Infrastructure

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

SCORE

GRADE

FIX

REVIEW

PASS

INFO

Probed from Amsterdam, Netherlands

200 OK

Checks

6 PASS 3 REVIEW

DNS Records

1 A records, 27 ms lookup

REVIEW

1 A records, 27 ms lookup

Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)

Got: 151.101.206.217

Single A record — no DNS redundancy

Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.

No IPv6 (AAAA) records

CNAME record at zone apex

A CNAME at the zone apex can break MX and NS records. Use ALIAS/ANAME or A records instead.

Got: lemonde.map.fastly.net

No NS records found

No MX records — email not configured via DNS

CAA records not checked

CAA record lookup requires a specialized DNS resolver. This check will be available in a future update.

No SPF record found in TXT records

SPF helps prevent email spoofing. Add a TXT record starting with 'v=spf1'.

DNS resolution time: 27 ms

Got: 27 ms

A	151.101.206.217
AAAA	—
CNAME	lemonde.map.fastly.net
NS	—
MX	—
TXT	—
CAA	Lookup not available with standard resolver

Resolved in 27 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

A CNAME at the zone apex can break MX and NS records. Use ALIAS/ANAME or A records instead.

Why this matters

CNAME at the apex (example.com) breaks every other apex record (MX, TXT, NS) — DNS-protocol violation per RFC 1034.

Learn more ▾

RFC 1034 forbids CNAME alongside other records at the same name. Some DNS providers offer ALIAS / ANAME / flattened-CNAME records that work around this — use those instead. Otherwise apex-level CNAME breaks email (no MX), domain ownership verification (no TXT), and more.

Source: RFC 1034

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.

SPF helps prevent email spoofing. Add a TXT record starting with 'v=spf1'.

Why this matters

Without SPF, receiving servers can't validate sending IPs — your domain is easier to spoof in phishing.

Learn more ▾

SPF complements DMARC. Both should be published. SPF records list authorized sending IPs (e.g., `v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all` for Google Workspace). After publishing, verify in Google Postmaster Tools or mxtoolbox.

Source: RFC 7208 (SPF)

IPv6 Readiness

Action

No IPv6 support

REVIEW

No IPv6 support

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

TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations

252 days until leaf cert expires — 5 issues to address

REVIEW

Certificate validity

252

days left

0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

Prefer TLS 1.3 — TLS 1.2 is acceptable but TLS 1.3 removes RSA key exchange and improves latency
Add includeSubDomains to the HSTS directive
Add the preload directive and submit to hstspreload.org once max-age + includeSubDomains are in place
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+

Redirect Chain

No redirects — direct access

PASS

No redirects — direct access

Got: https://www.lemonde.fr

https://www.lemonde.fr

67 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#	URL	Status	Time	Protocol	Server
1	https://www.lemonde.fr	200	67 ms	HTTP/1.1

