Infrastructure - https://www.allisongruder.com BeaverCheck Audit

B

DNS Records

2 A records, 28 ms lookup

REVIEW

2 A records, 28 ms lookup

Resolves to 2 IPv4 address(es)

Got: 172.66.3.8, 162.159.143.12

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: cdn3.wixdns.net

No NS records found

No MX records — email not configured via DNS

No SPF record found in TXT records

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

DNS resolution time: 28 ms

Got: 28 ms

A	172.66.3.8, 162.159.143.12
AAAA	—
CNAME	cdn3.wixdns.net
NS	—
MX	—
TXT	—
CAA	Lookup not available with standard resolver

Resolved in 28 ms

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.

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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

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.

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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)

B

DNSSEC

Unsigned (DNSSEC not deployed)

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Unsigned (DNSSEC not deployed)

DNSSEC is not deployed

The zone is not DNSSEC-signed. Users on validating resolvers (Cloudflare 1.1.1.1, Quad9 9.9.9.9, growing default in mobile resolvers) get no protection against DNS spoofing for this domain. Most registrars now offer DNSSEC at a single click; consider enabling it for sites where authenticity matters (banking, healthcare, government).

B

CAA Records

No CAA records (any CA may issue certificates)

REVIEW

No CAA records (any CA may issue certificates)

No CAA records published

Without CAA records, any publicly-trusted CA can issue certificates for this domain. Adding a CAA record (`yourdomain. IN CAA 0 issue "letsencrypt.org"`) restricts issuance to CAs you authorize. Required by CAB Forum baseline since 2017; the default of 'any CA' is widely supported but is the broader attack surface for issuance fraud.

C

Reverse DNS

Action

0/2 IPs match cert SAN

REVIEW

0/2 IPs match cert SAN

PTR lookup failed for 172.66.3.8: lookup 172.66.3.8: no such host

No reverse DNS record set for this IP. Common on bare cloud-VM IPs without provider-side PTR; not a security issue.

PTR lookup failed for 162.159.143.12: lookup 162.159.143.12: no such host

No reverse DNS record set for this IP. Common on bare cloud-VM IPs without provider-side PTR; not a security issue.

B

Multi-Resolver DNS Speed

Mean 94ms across 3 resolvers (spread 180ms)

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Mean 94ms across 3 resolvers (spread 180ms)

Google: 20ms

Got: 20ms via 8.8.8.8:53

Cloudflare: 62ms

Got: 62ms via 1.1.1.1:53

Quad9: 200ms

Got: 200ms via 9.9.9.9:53

C

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

B

TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations

89 days until leaf cert expires — 4 issues to address

REVIEW

Certificate validity

89

days left

0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

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

B

Operational Status Page

No status page link detected

REVIEW

No status page link detected

No operational status page link detected

Status pages communicate planned maintenance and incidents to users -- a hallmark of operationally-mature services. Most SaaS teams publish one via Atlassian Statuspage, Instatus, BetterUptime, or a self-hosted Cachet. Smaller sites legitimately don't need one; flagged as Info, not a failure.

B

Health Check Endpoint

No conventional health endpoint found

REVIEW

No conventional health endpoint found

Health endpoints (/health, /healthz, /status, /ping, /api/health) let uptime monitors, load balancers, and orchestration systems (Kubernetes, ECS, Fly.io) verify the service is alive. Marketing sites and small services often skip them legitimately; flagged as Info, not a failure. Probe results: /api/health: 404, /health: 404, /healthz: 404, /ping: 404, /status: 404.

A+

Subdomain Takeover

No subdomain takeover risk detected

PASS

No subdomain takeover risk detected

CNAME does not point at a known takeover-able service

A+

Redirect Chain

No redirects — direct access

PASS

No redirects — direct access

Got: https://www.allisongruder.com

https://www.allisongruder.com

107 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#	URL	Status	Time	Protocol	Server
1	https://www.allisongruder.com	200	107 ms	HTTP/1.1	cloudflare

A+

Crawlability

robots.txt present, sitemap with 1 URLs

PASS

robots.txt present, sitemap with 1 URLs

robots.txt is present

Got: 495 bytes

sitemap.xml is present

sitemap.xml is valid XML

sitemap.xml contains 1 entries

Sitemap index with 1 child sitemaps

robots.txt references sitemap

robots.txt 200 OK

Size 495 B Sitemaps referenced 1 User-agents PetalBot, dotbot, AhrefsBot, *, AdsBot-Google-Mobile, AdsBot-Google Blocking No — crawling allowed

