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· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
82
GRADE
B
FIX
2
REVIEW
2
PASS
5
INFO
0
Probed from Amsterdam, Netherlands
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
5 PASS 2 REVIEW 2 FIX
D
URL Variants
Action
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
FIX
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
Critical::
HTTP version does not redirect to HTTPS
Got: HTTP 301 Expected: 301 redirect to HTTPS

www / non-www

200https://www.wfu.edu/
200https://wfu.edu/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://wfu.edu/ → http://www.wfu.edu/

HTTP version does not redirect to HTTPS

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
73 days until leaf cert expires — 4 issues to address
REVIEW

Certificate validity

73
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
A+
DNS Records
1 A records, 12 ms lookup
PASS
1 A records, 12 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 50.19.255.185
Info::
Single A record — no DNS redundancy
Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
4 nameserver(s) configured
Got: ns-1302.awsdns-34.org, ns-171.awsdns-21.com, ns-1856.awsdns-40.co.uk, ns-936.awsdns-53.net
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
Info::
DNS resolution time: 12 ms
Got: 12 ms
A50.19.255.185
AAAA—
CNAME—
NSns-1302.awsdns-34.org, ns-171.awsdns-21.com, ns-1856.awsdns-40.co.uk, ns-936.awsdns-53.net
MX
10 mx3.ar53.wfu.edu
10 mx2.ar53.wfu.edu
10 mx1.ar53.wfu.edu
40 mx4.ar53.wfu.edu
TXT
5898cdce1654e4d60a7e8591f883aca1914265bb6bc071f032e14ea07a69a57f
6k3hbvplvg6gg2889fjk6ljk6
AS2TrustedDomains=webauth.wfunet.wfu.edu
ZOOM_verify_5XxS1wxXTPOU5qr20rYHqQ
adobe-idp-site-verification=6c07768e-1f24-4cec-8cbb-c26fcb6a0f75
airtable-verification=e4aef0dab70708bdc76b3fa5f8ccc000
amazonses:l5PQknhGM5AF5mMT8wmokjfrdfrdvnptfmYFkWxX1cY=
atlassian-domain-verification=GaCuwj/d/sK1d2QosI2YtIkNagyofaZ7F1aqZ3utLV1W1j24m4...
canva-site-verification=4TElEHTdRZbluysKyiU-9Q
docusign=3e1b4455-ddcb-4bfa-b68f-776c3f80dccc
dropbox-domain-verification=a7mwdt227dqr
e2ma-verification=ym5fb
google-site-verification=GjfVenprHIhnx6xfLqxKH59acoNW-tQuf7JvqrsJNfc
google-site-verification=MDu4zlzNw_9OsFjeuNT1YqTrqvRFDyUDZOZ465VgXxc
google-site-verification=YnX3u_Q28t0c_aOrvLyx9CXG9cyRn1--Bc_E5R0THF0
google-site-verification=drBQ8pSRXAzuk3GIcuOTmGaPmUE-Xjy1mD5oiDMZEro
jamf-site-verification=0qlwu1H1_zPBP4EX_TxL5w
mandrill_verify.e-7pesmBZK0L92l1iENV0w
status-page-domain-verification=yftbmdyq315w
SPF v=spf1 ip4:152.17.0.0/16 ip4:54.146.255.189 ip4:18.211.100.168 ip4:18.208.37.192...
yahoo-verification-key=qJOq27nldy+D7M+f9wPOJdi6gR2Lyesze9V4C01ZRnc=
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 12 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), 777 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 777 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://wfu.edu → https://www.wfu.edu/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect
Info::
Redirect overhead: 777 ms total
Got: 777 ms

https://wfu.edu

384 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.wfu.edu/

393 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://wfu.edu301384 msHTTP/1.1Apache
2https://www.wfu.edu/200393 msHTTP/1.1Apache

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 1 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 1 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 225 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 1 entries
Info::
Sitemap index with 1 child sitemaps
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap
robots.txt 200 OK
Size 225 B Sitemaps referenced 1 User-agents * Blocking No — crawling allowed
Disallow: /wp-content/blogs.dir/*/files/gravity_forms/

# START YOAST BLOCK
# ---------------------------
User-agent: *
Disallow:

Sitemap: https://www.wfu.edu/sitemap_index.xml
# ---------------------------
# END YOAST BLOCK
sitemap.xml 200 OK
Type Sitemap Index URLs 1 entries Valid XML Yes
Child Sitemaps:
A+
Domain Intelligence
wfu.edu — 40 years, 8 months old, hosted on AWS
PASS
wfu.edu — 40 years, 8 months old, hosted on AWS
Info::
Domain registered until Jul 31, 2027 (1 years, 3 months remaining)
Info::
Hosting: AWS
Got: AS14618
Domain expiry

412 days

July 31, 2027

SSL certificate

73 days

Issued by Let's Encrypt

Domain age

40 years, 8 months

Registered March 3, 1986

DNSSEC

Status unknown

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

AWS

ASN AS14618

50.19.255.185

Registrar

Registrar unknown

Lock status unknown 4 NS records
Expiry timeline
Today
+1 year
Domain expiry SSL expiry Danger zone (≤30 days)
Registrar
Created March 3, 1986 (40 years, 8 months ago)
Expires July 31, 2027 (1 years, 3 months)
Last Updated July 1, 2024
Name Servers ns-1856.awsdns-40.co.uk, ns-1302.awsdns-34.org, ns-171.awsdns-21.com, ns-936.awsdns-53.net
Registrant Wake Forest University
Hosting
IP Address 50.19.255.185
ASN AS14618 (AMAZON-AES - Amazon.com, Inc., US)
Provider AWS
Data source: whois (0.9s)
A+
HTTP Probe Timing
Total 384 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
4 ms
TCP Connect TCP Connect — time to establish a TCP connection to the server.
93 ms
TLS Handshake TLS Handshake — time to complete the HTTPS encryption handshake.
194 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
384 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
385 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 4 ms TCP Connect 93 ms TLS Handshake 194 ms Server Processing 94 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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