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· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
88
GRADE
B
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.

C
IPv6 Readiness
Action
No IPv6 support
REVIEW
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.
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

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

Certificate validity

65
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
1 A records, 33 ms lookup
PASS
1 A records, 33 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 52.191.96.132
Info::
Single A record — no DNS redundancy
Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
2 nameserver(s) configured
Got: pdns10.domaincontrol.com, pdns09.domaincontrol.com
Info::
No MX records — email not configured via DNS
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: 33 ms
Got: 33 ms
A52.191.96.132
AAAA
CNAME
NSpdns10.domaincontrol.com, pdns09.domaincontrol.com
MX
TXT
SPF v=spf1 -all
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 33 ms

Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.

Why this matters

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.

Why this matters

Informational: CAA (Certification Authority Authorization) records weren't checked in this scan.

A
Redirect Chain
1 redirect(s), 390 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 390 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://aappublications.org → https://publications.aap.org (301)
Info::
Cross-domain redirect detected

https://aappublications.org

304 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://publications.aap.org

86 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://aappublications.org301304 msHTTP/1.1Microsoft-IIS/10.0
2https://publications.aap.org40386 msHTTP/1.1cloudflare

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A
Crawlability
robots.txt present, no sitemap
PASS
robots.txt present, no sitemap
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 3058 bytes
Info::
No sitemap.xml found
A sitemap helps search engines discover and index your pages more efficiently.
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap

A sitemap helps search engines discover and index your pages more efficiently.

Why this matters

No sitemap.xml — Google relies on crawl-graph discovery alone, slowing indexing of deep or fresh URLs.

Learn more

A sitemap accelerates Google's discovery of new and updated content. Most CMSes auto-generate one; static-site frameworks need a build-step plugin. Reference it from robots.txt and submit in Search Console to confirm Google can fetch it.

Source: sitemaps.org / Google Search Central

robots.txt 200 OK
Size 3058 B Sitemaps referenced 24 User-agents 008, *, Google-CloudVertexBot, Google-Extended Blocking No — crawling allowed

User-agent: 008

Disallow: /


User-agent: *

Disallow: /bin/

Disallow: /config/

Disallow: /app_data/

Disallow: /dlls/

Disallow: /App_Themes/

Disallow: /signin.aspx

Disallow: /searchresults.aspx

Disallow: /search-results

Disallow: /advancedsearch.aspx

Disallow: /advanced-search

Disallow: /DownloadFile/

Disallow: /downloadimage.aspx

Disallow: /Citation/Download

Disallow: /Shibboleth.sso/

Disallow: /SignInShibboleth.aspx

Disallow: /lookup/external-ref

Disallow: /user/logout

Disallow: /cgi/pmidlookup

Disallow: /Themes/Client/app/img/favicons/manifest.json

Disallow: /lookup/google-scholar

Disallow: /store/*

Allow: /cassette.axd/stylesheet/

Allow: /cassette.axd/script/

Allow: /cassette.axd/manifest.xml

Disallow: /*.axd

Disallow: /specificToClient1/


User-agent: Google-CloudVertexBot

Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended

Allow: /


Sitemap:https://publications.aap.org/data/sitemap/sitemap_Collections.xml

Sitemap: https://publications.aap.org/data/sitemap/Site_1/sitemap_gbos_site1.xml

Sitemap: https://publications.aap.org/data/sitemap/Site_3/sitemap_gbos_site3.xml

Sitemap: https://publications.aap.org/data/sitemap/Site_1000011/sitemap_gbos_site1000011.xml

Sitemap: https://publications.aap.org/data/sitemap/Site_1000013/sitemap_gbos_site1000013.xml

Sitemap: https://publications.aap.org/data/sitemap/Site_1000015/sitemap_books_site1000015.xml

Sitemap: https://publications.aap.org/data/sitemap/Site_1000015/sitemap_gbos_site1000015.xml

Sitemap: https://publications.aap.org/data/sitemap/Site_1000017/sitemap_books_site1000017.xml

Sitemap: https://publications.aap.org/data/sitemap/Site_1000017/sitemap_gbos_site1000017.xml

Sitemap: https://publications.aap.org/data/sitemap/Site_1000019/sitemap_books_site1000019.xml

Sitemap: https://publications.aap.org/data/sitemap/Site_1000019/sitemap_gbos_site1000019.xml

Sitemap: https://publications.aap.org/data/sitemap/Site_1000021/sitemap_gbos_site1000021.xml

Sitemap: https://publications.aap.org/data/sitemap/Site_1000023/sitemap_gbos_site1000023.xml

Sitemap: https://publications.aap.org/data/sitemap/Site_1000025/sitemap_books_site1000025.xml

Sitemap: https://publications.aap.org/data/sitemap/Site_1000025/sitemap_gbos_site1000025.xml

Sitemap: https://publications.aap.org/data/sitemap/Site_1000029/sitemap_gbos_site1000029.xml

Sitemap: https://publications.aap.org/data/sitemap/Site_1000031/sitemap_gbos_site1000031.xml

Sitemap: https://publications.aap.org/data/sitemap/Site_1000001/sitemap_gbos_site1000001.xml

Sitemap: https://publications.aap.org/data/sitemap/Site_1000003/sitemap_gbos_site1000003.xml

Sitemap: https://publications.aap.org/data/sitemap/Site_1000005/sitemap_gbos_site1000005.xml

Sitemap: https://publications.aap.org/data/sitemap/Site_1000007/sitemap_gbos_site1000007.xml

Sitemap: https://publications.aap.org/data/sitemap/Site_1000009/sitemap_gbos_site1000009.xml

Sitemap: https://publications.aap.org/data/sitemap/Site_1000033/sitemap_gbos_site1000033.xml

Sitemap: https://publications.aap.org/data/sitemap/sitemap.xml


sitemap.xml No sitemap found

No sitemap found

Adding a sitemap helps search engines discover your pages.

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

301https://www.aappublications.org/
200https://aappublications.org/

Preferred variant: non-www

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://aappublications.org/ https://publications.aap.org

Consistent

A+
Domain Intelligence
aappublications.org — via GoDaddy.com, LLC, 23 years, 5 months old, hosted on Microsoft Azure
PASS
aappublications.org — via GoDaddy.com, LLC, 23 years, 5 months old, hosted on Microsoft Azure
Info::
Domain registered until Feb 26, 2035 (8 years, 11 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: GoDaddy.com, LLC
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.
Info::
Hosting: Microsoft Azure
Got: AS8075
Domain expiry

3145 days

February 26, 2035

SSL certificate

65 days

Issued by Let's Encrypt

Domain age

23 years, 5 months

Registered February 26, 2003

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Microsoft Azure

ASN AS8075

52.191.96.132

Registrar

GoDaddy.com, LLC

Unlocked 2 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 GoDaddy.com, LLC
Created February 26, 2003 (23 years, 5 months ago)
Expires February 26, 2035 (8 years, 11 months)
Last Updated April 18, 2026
Name Servers pdns09.domaincontrol.com, pdns10.domaincontrol.com
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 52.191.96.132
ASN AS8075 (MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK - Microsoft Corporation, US)
Provider Microsoft Azure
Data source: rdap (0.5s)

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 338 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
34 ms
TCP Connect TCP Connect — time to establish a TCP connection to the server.
99 ms
TLS Handshake TLS Handshake — time to complete the HTTPS encryption handshake.
100 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
338 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
338 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 34 ms TCP Connect 99 ms TLS Handshake 100 ms Server Processing 105 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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