User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: *?lightbox=

# Optimization for Google Ads Bot
User-agent: AdsBot-Google-Mobile
User-agent: AdsBot-Google
Disallow: /_partials*
Disallow: /pro-gallery-webapp/v1/galleries/*

# Block PetalBot
User-agent: PetalBot
Disallow: /

# Crawl delay for overly enthusiastic bots
User-agent: dotbot
Crawl-delay: 10
User-agent: AhrefsBot
Crawl-delay: 10

Sitemap: https://www.allisongruder.com/sitemap.xml

# Auto generated, go to SEO Tools > Robots.txt Editor to change this

sitemap.xml 200 OK

Type Sitemap Index URLs 1 entries Valid XML Yes

Child Sitemaps:

https://www.allisongruder.com/pages-site...

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 redirects to HTTPS permanently

Got: HTTP 301

www / non-www

200https://www.allisongruder.com/

301https://allisongruder.com/

Preferred variant: www

HTTP → HTTPS

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

Consistent

A+

Domain Intelligence

allisongruder.com — via GoDaddy.com, LLC, 17 years, 11 months old, hosted on wix_com - Wix.com Ltd., IL

PASS

allisongruder.com — via GoDaddy.com, LLC, 17 years, 11 months old, hosted on wix_com - Wix.com Ltd., IL

Domain registered until Sep 21, 2030 (4 years remaining)

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.

Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC

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.

Hosting: wix_com - Wix.com Ltd., IL

Got: AS58182

Domain expiry

1448 days

September 21, 2030

SSL certificate

89 days

Issued by Let's Encrypt

Domain age

17 years, 11 months

Registered January 16, 2009

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

wix_com - Wix.com Ltd., IL

ASN AS58182

185.230.63.186

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 January 16, 2009 (17 years, 11 months ago)

Expires September 21, 2030 (4 years)

Last Updated September 6, 2022

Name Servers ns10.wixdns.net, ns11.wixdns.net

DNSSEC Not enabled

Hosting

IP Address 185.230.63.186

ASN AS58182 (wix_com - Wix.com Ltd., IL)

Provider wix_com - Wix.com Ltd., IL

Data source: rdap (0.3s)

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.

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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 223 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown

PASS

DNS Lookup

124 ms

TCP Connect

17 ms

TLS Handshake

22 ms

Time to First Byte

204 ms

Total Time

223 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 124 ms TCP Connect 17 ms TLS Handshake 22 ms Server Processing 41 ms Content Transfer 19 ms

A

CDN & Delivery

Document on Cloudflare; assets also on Google Cloud CDN, AWS CloudFront

PASS

Document on Cloudflare; assets also on Google Cloud CDN, AWS CloudFront

Document is served via Cloudflare CDN (edge: CDG)

Got: cf-ray: a446bfd38bb3d149-CDG

CDN cache status: DYNAMIC

Assets on Google Cloud CDN: static.parastorage.com (assets: 28), cache miss

Got: via: 1.1 varnish (Varnish/6.0),1.1 varnish (Varnish/6.0), 1.1 google

Assets on AWS CloudFront: static.wixstatic.com (assets: 6), cache Hit from cloudfront

Got: delegation d1cq301dpr7fww.cloudfront.net

Document served via CDN: Cloudflare

Provider Cloudflare Cache Status DYNAMIC Evidence cf-ray: a446bfd38bb3d149-CDG

Asset hosts on a CDN

static.parastorage.com — Google Cloud CDN · assets: 28 · Cache Status: miss
static.wixstatic.com — AWS CloudFront · assets: 6 · Cache Status: Hit from cloudfront

Other asset hosts

browser.sentry-cdn.com — assets: 2 · below probe threshold

A+

CDN Cache Observability

Cache state: DYNAMIC

PASS

Cache state: DYNAMIC

CDN cache state observable via 4 header(s)

Got: age=94839, cf-cache-status=DYNAMIC, x-cache=HIT, x-served-by=cache-par-lfpb1150033-PAR