A+

Crawlability

robots.txt present, sitemap with 213 URLs

PASS

robots.txt present, sitemap with 213 URLs

robots.txt is present

Got: 10240 bytes

sitemap.xml is present

sitemap.xml is valid XML

sitemap.xml contains 213 entries

robots.txt references sitemap

robots.txt 200 OK

Size 10240 B Sitemaps referenced 4 User-agents Factset_spyderbot, CloudVertexBot, Coexel, Sprinklr, Devin, Webzio-Extended, Blackboard Safeassign, Newslitbot, Youmag, CikisiBot, DirectFN, Synthesio, Research & Markets, Googlebot-Image, MoodleBot, MuckRack, ia_archiver-web.archive.org, 5erue, Inoreader, coexel, Corporama, KB Crawl SAS, STOCKBOARD, Vable Ltd, leadbox, Fetch, Northern Light, Copyright Licensing Agency, Founder Apabi, moduleQ, IHS Markit, Paqlebot, proxem, Timpibot, Feedspot, YouBot, PanguBot, Bytespider, CCBo, Dun & Bradstreet - D&B ESG Intelligence, RavenPack, Archive-It, adequat-systems, BLP_bbot, Dealogic, um-FC, D&B Hoovers, Ground News, squirrobot, cohere-training-data-crawler, Dun & Bradstreet, SemrushBot, mytwip, Opinion-tracker, Datenbank Crawler, bigsur.ai, Qwam content intelligence, anthropic-ai, MarketWatch, Moreover, MistralAI-User, FriendlyCrawler, QWAM CONTENT INTELLIGENCE, PetalBot, Claude-SearchBot, vsw, AwarioSmartBot, Orbis, Cotoyogi, Markit Digital, Data Expression, FactSet, scpitspi-rs, TeleportPro, GnowitNewsbot, mention, infoseek, Diffbot, LexisNexis, S&P Capital IQ, Transform Your API, webzio, ArgClrInt, Make/production, um-IC, UptimeRobot, DuckAssistBot, Barchart.com, ia_archiver, wget, libwww, Netvibes, spotter, AI2Bot, FeedReader, AddSearchBot, vecteurplus, AlphaSense, semantic-visions.com, ClaudeBot, MSIECrawler, ICE Data Services, PressEngineBot D, SentiOne, Sociallymap, Cision, trendybuzz, linkfluence, Offline Explorer, FacebookBot, MarketResearch.com, telpress.it, ICC-Crawler, Meta-ExternalFetcher, AmiSoftware, ecoresearch, ellisphere, InMédia Technologies, magpie-crawler, MORNINGSTAR, adequat, omgilibot, archive.org_bot, Augure, Briefcase.news, YCHARTS, Fitch Solutions, Gnowit, Moody's, MarketWise, scoopit, winello, Claude-Web, 5emeRue, Digimind, Press Monitor Europe, verticalsearch, Google-Extended, *, sitecheck.internetseer.com, Liana, Opoint, TurnitinBot, um-LN, opinion-tracker, CCBot, Signal Insights, scoop.it, Applebot, meta-externalfetcher, Ask n read, Bernin IT, FeedCheck, Mediatoolkitbot, Zite, Comtex News Network, Data Observer, grub-client, Koyfin, Knowings, NewsNow, scoopit-crawler, Teleport, ConveraCrawler, Thomson Reuters WestLaw, Applebot-Extended, Talkwater, Kangaroo Bot, Meta-ExternalAgent, Freshbot, Sindup, meta-externalagent, cohere-ai, Eagle Alpha, VISIBRAIN, SemrushBot-OCOB, Launchmetrics, trendictionbot, facebookbot, auramundi, k2spider, AwarioRssBot, semantic-visions.com crawler, Thomson Reuters, score3, Amazonbot, ACTIV Financial (CME Group), ICE Connect Desktop Solution, ImageSift, ACQUIRE MEDIA, Dun & Bradstreet Data Marketplace, smartkarma, Tradingcharts.com, Meltwater, TradingView, YaK, flipboard, WebCopier, MONITIO, news-api.org, WebStripper, bluematrix, PriberamBot, QuoteMedia, S&P Global Market Intelligence, Newzbin, omgili, Buck, Dataminr, SentiBot, kbcrawl, Innguma, RankurBot, trendeo, Claude-User, Googlebot-News, Brandwatch, ISI Emerging Markets, ReportLinker, Jetbot, Statista, TraderPlanet, asknread.com, BattleFin, S&P Global Marketplace, Zealbot Blocking No — crawling allowed

# 16/08/2019
# Il est interdit d'utiliser des robots d'indexation Web ou d'autres méthodes automatiques de feuilletage ou de navigation sur ce site Web.
# Nous interdisons de crawler notre site Web en utilisant un agent d'utilisateur volé qui ne correspond pas à votre identité.
# « Violation du droit du producteur de base de données - article L 342-1 et suivant le Code de la propriété intellectuelle ».
# Nous vous invitons à nous contacter pour contracter une licence d'utilisation. Seuls les partenaires sont habilités à utiliser nos contenus pour un usage autre que strictement individuel.
User-agent: *
Allow: /ws/1/live/*
Allow: /ws/1/related_content/*
Disallow: /ajax/
Disallow: /ajah/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /beta
Disallow: /element/commun/afficher/
Disallow: /petites-annonces/
Disallow: /qui-sommes-nous/
Disallow: /txt/
Disallow: /verification/source/*
Disallow: /noscript/
Disallow: /ws/*
Disallow: /lemonde-beta/*
Disallow: /_rprt/*
Disallow: /layout/*
Disallow: /cgi-bin/*
Disallow: /envoyer-par-email/*
Disallow: /lmdgft/*
Disallow: /article-offert/*
Disallow: /*?s=43260*
Disallow: /*?contributions
Disallow: */reactions/
Disallow: */mmpub/
# WordPress
Disallow: /blog/*/wp-admin/
Disallow: /blog/*/wp-includes/
Disallow: /blog/*/wp-content/plugins/
Disallow: /blog/*/wp-content/themes/
Disallow: /blog/*/wp-login.php
Disallow: /blog/*/wp-register.php
Disallow: /blog/*/author/admin/
# Recherche
Disallow: /recherche/?*search_keywords=*
# Sitemaps
Sitemap: https://www.lemonde.fr/sitemap_news.xml
Sitemap: https://www.lemonde.fr/sitemap_index.xml
# Sitemaps EN
Sitemap: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/sitemap_news.xml
Sitemap: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/sitemap_index.xml

