Infrastructure - https://9news.com BeaverCheck Audit

D

CDN & Delivery

Action

No CDN detected

FIX

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

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

Both www and non-www versions serve content

Got: Both variants return 200 Expected: One variant 301-redirects to the other

HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS

www / non-www

200https://www.9news.com/

200https://9news.com/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://9news.com/ → https://www.9news.com/

Consistent

B

TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations

48 days until leaf cert expires — 3 issues to address

REVIEW

Certificate validity

48

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

2 A records, 33 ms lookup

PASS

2 A records, 33 ms lookup

Resolves to 2 IPv4 address(es)

Got: 76.223.34.124, 13.248.160.137

No IPv6 (AAAA) records

4 nameserver(s) configured

Got: ns-1438.awsdns-51.org, ns-15.awsdns-01.com, ns-1870.awsdns-41.co.uk, ns-704.awsdns-24.net

1 mail exchanger(s) configured

CAA records not checked

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

SPF record present in TXT

DNS resolution time: 33 ms

Got: 33 ms

A	76.223.34.124, 13.248.160.137
AAAA	—
CNAME	—
NS	ns-1438.awsdns-51.org, ns-15.awsdns-01.com, ns-1870.awsdns-41.co.uk, ns-704.awsdns-24.net
MX	100 9news-com.mail.protection.outlook.com
TXT	00Dj0000001qcPm=1TBRk00000001Qj 20y1w1r1hqj9gznrn070rll23r5vnj7f 6s8cfjnkr3v7jk9sd904949kw727vl9c MS=ms52493459 bk5wny0vvpylvjbxbfs9pysg8bcdr6g2 facebook-domain-verification=rhgwf5x9dpoeesdp225616gc4uj8ff google-site-verification=JXgyoKHfL3G2y9O0Cxy9tHfamSMr9S_4zHIVYioY33Y google-site-verification=cg3wj_JRqlAvnHVO8rGC5ZKGA2kPcQcx0zg7wVxwUP0 t15vpyvclm4l170vpgtr65zdjlkm4tfk tb3v22xpzmypld1pbksqs715773v69d7 SPF v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:_spf.createsend.com -all vdkkd97mljrhpkbt8cgrwp1rc3gzg686
CAA	Lookup not available with standard resolver

Resolved in 33 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.

A

Redirect Chain

1 redirect(s), 150 ms total

PASS

1 redirect(s), 150 ms total

Single redirect

Got: https://9news.com → https://www.9news.com/ (301)

WWW normalization redirect

https://9news.com

103 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.9news.com/

47 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#	URL	Status	Time	Protocol	Server
1	https://9news.com	301	103 ms	HTTP/1.1	urllo
2	https://www.9news.com/	200	47 ms	HTTP/1.1

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+

Crawlability

robots.txt present, sitemap with 38 URLs

PASS

robots.txt present, sitemap with 38 URLs

robots.txt is present

Got: 447 bytes

sitemap.xml is present

sitemap.xml is valid XML

sitemap.xml contains 38 entries

robots.txt references sitemap

robots.txt 200 OK

Size 447 B Sitemaps referenced 3 User-agents AmazonAdBot, * Blocking No — crawling allowed

user-agent: *

disallow: /ajax/

disallow: /search/

disallow: /monitor/home

disallow: /search

disallow: /search?=

disallow: /mobile/search/

disallow: /mobile/monitor/home

disallow: /mobile/search

disallow: /mobile/search?=

disallow: /search

sitemap: https://www.9news.com/sitemap.xml

sitemap: https://www.9news.com/feeds/googlenews

sitemap: https://www.9news.com/feeds/googlevideos

user-agent: AmazonAdBot

allow: /

disallow: /ajax/

sitemap.xml 200 OK

Type URL Set URLs 38 entries Valid XML Yes

Sample URLs:

A+

Domain Intelligence

9news.com — via Amazon Registrar, Inc., 30 years, 10 months old, hosted on AWS

PASS

9news.com — via Amazon Registrar, Inc., 30 years, 10 months old, hosted on AWS

Domain registered until Nov 26, 2026 (7 months 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: Amazon Registrar, Inc.

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: AWS

Got: AS16509

Domain expiry

165 days

November 26, 2026

SSL certificate

48 days

Issued by Let's Encrypt

Domain age

30 years, 10 months

Registered November 27, 1995

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

AWS

ASN AS16509

76.223.34.124

Registrar

Amazon Registrar, Inc.

Unlocked 4 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 Amazon Registrar, Inc.

Created November 27, 1995 (30 years, 10 months ago)

Expires November 26, 2026 (7 months)

Last Updated October 22, 2025

Name Servers ns-1438.awsdns-51.org, ns-15.awsdns-01.com, ns-1870.awsdns-41.co.uk, ns-704.awsdns-24.net

DNSSEC Not enabled

Hosting

IP Address 76.223.34.124

ASN AS16509 (AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US)

Provider AWS

Data source: rdap (0.2s)

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

PASS

DNS Lookup

41 ms

TCP Connect

3 ms

TLS Handshake

40 ms

Time to First Byte

106 ms

Total Time

106 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 41 ms TCP Connect 3 ms TLS Handshake 40 ms Server Processing 23 ms Content Transfer 0 ms