# BeaverCheck Audit Report — https://stelgano.com

**Date:** April 24, 2026  
**URL:** https://stelgano.com  
**Overall Grade:** B (83/100)  
**Report:** https://beavercheck.com/results/936f5591-46ec-43a4-a5cd-e12fe33cac1b

## Top Findings

1. **[CRITICAL]** Page weighs 5.8 MB (5.2 MB transferred) — Performance > Page Weight Budget
2. **[CRITICAL]** 2 button(s) with no accessible text — Accessibility > Link & Button Quality
3. **[WARNING]** Images are 4.8 MB — compress or use modern formats — Performance > Page Weight Budget
4. **[WARNING]** No DMARC record found — Security > Email Security
5. **[WARNING]** Page weight 4.2 MB over 1MB target — Performance > Page Weight Inventory

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## Lighthouse Scores

| Category | Score |
|----------|-------|
| Performance | 79 |
| Accessibility | 89 |
| Best Practices | 100 |
| SEO | 92 |

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## Security

### Security Headers (A+ — 100/100)

*10 of 10 headers properly configured*

- **[PASS]** Strict-Transport-Security is properly configured
- **[PASS]** X-Content-Type-Options is properly configured
- **[PASS]** X-Frame-Options is properly configured
- **[PASS]** Referrer-Policy is properly configured
- **[PASS]** Permissions-Policy is set
- **[PASS]** Content-Security-Policy is present
- **[PASS]** Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy is properly configured
- **[PASS]** Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy is set
- **[PASS]** X-Powered-By header is not present
- **[PASS]** Server header is not present

### Content Security Policy (A+ — 95/100)

*8 of 10 CSP checks passed*

- **[INFO]** Raw CSP policy
- **[PASS]** default-src directive is set
- **[PASS]** No 'unsafe-inline' in script source
- **[PASS]** No 'unsafe-eval' in script source
- **[PASS]** No wildcard in script source
- **[PASS]** object-src is set to 'none'
- **[PASS]** base-uri is properly restricted
- **[PASS]** frame-ancestors directive is set
- **[PASS]** form-action directive is set
- **[INFO]** upgrade-insecure-requests is not set — This directive upgrades HTTP resources to HTTPS automatically, preventing mixed content.

### TLS & Certificates (A+ — 100/100)

*TLS 1.3, 7 checks passed*

- **[PASS]** TLS 1.3 is used
- **[PASS]** Strong cipher suite is used
- **[INFO]** HTTP/2 is not negotiated — HTTP/2 provides multiplexing and header compression for better performance.
- **[PASS]** Certificate is valid (expires in 84 days)
- **[PASS]** Certificate chain has 2 certificates
- **[PASS]** Certificate uses modern signature algorithm
- **[PASS]** Certificate covers 1 domain(s)
- **[PASS]** Certificate is issued by a trusted CA

### Cookie Security (A+ — 100/100)

*1 cookies analyzed, 3 checks passed*

- **[PASS]** Cookie '_stelgano_key' has the Secure flag
- **[PASS]** Cookie '_stelgano_key' has the HttpOnly flag
- **[PASS]** Cookie '_stelgano_key' has SameSite=Lax

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## Advanced Security

### Subresource Integrity (A+ — 100/100)

*No external resources*

- **[PASS]** No external resources to protect

### JS Library Vulnerabilities (A+ — 100/100)

*No known vulnerabilities*

- **[PASS]** No known JavaScript library vulnerabilities detected

### Information Leakage (A+ — 100/100)

*No exposures*

- **[PASS]** security.txt is present — good practice
- **[PASS]** No sensitive files exposed

### Email Security (F — 30/100)

*No DMARC*

- **[WARNING]** No DMARC record found — Without DMARC, email receivers have no policy for handling authentication failures.

### Permissions-Policy (B — 80/100)

*4 directives, 1 missing*

- **[PASS]** camera=() — blocked for all origins
- **[PASS]** microphone=() — blocked for all origins
- **[PASS]** geolocation=() — blocked for all origins
- **[PASS]** payment=() — blocked for all origins
- **[INFO]** usb not restricted — Consider adding usb=() to block usb access from embedded content.