User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Allow: /image/

User-agent: Googlebot-News
Disallow: /archives/

# Robots exclus de toute indexation.
User-agent: Meltwater
Disallow: /

User-agent: Cision
Disallow: /

User-agent: Talkwater
Disallow: /

User-agent: Jetbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: kbcrawl
Disallow: /

User-agent: Newzbin
Disallow: /

User-agent: Qwam content intelligence
Disallow: /

User-agent: flipboard
Disallow: /

User-agent: Youmag
Disallow: /

User-agent: Synthesio
Disallow: /

User-agent: trendybuzz
Disallow: /

User-agent: scoop.it
Disallow: /

User-agent: linkfluence
Disallow: /

User-agent: grub-client
Disallow: /

User-agent: ia_archiver-web.archive.org
Allow: /$
Disallow: /*

User-agent: k2spider
Disallow: /

User-agent: libwww
Disallow: /

User-agent: wget
Disallow: /

User-agent: 5erue
Disallow: /

User-agent: adequat
Disallow: /

User-agent: adequat-systems
Disallow: /

User-agent: coexel
Disallow: /

User-agent: leadbox
Disallow: /

User-agent: mention
Disallow: /

User-agent: mytwip
Disallow: /

User-agent: opinion-tracker
Disallow: /

User-agent: proxem
Disallow: /

User-agent: score3
Disallow: /

User-agent: vecteurplus
Disallow: /

User-agent: verticalsearch
Disallow: /

User-agent: vsw
Disallow: /

User-agent: winello
Disallow: /

User-agent: Fetch
Disallow: /

User-agent: infoseek
Disallow: /

User-agent: MSIECrawler
Disallow: /

User-agent: Offline Explorer
Disallow: /

User-agent: sitecheck.internetseer.com
Disallow: /

User-agent: Teleport
Disallow: /

User-agent: TeleportPro
Disallow: /

User-agent: WebCopier
Disallow: /

User-agent: WebStripper
Disallow: /

User-agent: Zealbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: asknread.com
Disallow: /

User-agent: omgilibot
Disallow: /

User-agent: omgili
Disallow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Disallow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Disallow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Disallow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Disallow: /

User-agent: Webzio-Extended
Disallow: /

User-agent: Amazonbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Timpibot
Disallow: /

User-agent: AI2Bot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Applebot
Disallow: /

User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler
Disallow: /

User-agent: DuckAssistBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Kangaroo Bot
Disallow: /

User-agent: PanguBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: MistralAI-User
Disallow: /

# Cas particulier pour les bots de Facebook
User-agent: facebookbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: FacebookBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Disallow: /

User-agent: meta-externalagent
Disallow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher
Disallow: /

User-agent: meta-externalfetcher
Disallow: /

# LISTEROBOTS1802
User-agent: 5emeRue
Disallow: /

User-agent: ACQUIRE MEDIA
Disallow: /

User-agent: ACTIV Financial (CME Group)
Disallow: /

User-agent: AlphaSense
Disallow: /

User-agent: AmiSoftware
Disallow: /

User-agent: archive.org_bot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Archive-It
Disallow: /

User-agent: ArgClrInt
Disallow: /

User-agent: Ask n read
Disallow: /

User-agent: Augure
Disallow: /

User-agent: auramundi
Disallow: /

User-agent: AwarioRssBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: AwarioSmartBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Barchart.com
Disallow: /

User-agent: BattleFin
Disallow: /

User-agent: Bernin IT
Disallow: /

User-agent: Blackboard Safeassign
Disallow: /

User-agent: BLP_bbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: bluematrix
Disallow: /

User-agent: Brandwatch
Disallow: /

User-agent: Briefcase.news
Disallow: /

User-agent: Buck
Disallow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

User-agent: CCBo
Disallow: /

User-agent: CikisiBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Coexel
Disallow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Disallow: /

