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· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
93
GRADE
A
FIX
0
REVIEW
2
PASS
7
INFO
0
Probed from Singapore, Singapore
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
7 PASS 2 REVIEW
B
Redirect Chain
2 redirect(s), 41 ms total
REVIEW
2 redirect(s), 41 ms total
Warning::
2 redirects before reaching final URL
Each redirect adds latency. Try to minimize the chain to 1 hop.
Info::
WWW normalization redirect
Info::
Uses 302 (temporary) redirect
If permanent, use 301 instead.
Got: https://www.cnn.com/
Info::
Cross-domain redirect detected

https://cnn.com

16 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.cnn.com/

13 ms · HTTP/1.1

302

https://edition.cnn.com/

12 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://cnn.com30116 msHTTP/1.1
2https://www.cnn.com/30213 msHTTP/1.1
3https://edition.cnn.com/20012 msHTTP/1.1

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

Each redirect adds latency. Try to minimize the chain to 1 hop.

Why this matters

Redirect chain — each hop adds latency; combine into one redirect where possible.

Source: Google Search Central / web.dev

If permanent, use 301 instead.

Why this matters

302 (Found) is for genuinely temporary redirects — if this redirect is permanent, switch to 301 to preserve SEO equity.

Learn more ▾

Search engines treat 302 as temporary, keeping the original URL indexed and not transferring full link equity to the destination. Use 301 (Moved Permanently) for permanent redirects (HTTP→HTTPS, www-vs-non-www, URL restructures).