### CORS Configuration (B — 80/100)

*No CORS headers*

- **[PASS]** No CORS headers present — secure default

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## Performance

### Page Weight Budget (F — 0/100)

*5.2 MB transferred, 23 requests*

- **[CRITICAL]** Page weighs 5.8 MB (5.2 MB transferred)
- **[WARNING]** Images are 4.8 MB — compress or use modern formats — Convert images to WebP/AVIF and resize to display dimensions to reduce transfer size.
- **[PASS]** 23 HTTP requests
- **[INFO]** Estimated 1.1 g CO2 per page load

### Third-Party Impact (A+ — 100/100)

*No third-party resources*

- **[PASS]** No third-party resources detected

### Text Compression (A+ — 100/100)

*All text resources are compressed*

- **[PASS]** All text resources are compressed

### Image Optimization (C — 60/100)

*9 images, 0 KB saveable*

- **[WARNING]** https://stelgano.com/images/n_equals_1.png is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.
- **[WARNING]** https://stelgano.com/images/zero_knowledge_server.... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.
- **[WARNING]** https://stelgano.com/images/ephemeral_identity.png is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.
- **[WARNING]** https://stelgano.com/images/client_side_crypto.png is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.
- **[WARNING]** https://stelgano.com/images/contact_steg.png is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.

### JS Execution Cost (D — 40/100)

*2091ms total JS execution*

- **[WARNING]** https://stelgano.com/: 1472ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** Unattributable: 362ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** https://stelgano.com/assets/js/app-ffc2a27041fef30...: 258ms CPU time
- **[INFO]** Third-party scripts: 362ms (17% of total)

### Font Loading (A+ — 100/100)

*10 fonts (182 KB)*

- **[INFO]** 10 font(s) use font-display: swap (FOUT risk but functional)

### JS Bundles (B — 80/100)

*1 scripts, 73 KB unused*

- **[WARNING]** https://stelgano.com/assets/js/app-ffc2a27041fef30...: 73 KB unused (40%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[INFO]** Total unused JavaScript: 73 KB

### Resource Caching (A+ — 100/100)

*All resources properly cached*

- **[PASS]** No caching issues found

### Critical Rendering Path (A+ — 100/100)

*No render-blocking resources*

- **[PASS]** No render-blocking resources detected

### Resource Hints (A+ — 100/100)

*No optimization needed*

- **[PASS]** No resource hint issues

### Page Weight Inventory (C — 60/100)

*23 resources · 5.2 MB · 73 KB savings available*

- **[WARNING]** Page weight 4.2 MB over 1MB target
- **[INFO]** ~73 KB of savings available
- **[INFO]** 1 third-party resources (0% of weight)
- **[INFO]** 8 resources over 200KB

### Render-Blocking Resources (A+ — 100/100)

*No render-blocking resources detected*

- **[PASS]** No render-blocking resources detected in <head>

### Third-Party Resources (A+ — 100/100)

*No third-party resources detected*


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## Content Quality

### Links (A+ — 100/100)

*23 links checked, 23 healthy, 0 broken*

- **[PASS]** 23 of 23 links are healthy

### Mixed Content (A+ — 100/100)

*No mixed content detected — all resources use HTTPS.*

- **[PASS]** No mixed content detected — all resources use HTTPS

### Open Graph (A — 95/100)

*Open Graph tags are well configured for social sharing.*

- **[INFO]** Missing og:site_name — The og:site_name tag displays the website name in social previews.

### Structured Data (C — 40/100)

*No structured data (JSON-LD) found.*

- **[INFO]** No structured data (JSON-LD) found — Adding structured data helps search engines understand your content and can enable rich results.