User-agent: Comtex News Network
Disallow: /

User-agent: ConveraCrawler
Disallow: /

User-agent: Copyright Licensing Agency
Disallow: /

User-agent: Corporama
Disallow: /

User-agent: D&B Hoovers
Disallow: /

User-agent: Data Expression
Disallow: /

User-agent: Data Observer
Disallow: /

User-agent: Dataminr
Disallow: /

User-agent: Dealogic
Disallow: /

User-agent: Diffbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Digimind
Disallow: /

User-agent: DirectFN
Disallow: /

User-agent: Dun & Bradstreet
Disallow: /

User-agent: Dun & Bradstreet - D&B ESG Intelligence
Disallow: /

User-agent: Dun & Bradstreet Data Marketplace
Disallow: /

User-agent: Eagle Alpha
Disallow: /

User-agent: ecoresearch
Disallow: /

User-agent: ellisphere
Disallow: /

User-agent: FactSet
Disallow: /

User-agent: FeedCheck
Disallow: /

User-agent: FeedReader
Disallow: /

User-agent: Feedspot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Fitch Solutions
Disallow: /

User-agent: Founder Apabi
Disallow: /

User-agent: Freshbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: FriendlyCrawler
Disallow: /

User-agent: Gnowit
Disallow: /

User-agent: GnowitNewsbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Ground News
Disallow: /

User-agent: ia_archiver
Disallow: /

User-agent: ICE Connect Desktop Solution
Disallow: /

User-agent: ICE Data Services
Disallow: /

User-agent: IHS Markit
Disallow: /

User-agent: ImageSift
Disallow: /

User-agent: InMédia Technologies
Disallow: /

User-agent: Innguma
Disallow: /

User-agent: Inoreader
Disallow: /

User-agent: ISI Emerging Markets
Disallow: /

User-agent: KB Crawl SAS
Disallow: /

User-agent: Knowings
Disallow: /

User-agent: Koyfin
Disallow: /

User-agent: Launchmetrics
Disallow: /

User-agent: LexisNexis
Disallow: /

User-agent: Liana
Disallow: /

User-agent: magpie-crawler
Disallow: /

User-agent: Make/production
Disallow: /

User-agent: MarketResearch.com
Disallow: /

User-agent: MarketWatch
Disallow: /

User-agent: MarketWise
Disallow: /

User-agent: Markit Digital
Disallow: /

User-agent: Mediatoolkitbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: moduleQ
Disallow: /

User-agent: MONITIO
Disallow: /

User-agent: MoodleBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Moody's
Disallow: /

User-agent: Moreover
Disallow: /

User-agent: MORNINGSTAR
Disallow: /

User-agent: MuckRack
Disallow: /

User-agent: Netvibes
Disallow: /

User-agent: news-api.org
Disallow: /

User-agent: Newslitbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: NewsNow
Disallow: /

User-agent: Northern Light
Disallow: /

User-agent: Opinion-tracker
Disallow: /

User-agent: Orbis
Disallow: /

User-agent: Opoint
Disallow: /

User-agent: Paqlebot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Press Monitor Europe
Disallow: /

User-agent: PressEngineBot D
Disallow: /

User-agent: PriberamBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: QuoteMedia
Disallow: /

User-agent: QWAM CONTENT INTELLIGENCE
Disallow: /

User-agent: RankurBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: RavenPack
Disallow: /

User-agent: ReportLinker
Disallow: /

User-agent: Research & Markets
Disallow: /

User-agent: S&P Capital IQ
Disallow: /

User-agent: S&P Global Market Intelligence
Disallow: /

User-agent: S&P Global Marketplace
Disallow: /

User-agent: scoopit
Disallow: /

User-agent: scoopit-crawler
Disallow: /

User-agent: scpitspi-rs
Disallow: /

User-agent: semantic-visions.com
Disallow: /

User-agent: semantic-visions.com crawler
Disallow: /

User-agent: SemrushBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: SentiBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: SentiOne
Disallow: /

User-agent: Signal Insights
Disallow: /

User-agent: Sindup
Disallow: /

User-agent: smartkarma
Disallow: /

User-agent: Sociallymap
Disallow: /

User-agent: spotter
Disallow: /

User-agent: Sprinklr
Disallow: /

User-agent: squirrobot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Statista
Disallow: /

