSpider, meta-externalagent, meta-externalfetcher, Claude-User, PerplexityBot, Perplexity-User, Google-CloudVertexBot, DuckAssistBot, ia_archiver-web.archive.org, FacebookExternalHit, Amazonbot, cohere-training-data-crawler, PetalBot, Timpibot Blocking No — crawling allowed
Sitemap: https://www.wired.com/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.wired.com/tagpages-sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.wired.com/contributors-sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.wired.com/bundles-sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.wired.com/branded-sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.wired.com/feed/google-latest-news/sitemap-google-news
Sitemap: https://www.wired.com/feed/rss

User-agent: *
Disallow: /*?
Allow: /*?*page
Allow: /*.xml?
Allow: /*.js
Allow: /*.css
Allow: /*.ico
Allow: /verso/static
Allow: /*.svg
Allow: /*.png
Allow: /*.jpg
Allow: /*.jpeg
Allow: /*rss?
Allow: /*?id=
Disallow: /auth/
Disallow: /account/
Disallow: /user/
Disallow: /user-context
Disallow: /preview/
Disallow: /search
Disallow: /product/
Disallow: /cdn-cgi/
Disallow: /services.min.js
Disallow: /com.condenast/yv8

###
Allow: /v2/offers/wira
Disallow: */testing-products-
###

User-agent: FacebookExternalHit
User-agent: Twitterbot
User-agent: Pinterestbot
User-agent: LinkedInBot
User-agent: TikTokSpider
User-agent: Storebot-Google
User-agent: Google-InspectionTool
User-agent: AmazonAdBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
User-agent: Google-CloudVertexBot
User-agent: GoogleOther
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
User-agent: Amazonbot
User-agent: meta-webindexer
User-agent: meta-externalagent
User-agent: meta-externalfetcher
User-agent: ClaudeBot
User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
User-agent: Claude-User
User-agent: PerplexityBot
User-agent: Perplexity-User
User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler
User-agent: cohere-ai
User-agent: CCBot
User-agent: PanguBot
User-agent: PetalBot
User-agent: Bytespider
User-agent: Diffbot
User-agent: DuckAssistBot
User-agent: MistralAI-User
User-agent: Timpibot
User-agent: Webzio
User-agent: Webzio-Extended
User-agent: archive.org_bot
User-agent: ia_archiver
User-agent: ia_archiver-web.archive.org
User-agent: heritrix
Disallow: /
sitemap.xml 200 OK
Type Sitemap Index URLs 60 entries Valid XML Yes
Child Sitemaps:
A+
Domain Intelligence
wired.com — via CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., 33 years, 10 months old
PASS
wired.com — via CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., 33 years, 10 months old
Info::
Domain registered until Nov 19, 2027 (1 years, 7 months remaining)
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: CSC Corporate Domains, 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.
Domain expiry

521 days

November 19, 2027

SSL certificate

220 days

Issued by Amazon

Domain age

33 years, 10 months

Registered November 20, 1992

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Unknown

2600:9000:a41b:ef95:eff:32b3:411c:f36c

Registrar

CSC Corporate Domains, 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 CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
Created November 20, 1992 (33 years, 10 months ago)
Expires November 19, 2027 (1 years, 7 months)
Last Updated February 2, 2026
Name Servers ns-1116.awsdns-11.org, ns-1935.awsdns-49.co.uk, ns-28.awsdns-03.com, ns-836.awsdns-40.net
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 2600:9000:a41b:ef95:eff:32b3:411c:f36c
Data source: rdap (0.1s)

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 143 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
37 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.
69 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
144 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
144 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 37 ms TCP Connect 1 ms TLS Handshake 69 ms Server Processing 36 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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