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## Infrastructure

### DNS Records (A+ — 95/100)

*1 A records, 46 ms lookup*

- **[PASS]** Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)
- **[INFO]** Single A record — no DNS redundancy — Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.
- **[INFO]** No IPv6 (AAAA) records
- **[PASS]** 2 nameserver(s) configured
- **[PASS]** 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.
- **[PASS]** SPF record present in TXT
- **[PASS]** DNS resolution time: 46 ms

### Redirect Chain (A+ — 100/100)

*No redirects — direct access*

- **[PASS]** No redirects — direct access

### IPv6 Readiness (C — 60/100)

*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.

### Crawlability (B — 80/100)

*robots.txt present, no sitemap*

- **[PASS]** robots.txt is present
- **[INFO]** No sitemap.xml found — A sitemap helps search engines discover and index your pages more efficiently.
- **[INFO]** robots.txt does not reference a sitemap — Add a 'Sitemap:' directive to robots.txt so search engines can discover your sitemap.

### URL Variants (B — 75/100)

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

- **[PASS]** www/non-www redirect configured correctly (preferred: non-www)
- **[CRITICAL]** HTTP version does not redirect to HTTPS

### Domain Intelligence (A+ — 100/100)

*stelgano.com — via NameCheap, Inc., 5 days old, hosted on DigitalOcean*

- **[PASS]** Domain registered until Apr 18, 2027 (11 months remaining)
- **[INFO]** Domain is only 5 days old — Newly registered domains may face SEO trust challenges. Search engines generally give more authority to older domains. This is informational — not a problem to fix.
- **[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.
- **[PASS]** Registrar: NameCheap, 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.
- **[PASS]** Hosting: DigitalOcean

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## Compliance

### WCAG Compliance (A+ — 100/100)

*No testable criteria*


### Cookie Consent & Privacy (A+ — 100/100)

*privacy policy found*

- **[PASS]** Privacy policy link found
- **[PASS]** Terms of service link found
- **[INFO]** No cookie consent banner detected
- **[PASS]** 1 cookie(s) set on initial load (functional)
- **[INFO]** This is an automated check, not legal advice — BeaverCheck detects technical indicators of consent management. This does not constitute a legal compliance assessment. Consult a privacy professional for GDPR/CCPA compliance.

### Language & i18n (A — 90/100)

*Lang attribute present*

- **[PASS]** <html lang> attribute is present
- **[PASS]** <html lang> value is valid
- **[INFO]** No Content-Language HTTP header
- **[INFO]** Language signals are inconsistent — The <html lang> attribute and Content-Language header should agree.

### Readability & Typography (A+ — 100/100)

*Font sizes and tap targets checked*


### Viewport Configuration (A+ — 100/100)

*Viewport properly configured*

- **[PASS]** Viewport meta tag is present
- **[PASS]** width=device-width is set
- **[PASS]** User zooming is allowed

### Third-Party Trackers (A+ — 100/100)

*No third-party trackers detected*

- **[PASS]** No third-party trackers detected

### Cookie & Tracker Inventory (A+ — 100/100)

*1 cookies · 0 trackers · 0 pre-consent*

- **[INFO]** 1 cookie(s) could not be classified

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## Legal

### Legal Page Ecosystem (C — 60/100)

*2 of 7 expected legal pages detected*

- **[PASS]** Privacy Policy detected — Found at /privacy, linked from footer.
- **[PASS]** Terms of Service detected — Found at /terms, linked from footer.
- **[INFO]** Cookie Policy not detected — No link matching common Cookie Policy URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Cookie Policy, especially those collecting user data.
- **[INFO]** Accessibility Statement not detected — No link matching common Accessibility Statement URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Accessibility Statement, especially those collecting user data.
- **[INFO]** DMCA / Copyright Notice not detected — No link matching common DMCA / Copyright Notice URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a DMCA / Copyright Notice, especially those collecting user data.
- **[INFO]** Refund / Returns Policy not detected — No link matching common Refund / Returns Policy URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Refund / Returns Policy, especially those collecting user data.
- **[INFO]** Acceptable Use Policy not detected — No link matching common Acceptable Use Policy URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Acceptable Use Policy, especially those collecting user data.