Source: Google Search Central

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

Certificate validity

78
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
4 A records, 608 ms lookup
PASS
4 A records, 608 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 4 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 151.101.67.5, 151.101.3.5, 151.101.195.5, 151.101.131.5
Info::
Has 4 IPv6 (AAAA) record(s)
Got: 2a04:4e42:200::773, 2a04:4e42:600::773, 2a04:4e42::773, 2a04:4e42:400::773
Info::
4 nameserver(s) configured
Got: ns-1242.awsdns-27.org, ns-1652.awsdns-14.co.uk, ns-378.awsdns-47.com, ns-587.awsdns-09.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
Warning::
DNS resolution is slow (608 ms)
Slow DNS adds latency to every page load. Consider a faster DNS provider.
Got: 608 ms
A151.101.67.5, 151.101.3.5, 151.101.195.5, 151.101.131.5
AAAA2a04:4e42:200::773, 2a04:4e42:600::773, 2a04:4e42::773, 2a04:4e42:400::773
CNAME—
NSns-1242.awsdns-27.org, ns-1652.awsdns-14.co.uk, ns-378.awsdns-47.com, ns-587.awsdns-09.net
MX
10 cnn-com.mail.protection.outlook.com
TXT
126953328-4422040
133461244-4422058
178953534-4422001
186844776-4422028
228426766-4422034
267933795-4422004
287893558-4422013
294913881-4422049
299762315-4422055
2baPGrmeo+RwsWdIdq/gIVSEWNb4tC9mLGQu0j4l/mduqhm06T+V9vNLXsauLyH9FwMZJSRHvj/YHGKO...
321159687-4422031
349997471-4422043
353665828-4422052
528183251-4422019
553992719-4400647
598362927-4422061
667921863-4422007
688162515-4422037
691244352-4422022
714321471-4421998
754516718-4422064
755973593-4422016
764482256-4422025
782989862-4417942
826218936-4422046
882269757-4422010
MS=ms66433104
_globalsign-domain-verification=-lBuNJDFRxDkLkNbYOLBU03PlWjnPqAzBPAVUokhAw
_globalsign-domain-verification=1McxnrVkIU8RCVwwHslxDiq_r8hp3zjD_f29xgdWgF
_globalsign-domain-verification=2lybn8Z2GKCTHNehPEREKdz_jh5SahShpwOeRqCWjl
_globalsign-domain-verification=5ckEJ4VIhQ6weCdCfmfzQPVP6ED1LtCX9jw1OKX5Mv
_globalsign-domain-verification=9hlGg1_xFQ9m6kVqzsG0EO121UTChwQZQCgxCRvgyn
_globalsign-domain-verification=B57sRQpmte4G4w-gavZbVNmmNsMxGp5kcL19UP2599
_globalsign-domain-verification=MK_ZKmss4D_DdzGOsssHxxBOK6hJc6LGycFvNOESdZ
_globalsign-domain-verification=S6DssfjyL_2kgK4I2Ae_1cdPfwqRRBfB9-3ZhRGMRj
_globalsign-domain-verification=yTw3T3KnyIyTB1xG2GvVhl1zWJlFp-WqmNskdVI_65
adobe-idp-site-verification=279ead95-3581-42b7-82f4-73c97f8cebfa
adobe-sign-verification=c3dc3217f76deddcb413a23e4e665fad
atlassian-domain-verification=joqe6L8dNi+aisGbB1XHQa0pDc53V2l0GQQRUtLEcr2997x0+r...
canva-site-verification=_RUUWoBDVpt0pfonUPWJgg
cisco-ci-domain-verification=4a1c92ef69fe42f8125c3ca9ce0696dcf6cc16fa80243257de5...
d1xTs9+kADZZSz3bPphLpkMXXxBGjqn5vsQHhi2M6lo0r8AdIbm6j8LfQXPujsywVgeGSP+AXWX0vO9I...
facebook-domain-verification=xszi21kow2trmw3xt3ph6s631zyu3i
globalsign-domain-verification=-Q7umwx2mj164XwLa0PsoUaWe2HBhta50GjggsT98f
globalsign-domain-verification=2lI5pahhCu_jg_2RC5GEdolQmAa4K7rhP7_OA-lZBK
google-site-verification=R-Btow3Z8oU_9H1IWU4Gm4lvUQ_OVmsfxonIKhIaiPE
google-site-verification=_QivaXNjhXy-V1y_YqrycXdAWZi2mVrcwbXerX6THeY
google-site-verification=cNhH3bbaizgJp34tQo2r1NgKE0YYLIPNOOvcBVTT5Pk
lucidlink-verification=B9TYHWKAXAA93NQ61ST71E7NW8
lucidlink-verification=W6M94ET3X2JD6QNS2DS0QM5E5W
mixpanel-domain-verify=612e2914-a7fb-4965-95d5-19acc02797df
mongodb-site-verification=mtrxHeW3jOzWtwEwnOLpeQo9NXh6Lqas
ms=ms97284866
openai-domain-verification=dv-yGIc9wI1iK7uFqtmBqEp94Xk
stripe-verification=094254c9a60a6dc0c1c2a62294b81c0c3b9363d044151a3e562ffeac0a7c...
stripe-verification=1488a36c1dc125ea564dc5822d1414eeed68875825aaf90df27ac3131d05...
stripe-verification=42CDB310484C1CAA878F12A73EB7505EA6E7F154731CD7E4F5ABB574DE5E...
stripe-verification=5535d8a3c7b3517ee3765df8bd66b8a5cf70a65c3437f5be5d3a8f0108b7...
stripe-verification=e5dad290205182f6bdbd4e72697ce3cf9a965f35cb0349d538e09706345f...
tollbit-domain-verification=3b1766c3c41ef082750984a8a43089a81344c7af85005466c1a0...
SPF v=spf1 include:cnn.com._nspf.vali.email include:%{i}._ip.%{h}._ehlo.%{d}._spf.va...
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 608 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+
IPv6 Readiness
IPv6 reachable (1 ms)
PASS
IPv6 reachable (1 ms)
Info::
IPv6 is configured and reachable at 2a04:4e42:200::773, 2a04:4e42:600::773, 2a04:4e42::773, 2a04:4e42:400::773
Got: 1 ms connect
IPv6 Ready
AAAA Records 2a04:4e42:200::773, 2a04:4e42:600::773, 2a04:4e42::773, 2a04:4e42:400::773 Connection Reachable (1 ms)
A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 257 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 257 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 3214 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 257 entries
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap
robots.txt 200 OK
Size 3214 B Sitemaps referenced 15 User-agents Claude-SearchBot, SBIntuitionsBot, cohere-training-data-crawler, GoogleOther-Video, YouBot, Googlebot-News, ClaudeBot, ChatGPT-User, DataForSeoBot, Claude-Web, img2dataset, NewsNow, TurnitinBot, SemrushBot-SWA, GPTBot, FriendlyCrawler, OAI-SearchBot, omgili, omgilibot, Perplexity-User, Applebot-Extended, DuckAssistBot, PiplBot, VelenPublicWebCrawler, cohere-ai, GoogleOther-Image, AI2Bot, QuillBot, *, Google-Extended, amzn-user, AwarioRssBot, ImagesiftBot, PerplexityBot, quillbot.com, Timpibot, YandexAdditionalBot, FacebookBot, GoogleOther, PanguBot, Panscient, SemrushBot-OCOB, Sidetrade indexer bot, amzn-searchbot, Crawlspace, magpie-crawler, Scrapy, YandexAdditional, Amazonbot, EchoboxBot, Ai2Bot-Dolma, Diffbot, ISSCyberRiskCrawler, news-please, PetalBot, Webzio-Extended, anthropic-ai, Bytespider, Kangaroo Bot, Brightbot 1.0, iaskspider/2.0, ICC-Crawler, AwarioSmartBot, CCBot Blocking No — crawling allowed
Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/news.xml
Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemaps/sitemap-section.xml
Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemaps/sitemap-interactive.xml
Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/article/cnn-underscored.xml
Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/section/cnn-underscored.xml
Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/section/politics.xml
Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/article/opinions.xml
Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/article.xml
Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/section.xml
Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/video.xml
Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/gallery.xml
Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/markets/stocks.xml
Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/live-story.xml
Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/election-center/politics.xml
Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/tve.xml
User-agent: AI2Bot
User-agent: Ai2Bot-Dolma
User-agent: Amazonbot
User-agent: amzn-searchbot
User-agent: amzn-user
User-agent: anthropic-ai
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
User-agent: AwarioRssBot
User-agent: AwarioSmartBot
User-agent: Brightbot 1.0
User-agent: Bytespider
User-agent: CCBot
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
User-agent: ClaudeBot
User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
User-agent: Claude-Web
User-agent: cohere-ai
User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler
User-agent: Crawlspace
User-agent: DataForSeoBot
User-agent: Diffbot
User-agent: DuckAssistBot
User-agent: EchoboxBot
User-agent: FacebookBot
User-agent: FriendlyCrawler
User-agent: GPTBot
User-agent: Google-Extended
User-agent: GoogleOther
User-agent: GoogleOther-Image
User-agent: GoogleOther-Video
User-agent: iaskspider/2.0
User-agent: ICC-Crawler
User-agent: img2dataset
User-agent: ISSCyberRiskCrawler
User-agent: ImagesiftBot
User-agent: Kangaroo Bot
User-agent: magpie-crawler
User-agent: NewsNow
User-agent: news-please
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
User-agent: omgili
User-agent: omgilibot
User-agent: PanguBot
User-agent: Panscient
User-agent: PiplBot
User-agent: PerplexityBot
User-agent: Perplexity-User
User-agent: PetalBot
User-agent: QuillBot
User-agent: quillbot.com
User-agent: SBIntuitionsBot
User-agent: Scrapy
User-agent: SemrushBot-OCOB
User-agent: SemrushBot-SWA
User-agent: Sidetrade indexer bot
User-agent: Timpibot
User-agent: TurnitinBot
User-agent: VelenPublicWebCrawler
User-agent: Webzio-Extended
User-agent: YandexAdditional
User-agent: YandexAdditionalBot
User-agent: YouBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: *
Allow: /partners/ipad/live-video.json
Disallow: /*.jsx$
Disallow: *.jsx$
Disallow: /*.jsx/
Disallow: *.jsx?
Disallow: /ads/
Disallow: /aol/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /beta/
Disallow: /browsers/
Disallow: /cl/
Disallow: /cnews/
Disallow: /cnn_adspaces
Disallow: /cnnbeta/
Disallow: /cnnintl_adspaces
Disallow: /development
Disallow: /editionssi
Disallow: /help/cnnx.html
Disallow: /NewsPass
Disallow: /NOKIA
Disallow: /partners/
Disallow: /pipeline/
Disallow: /pointroll/
Disallow: /POLLSERVER/
Disallow: /pr/
Disallow: /PV/
Disallow: /Quickcast/
Disallow: /quickcast/
Disallow: /QUICKNEWS/
Disallow: /search
Disallow: /subscriptions/video-docs
Disallow: /terms
Disallow: /test/
Disallow: /virtual/
Disallow: /WEB-INF/
Disallow: /web.projects/
Disallow: /webview/
User-agent: Googlebot-News
Disallow: /sponsor
sitemap.xml 200 OK
Type URL Set URLs 257 entries Valid XML Yes
Sample URLs:
A+
URL Variants
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
PASS
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
Info::
www/non-www redirect configured correctly (preferred: non-www)
Info::
HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS

www / non-www

302https://www.cnn.com/
200https://cnn.com/

Preferred variant: non-www

HTTP → HTTPS

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

Consistent

A+
Domain Intelligence
cnn.com — via Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE, 33 years old
PASS
cnn.com — via Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE, 33 years old
Info::
Domain registered until Sep 21, 2027 (1 years, 5 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: Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE
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

400 days

September 21, 2027

SSL certificate

78 days

Issued by GlobalSign nv-sa

Domain age

33 years

Registered September 22, 1993

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Unknown

2a04:4e42:400::773

Registrar

Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE

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 Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE
Created September 22, 1993 (33 years ago)
Expires September 21, 2027 (1 years, 5 months)
Last Updated April 22, 2025
Name Servers ns-1242.awsdns-27.org, ns-1652.awsdns-14.co.uk, ns-378.awsdns-47.com, ns-587.awsdns-09.net
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 2a04:4e42:400::773
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 11 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
3 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.
4 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
11 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
11 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 3 ms TCP Connect 1 ms TLS Handshake 4 ms Server Processing 4 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
A+
CDN & Delivery
Fastly (HIT)
PASS
Fastly (HIT)
Info::
Site is served via Fastly CDN
Got: x-served-by: cache-sin-wsat1880075-SIN
Info::
CDN cache status: HIT
CDN Detected: Fastly
Provider Fastly Cache Status HIT Evidence x-served-by: cache-sin-wsat1880075-SIN
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