Infrastructure
· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.DCDN & DeliveryActionNo CDN detectedFIX
Consider using a CDN to improve global delivery speed and reduce origin load.
CIPv6 ReadinessActionNo IPv6 supportREVIEW
IPv6 support is increasingly important for global accessibility. About 40% of internet users have IPv6 connectivity.
No AAAA records — same impact as 'no IPv6 (AAAA) records'; IPv6-preferring clients pay extra latency falling back to IPv4.
Source: Google IPv6 stats
BURL Variantswww/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPSREVIEW
www / non-www
Inconsistent — duplicate content risk
HTTP → HTTPS
Consistent
BTLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations31 days until leaf cert expires — 3 issues to addressREVIEW
Certificate validity
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
ADNS Records1 A records, 590 ms lookupPASS
| A | 192.0.66.155 |
| AAAA | — |
| CNAME | — |
| NS | ns-105.awsdns-13.com, ns-1288.awsdns-33.org, ns-1681.awsdns-18.co.uk, ns-843.awsdns-41.net |
| MX | — |
| TXT | E055DB47C6 MS=ms39257858 ahrefs-site-verification_3e380f0808e265ccdc75c354bc1207efd8c9e31bffb467cfab104b7... apple-domain-verification=RBqe3dDkpEfA67Pa7OehO6u1tynWHZpf85hY_KAAsxc atlassian-domain-verification=BmzqxDqtk47JQlABACP1P/rRtxGUYgWMt1lOzRx2hx2kCpILZ3... google-site-verification=6mxRTtlH97eu0wzCgo9pi-eV00JtCjv3jdh-MD31bAY google-site-verification=A0zhnNBWnH286Lk4Qg_fGyODkninLWh3EHJzmgQtU78 google-site-verification=E8qgsEXX17E9_aMpRAsk4i52gJ-j5o7FLFmCw_tj3EA google-site-verification=L9DT7SkVT9cz0URdA3E67IPSR2KEbiBdJBGWvB3yFQs google-site-verification=ObUcMzrCrKXhNaTXBOW2bKmNUb9KaVyMwsw63YduZ2g google-site-verification=PsVzUDdU8r9btGJ9Lhjol3iLZXwPhPgrOrwwLuYX0eM google-site-verification=XII5fbm78e-a0wrcIzfuc22LZeSN5wekW5J5DZ9i0JQ google-site-verification=adlY6Y0olN7UtSfqllKu-TOKqZfMtLnIZ33E06px6_k google-site-verification=dKsmnAp6GetGfdp6sswIbO0HZMhGVHKtT3WFP3hIKxg google-site-verification=nOq5nW38GMs8yDCdN65odY702Izva800cO0ZjGSjN5U google-site-verification=qI9cpu7dY2ZPsNsNCrKlqc0zuNc6ujuG18BcM-A5gZU google-site-verification=x1-zPjxp3iB-NNjOo7txTsfpg0-QyaFx8na0cQ3sJ0Q tollbit-domain-verification=8f6cdc5f9fad321be5cdc59fcceb23d94740e6617a2fe9a43626... SPF v=spf1 a mx include:_spf.google.com include:sendgrid.net ~all yahoo-verification-key=OPX5WTASpNExzgv5O2GUTefUR1/537HarUhRN+BWvW0= |
| CAA | Lookup not available with standard resolver |
Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.
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.
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.
DNS resolution is slow — anycast DNS providers (Cloudflare, Route 53) typically resolve <50ms globally.
Source: DNS performance benchmarks
ARedirect Chain1 redirect(s), 114 ms totalPASS
https://thedrive.com
106 ms · HTTP/1.1
https://www.thedrive.com/
8 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL
| # | URL | Status | Time | Protocol | Server |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | https://thedrive.com | 301 | 106 ms | HTTP/1.1 | nginx |
| 2 | https://www.thedrive.com/ | 200 | 8 ms | HTTP/1.1 | nginx |
See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →
A+Crawlabilityrobots.txt present, sitemap with 50 URLsPASS
User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Disallow: /preview?*
Disallow: /*/edit$
Disallow: /*/edit/$
Disallow: /edit$
Disallow: /edit/$
User-agent: AmazonAdBot
Allow: /
Sitemap: https://www.thedrive.com/sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.thedrive.com/sitemap-news.xml
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap.xm...
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap2.x...
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap3.x...
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap4.x...
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap5.x...
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap6.x...
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap7.x...
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap8.x...
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap9.x...
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap10....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap11....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap12....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap13....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap14....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap15....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap16....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap17....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap18....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap19....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap20....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap21....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap22....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap23....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap24....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap25....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap26....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap27....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap28....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap29....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap30....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap31....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap32....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap33....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap34....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap35....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap36....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap37....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap38....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap39....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap40....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap41....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap42....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap43....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap44....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap45....
- https://www.thedrive.com/post-sitemap46....
- https://www.thedrive.com/page-sitemap.xm...
- https://www.thedrive.com/category-sitema...
- https://www.thedrive.com/author_tag-site...
- https://www.thedrive.com/sitemap-news.xm...
A+Domain Intelligencethedrive.com — via Amazon Registrar, Inc., 26 years, 3 months old, hosted on WordPress.com (Automattic)PASS
302 days
May 15, 2027
31 days
Issued by Let's Encrypt
26 years, 3 months
Registered May 15, 2000
Not enabled
Protects against DNS spoofing
WordPress.com (Automattic)
ASN AS2635
192.0.66.155
Amazon Registrar, Inc.
Expiry timeline
Recommended actions
- Enable DNSSEC to protect visitors from DNS spoofing
- Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) to block unauthorized domain transfers
DNSSEC protects against DNS spoofing attacks. While not required, enabling DNSSEC adds an additional layer of security. Contact your DNS provider to enable it.
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.
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