### Copyright Notice (A+ — 100/100)

*© 2026 sTELgano Contributors*

- **[PASS]** Copyright notice is up to date — Copyright notice is up to date: © 2026 sTELgano Contributors
- **[PASS]** Copyright holder: sTELgano Contributors

### Regulatory Indicators

*2 regulatory indicator(s) detected*

- **[INFO]** This is a technical scan, not a legal assessment — BeaverCheck detects technical indicators that may suggest regulatory relevance. This is not a compliance audit and should not be relied upon for legal decisions. Consult qualified legal counsel for compliance assessments.
- **[INFO]** GDPR indicators detected (moderate confidence) — Indicators suggesting GDPR may be relevant: Privacy policy page found. EU General Data Protection Regulation — governs collection and processing of personal data of EU residents.
- **[INFO]** HIPAA indicators detected (weak confidence) — Indicators suggesting HIPAA may be relevant: Text mentions: phi. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act — protects sensitive patient health information.

### Third-Party Data Sharing

*0 third-party service(s) detected*

- **[INFO]** Data inventory for transparency purposes — This inventory identifies third-party services that receive data from your site visitors. Under regulations like GDPR (Article 30), maintaining records of data processing activities is commonly considered a best practice. This automated scan provides a starting point — it may not capture all data flows.
- **[INFO]** No recognized third-party data-sharing services detected — This page does not appear to load external tracking, analytics, or advertising scripts.

### Compliance Badges (B — 70/100)

*1 compliance badge(s) detected*

- **[PASS]** TRUSTe / TrustArc badge detected — Found via body text: 'truste'. Note: the presence of a badge does not verify the certification is current or valid.

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## Availability

### CDN & Delivery (D — 50/100)

*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.

### HTTP Caching (B — 70/100)

*max-age=0, private, must-revalidate*

- **[PASS]** Cache-Control header is set
- **[INFO]** No ETag or Last-Modified header — Conditional requests (304 Not Modified) are not possible without validators.

### Transport Security (A+ — 100/100)

*HTTP/3, HSTS, and TLS version analysis*

- **[PASS]** HTTP/3 (QUIC) supported — The server advertises HTTP/3 via Alt-Svc for faster connections on mobile networks.
- **[PASS]** HSTS enabled (includeSubDomains, preload)
- **[PASS]** HSTS preload enabled
- **[PASS]** TLS 1.3 in use (fastest handshake, 1-RTT)

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## Accessibility

### Landmark Structure (B — 70/100)

*4 landmarks*

- **[PASS]** <main> landmark present
- **[PASS]** 2 <nav> landmark(s) found
- **[WARNING]** 2 of 2 <nav> elements are unlabeled — Multiple navigations need aria-label to distinguish them for screen readers.
- **[INFO]** No banner (header) landmark
- **[WARNING]** Skip navigation link is missing (WCAG 2.4.1) — Add a skip link as the first focusable element so keyboard users can bypass repeated navigation.

### Heading Hierarchy (A+ — 100/100)

*45 headings*

- **[PASS]** Single H1 present

### Alt Text Quality (A+ — 100/100)

*All 8 images OK*

- **[PASS]** 8 image(s) with good alt text

### Form Accessibility (A+ — 100/100)

*No form controls*

- **[PASS]** No form controls on this page

### Link & Button Quality (B — 80/100)

*2 issue(s) across 23 links and 4 buttons*

- **[CRITICAL]** 2 button(s) with no accessible text — Icon-only buttons need an aria-label so screen readers can announce them.
- **[PASS]** 23 link(s) with descriptive text

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## UX

### 404 Error Page (F — 30/100)

*HTTP 404, bare page*

- **[PASS]** Correct 404 status code returned
- **[WARNING]** Bare server default 404 page — The 404 page has no custom styling. Users hitting a broken link see a generic error with no way to navigate back. Add a custom 404 page with your site navigation and a search bar.

### Favicon & Branding (B — 70/100)

*3 icon(s) detected*

- **[PASS]** favicon.ico present at site root
- **[PASS]** HTML icon links detected
- **[PASS]** Apple touch icon present
- **[PASS]** Multiple icon sizes detected

### Web Manifest (D — 40/100)

*Not found*

- **[INFO]** No web manifest found — No manifest at standard paths (/manifest.json, /site.webmanifest). A manifest is optional but enables PWA features like home screen installation and standalone display.