User-agent: STOCKBOARD
Disallow: /

User-agent: telpress.it
Disallow: /

User-agent: Thomson Reuters
Disallow: /

User-agent: Thomson Reuters WestLaw
Disallow: /

User-agent: TraderPlanet
Disallow: /

User-agent: Tradingcharts.com
Disallow: /

User-agent: TradingView
Disallow: /

User-agent: Transform Your API
Disallow: /

User-agent: trendeo
Disallow: /

User-agent: trendictionbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: TurnitinBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: um-FC
Disallow: /

User-agent: um-IC
Disallow: /

User-agent: um-LN
Disallow: /

User-agent: UptimeRobot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Vable Ltd
Disallow: /

User-agent: VISIBRAIN
Disallow: /

User-agent: webzio
Disallow: /

User-agent: YaK
Disallow: /

User-agent: YCHARTS
Disallow: /

User-agent: YouBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Zite
Disallow: /

User-agent: Cotoyogi
Disallow: /

User-agent: Datenbank Crawler
Disallow: /

User-agent: Devin
Disallow: /

User-agent: Factset_spyderbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: ICC-Crawler
Disallow: /

User-agent: PetalBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: SemrushBot-OCOB
Disallow: /

User-agent: AddSearchBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: bigsur.ai
Disallow: /

User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Claude-User
Disallow: /

User-agent: CloudVertexBot

sitemap.xml 200 OK

Type URL Set URLs 213 entries Valid XML Yes

Sample URLs:

A+

URL Variants

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

PASS

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

www/non-www redirect configured correctly (preferred: www)

HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS

www / non-www

200https://www.lemonde.fr/

301https://lemonde.fr/

Preferred variant: www

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://www.lemonde.fr/ → https://www.lemonde.fr/

Consistent

Domain Intelligence

lemonde.fr — via NAMESHIELD, 20 years, 11 months old, hosted on Fastly

PASS

lemonde.fr — via NAMESHIELD, 20 years, 11 months old, hosted on Fastly

Domain expires in 66 days

Consider enabling auto-renewal to prevent accidental expiration.

Got: Expires Jun 9, 2026

Registrar: NAMESHIELD

Hosting: Fastly

Got: AS54113

Domain expiry

EXPIRED

June 9, 2026

SSL certificate

252 days

Issued by GlobalSign nv-sa

Domain age

20 years, 11 months

Registered August 2, 2005

DNSSEC

Status unknown

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Fastly

ASN AS54113

151.101.122.137

Registrar

NAMESHIELD

Lock status unknown 4 NS records

Expiry timeline

Today

+1 year

Domain expiry SSL expiry Danger zone (≤30 days)

Recommended actions

Domain has EXPIRED — renew immediately to avoid total site outage

Registrar NAMESHIELD

Created August 2, 2005 (20 years, 11 months ago)

Expires June 9, 2026 (2 months)

Last Updated June 12, 2025

Name Servers ns-cloud-b1.googledomains.com, ns-cloud-b2.googledomains.com, ns-cloud-b3.googledomains.com, ns-cloud-b4.googledomains.com

Registrant SOCIETE EDITRICE du monde

Hosting

IP Address 151.101.122.137

ASN AS54113 (FASTLY - Fastly, Inc., US)

Provider Fastly

Data source: rdap (0.9s)

Consider enabling auto-renewal to prevent accidental expiration.

Why this matters

Domain expiry approaching — renew immediately and ensure auto-renew + alerting are configured.

Source: ICANN renewal policy

A+

HTTP Probe Timing

Total 70 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown

PASS

DNS Lookup

4 ms

TCP Connect

1 ms

TLS Handshake

5 ms

Time to First Byte

65 ms

Total Time

70 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 4 ms TCP Connect 1 ms TLS Handshake 5 ms Server Processing 55 ms Content Transfer 5 ms

A+

CDN & Delivery

Fastly (MISS, HIT, HIT)

PASS

Fastly (MISS, HIT, HIT)

Site is served via Fastly CDN

Got: x-served-by: cache-lcy-eglc8600059-LCY, cache-lcy-eglc8600073-LCY, cache-rtm-ehrd2290048-RTM

CDN cache status: MISS, HIT, HIT

CDN Detected: Fastly

Provider Fastly Cache Status MISS, HIT, HIT Evidence x-served-by: cache-lcy-eglc8600059-LCY, cache-lcy-eglc8600073-LCY, cache-rtm-ehrd2290048-RTM

All checks on this page are automated. Results are estimates - run targeted manual reviews when the score affects a release decision.