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· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
85
GRADE
B
FIX
0
REVIEW
4
PASS
5
INFO
0
Probed from Sao Paulo, Brazil
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
5 PASS 4 REVIEW
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
URL Variants
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
REVIEW
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
Critical::
Both www and non-www versions serve content
Got: Both variants return 200 Expected: One variant 301-redirects to the other
Info::
HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS

www / non-www

200https://www.novartis.com/
200https://novartis.com/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://novartis.com/ → https://novartis.com/

Consistent

B
TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations
59 days until leaf cert expires — 4 issues to address
REVIEW

Certificate validity

59
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 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
B
CDN & Delivery
Cloudflare
REVIEW
Cloudflare
Info::
Site is served via Cloudflare CDN (edge: GRU)
Got: cf-ray: 9f074da7dd91dd84-GRU
CDN Detected: Cloudflare
Provider Cloudflare Evidence cf-ray: 9f074da7dd91dd84-GRU
A
DNS Records
2 A records, 813 ms lookup
PASS
2 A records, 813 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 2 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 104.18.0.16, 104.18.1.16
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
10 nameserver(s) configured
Got: dns3.novartis.com, dns2.novartis.com, a1-254.akam.net, a2-66.akam.net, a9-65.akam.net, a28-67.akam.net, a24-65.akam.net, a7-64.akam.net, dns1.novartis.com, dns4.novartis.com
Info::
4 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 (813 ms)
Slow DNS adds latency to every page load. Consider a faster DNS provider.
Got: 813 ms
A104.18.0.16, 104.18.1.16
AAAA—
CNAME—
NSdns3.novartis.com, dns2.novartis.com, a1-254.akam.net, a2-66.akam.net, a9-65.akam.net, a28-67.akam.net, a24-65.akam.net, a7-64.akam.net, dns1.novartis.com, dns4.novartis.com
MX
10 mx08-0019ad02.pphosted.com
10 mx07-0019ad02.pphosted.com
20 mxb-0019ad02.gslb.pphosted.com
20 mxa-0019ad02.gslb.pphosted.com
TXT
88706dfb-9d85-4644-ae41-e8a53f1a876d
globalsign-domain-verification=4C470571A4A782E2BA58C4C2DFEDB3C4
pardot485811=c68cb6cf7b1e43f32498bc9df49b79011d5c7c8cdc2e3b38e50e15b02e9f6d78
onetrust-domain-verification=526099c0e61b4db49dab0cb7095d1036
onetrust-domain-verification=842af871a50f4585978293f9dc3bbd42
z6fgrnvy3sg0c6wjxp4wyb87bgrtdgby
vmware-cloud-verification-36625066-c043-4a5b-a4a8-856c0e54a27b
QuoVadis=3f80c470-035d-4421-8144-94f57d4eefbb
jamf-site-verification=crUmt1MmYFxZCJ7o6cuDlQ
apple-domain-verification=uGJ0OI5KiDeDqvMT
23s5299jxg3nrl9h18pc6bh2k5wtv4qk
adobe-idp-site-verification=f09d0a7c68eaa27f40d8acbb166f47eb301eca1532d6dd83f8e1...
_xn8vzr6omxk29hdwqy1m851z9qg3kq6
apple-domain-verification=Tcxxu1DVxK7V75Kv
8gIsxbea3/jTooWjVqLOLXM5+5rvApkxSEISqdEEuKY=
have-i-been-pwned-verification=c38cef2c7c7a669f60845e4f58fca35a
279451955-11367745
miro-verification=10f5415a768c409b5e43709e64916a0dea0865ce
axway-amplify=11d82558-32d0-4eba-a846-7d1733b618cb
ZOOM_verify_5AucS6KPRupfywvf88T4aK
vbs6dgl85dsq34klr315thd8ms35z0qc
atlassian-domain-verification=MnOwkyw3NNVCN1L32yThCwwUgdqFY99N3WfBeAI31gLU3vXUdF...
_xgiay8hwb97640f11gtxl2wl8wtpa1o
apple-domain-verification=lqonsZJCcAkeO2mS
onetrust-domain-verification=28252bd6f338496b8a10613cfe083504
cisco-ci-domain-verification=1122dfdcf6bfe04f26aaf1b291ae331f1021c0a3feb3184d978...
_g6co2cwvrq7x8kfi0zfqiena5ru7ue0
axway-amplify=b70e3989-b15d-4a0b-8df7-74df56c805bd
apple-domain-verification=lvCE4VJDdpz8mYxI
docusign=194943a8-e802-4448-aaae-3a345394499a
docusign=9fd1a68f-3826-4ba7-bfea-813ab6802736
SPF v=spf1 include:%{ir}.%{v}.%{d}.spf.has.pphosted.com -all
apple-domain-verification=iOpWwrLfbCchmObH
onetrust-domain-verification=2e3b5ffeacd44383a8180e143cba49cd
airtable-verification=489bc4601602c4b2a8c1a91be5b687ca
fastly-domain-delegation-00443692-20250701
access-domain-verification=073ca45847f9f2d07cdb8585ed508c2d21e32d41aae419ec5efd9...
_i497s98v8finh3f7wxd7qldx1aesw7z
_globalsign-domain-verification=7sds8V_yxJs85tGBzTrGJBW_-FnpvcQ_6INfh5MCna
QhqPHQtYdUtgwWgtonawhYakLJsC/EqdW6oauZTwFHnWAKvTscecXx1Sv6IAXTBq59o37V02RDXMoSri...
facebook-domain-verification=pc98l58khloctdh64kmn261qk3dmis
google-site-verification=Ml04WfS7Ss3mQoi-HOUTHQazFh1Fl28fYjOLLtaJSLc
appspace-domain-verification=9e91e99d16ef0622565e241d721ed33fc485c1d6ca9c42c12ac...
QuoVadis=9e855dac-c26f-45f9-8bd6-a4b392189882
12FF1301-8BB9-43E9-8A60-CF946F0A6D05
apple-domain-verification=Lcjdm0bVppsA4FZH
_globalsign-domain-verification=oGeffBI90Ru5n2JfjiKykI3BXOvtJXt1bh7l09LKFF
dtm-domain-verification=GdYbfn4pggRlw7F5snfsMON57wuRyC3iErb0ZhEQccE
docusign=3ef6579d-4ced-4306-a812-a1413d3f67d9
onetrust-domain-verification=0b901f0014a040708b49b16914df7134
onetrust-domain-verification=6d0f15549707444a8eecb51ccdbb1256
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 813 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
Redirect Chain
1 redirect(s), 360 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 360 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://novartis.com → https://www.novartis.com/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect

https://novartis.com

299 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.novartis.com/

61 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://novartis.com301299 msHTTP/1.1cloudflare
2https://www.novartis.com/20061 msHTTP/1.1cloudflare

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 4437 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 4437 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 1764 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 4437 entries
Info::
robots.txt does not reference a sitemap
Add a 'Sitemap:' directive to robots.txt so search engines can discover your sitemap.

Add a 'Sitemap:' directive to robots.txt so search engines can discover your sitemap.

Why this matters

robots.txt omits Sitemap: directive — crawlers must fetch /sitemap.xml by convention; reliable but missing the explicit hint.

Source: sitemaps.org

robots.txt 200 OK
Size 1764 B Sitemaps referenced 0 User-agents *, GPTBot, bingbot, GoogleOther Blocking No — crawling allowed
#

# robots.txt

#

# This file is to prevent the crawling and indexing of certain parts

# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!

# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,

# you save bandwidth and server resources.

#

# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:

# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt

# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt

#

# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:

# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html


User-agent: *

# CSS, JS, Images

Allow: /core/*.css$

Allow: /core/*.css?

Allow: /core/*.js$

Allow: /core/*.js?

Allow: /core/*.gif

Allow: /core/*.jpg

Allow: /core/*.jpeg

Allow: /core/*.png

Allow: /core/*.svg

Allow: /profiles/*.css$

Allow: /profiles/*.css?

Allow: /profiles/*.js$

Allow: /profiles/*.js?

Allow: /profiles/*.gif

Allow: /profiles/*.jpg

Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg

Allow: /profiles/*.png

Allow: /profiles/*.svg

# Directories

Disallow: /core/

Disallow: /profiles/

# Files


Disallow: /web.config

# Paths (clean URLs)


Disallow: /comment/reply/

Disallow: /filter/tips


Disallow: /search/





# Paths (no clean URLs)


Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/

Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips


Disallow: /index.php/search/





Disallow: /*printable

Disallow: /de-de/sites/novartis_de/files/*FAQ*

Disallow: /de-de/sites/novartis_de/files/*RMP*

Disallow: /de-de/sites/novartis_de/files/*FAQ*

Disallow: /de-de/sites/novartis_de/files/*RMP*

Disallow: /*/spc/*FAQ*

Disallow: /*/spc/*RMP*

Disallow: /*FAQ*

Disallow: /*RMP*


User-agent: GPTBot

Crawl-delay: 2

User-agent: bingbot

Crawl-delay: 2

User-agent: GoogleOther

Crawl-delay: 2
Disallow: /export/site-selector.json
sitemap.xml 200 OK
Type URL Set URLs 4437 entries Valid XML Yes
Sample URLs:
A+
Domain Intelligence
novartis.com — via MarkMonitor Inc., 30 years, 5 months old, hosted on Cloudflare
PASS
novartis.com — via MarkMonitor Inc., 30 years, 5 months old, hosted on Cloudflare
Info::
Domain registered until Nov 17, 2026 (6 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: MarkMonitor 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.
Info::
Hosting: Cloudflare
Got: AS13335
Domain expiry

157 days

November 17, 2026

SSL certificate

59 days

Issued by Google Trust Services

Domain age

30 years, 5 months

Registered April 2, 1996

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Cloudflare

ASN AS13335

104.18.1.16

Registrar

MarkMonitor Inc.

Unlocked 10 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 MarkMonitor Inc.
Created April 2, 1996 (30 years, 5 months ago)
Expires November 17, 2026 (6 months)
Last Updated October 16, 2024
Name Servers a1-254.akam.net, a2-66.akam.net, a24-65.akam.net, a28-67.akam.net, a7-64.akam.net, a9-65.akam.net, dns1.novartis.com, dns2.novartis.com, dns3.novartis.com, dns4.novartis.com
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 104.18.1.16
ASN AS13335 (CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US)
Provider Cloudflare
Data source: rdap (0.8s)

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 304 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
280 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.
9 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
304 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
304 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 280 ms TCP Connect 1 ms TLS Handshake 9 ms Server Processing 14 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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