### Dark Mode Support (D — 40/100)

*No dark mode signals*

- **[INFO]** No dark mode signals detected — Consider adding CSS with @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) and <meta name='color-scheme' content='light dark'>.
- **[INFO]** Detection limited to meta tags and inline styles — External CSS files may contain prefers-color-scheme rules not visible to this scan.

### Print Stylesheet (D — 40/100)

*No print styles*

- **[INFO]** No print-specific styles detected — When users print this page, they get the screen layout including navigation and non-essential elements. Add @media print rules to hide navigation and optimize layout for paper.

### Navigation UX (F — 15/100)

*No navigation patterns*

- **[PASS]** 2 navigation landmark(s) detected
- **[INFO]** No breadcrumbs, search, or skip link detected — These navigation aids help users orient themselves and find content efficiently, especially on large sites.

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## SEO

### Canonical URL (B — 80/100)

*Minor issues*

- **[WARNING]** No canonical tag found — Search engines will determine the canonical URL themselves, which may cause duplicate content issues.

### Meta Tags (A+ — 100/100)

*Title optimized*

- **[PASS]** Page title is set
- **[PASS]** Title length (40 chars) is optimal
- **[PASS]** Title and H1 are well-aligned

### Content Depth (A+ — 100/100)

*1304 words, Fairly Difficult*

- **[PASS]** Page has 1304 words — good depth for search engines
- **[INFO]** Reading level: Fairly Difficult (grade 8)

### Internal Links (A+ — 100/100)

*22 internal, 1 external*

- **[PASS]** 22 internal links (96%)
- **[PASS]** 100% of links use descriptive anchor text
- **[INFO]** 22 internal / 1 external links

### Image SEO (A+ — 100/100)

*8 images, 8 descriptive filenames*

- **[PASS]** All images have descriptive filenames

### Hreflang

*0 hreflang tags*


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## Sustainability

### CO2 Per Page Load (D — 50/100)

*1.46g CO2 per view*

- **[WARNING]** 1.46g CO2 per page view — This page transfers 5.2 MB, producing an estimated 1.46g of CO2 per visit using the Sustainable Web Design model (v4). Breakdown: data center 0.27g, network 0.25g, end-user device 0.94g.
- **[INFO]** At 10,000 monthly views: 175.1 kg CO2/year — With 10,000 page views per month, this page would generate approximately 175.1 kg of CO2 annually — equivalent to charging 21889 smartphones.

### Green Hosting (D — 50/100)

*Unknown*

- **[INFO]** Hosting provider could not be identified — Without knowing the provider, we cannot determine their energy sourcing. Check with your hosting provider about their renewable energy commitments.
- **[INFO]** Green hosting status based on known provider commitments — Green hosting detection uses a curated database of provider renewable energy commitments. This is not a real-time verification. For authoritative checks, visit thegreenwebfoundation.org.

### Repeat Visit Weight (A+ — 100/100)

*100% cached*

- **[PASS]** 100% reduction on repeat visits — Returning visitors download only 12 KB (vs 5276 KB first visit). 22 of 23 resources are served from browser cache, saving 1.46g CO2 per repeat visit.
- **[INFO]** Repeat visit: 0.00g CO2 (first visit: 1.46g)

### Carbon Budget (F — 30/100)

*74th percentile*

- **[WARNING]** 1.46g CO2 — above the median website (0.60g) — Heavier than an estimated 26% of websites. Reducing page weight, optimizing images, and removing unused JavaScript would lower the carbon footprint. See the Performance tab.
- **[INFO]** Estimated 74th percentile — Compared to: top 10% = 0.20g, target = 0.50g, median = 0.60g per page view.

### Transfer Efficiency (A+ — 100/100)

*99% efficient*

- **[PASS]** Transfer efficiency: 99% — Only 73 KB of potential savings identified. Your page is well-optimized for size.

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