Infrastructure - https://uow.edu.au 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.

B

Redirect Chain

1 redirect(s), 2446 ms total

REVIEW

1 redirect(s), 2446 ms total

Single redirect

Got: https://uow.edu.au → https://www.uow.edu.au/ (302)

WWW normalization redirect

Uses 302 (temporary) redirect

If permanent, use 301 instead.

Got: https://uow.edu.au

Redirect overhead: 2446 ms total

Got: 2446 ms

https://uow.edu.au

1134 ms · HTTP/1.0

302

https://www.uow.edu.au/

1312 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#	URL	Status	Time	Protocol	Server
1	https://uow.edu.au	302	1134 ms	HTTP/1.0	BigIP
2	https://www.uow.edu.au/	200	1312 ms	HTTP/1.1	Apache

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

If permanent, use 301 instead.

Why this matters

302 (Found) is for genuinely temporary redirects — if this redirect is permanent, switch to 301 to preserve SEO equity.

Learn more ▾

Search engines treat 302 as temporary, keeping the original URL indexed and not transferring full link equity to the destination. Use 301 (Moved Permanently) for permanent redirects (HTTP→HTTPS, www-vs-non-www, URL restructures).

Source: Google Search Central

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.uow.edu.au/

200https://uow.edu.au/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://uow.edu.au/ → https://uow.edu.au/

Consistent

C

HTTP Probe Timing

Action

Total 1503 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown

REVIEW

DNS Lookup

371 ms

TCP Connect

282 ms

TLS Handshake

567 ms

Time to First Byte

1.50 s

Total Time

1.50 s

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 371 ms TCP Connect 282 ms TLS Handshake 567 ms Server Processing 283 ms Content Transfer 0 ms

B

TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations

300 days until leaf cert expires — 4 issues to address

REVIEW

Certificate validity

300

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
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

1 A records, 1869 ms lookup

PASS

1 A records, 1869 ms lookup

Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)

Got: 130.130.215.2

Single A record — no DNS redundancy

Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.

No IPv6 (AAAA) records

5 nameserver(s) configured

Got: dns1.uow.edu.au, ns3.aarnet.net.au, ns2.aarnet.net.au, ns1.aarnet.net.au, dns2.uow.edu.au

2 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 is slow (1869 ms)

Slow DNS adds latency to every page load. Consider a faster DNS provider.

Got: 1869 ms

A	130.130.215.2
AAAA	—
CNAME	—
NS	dns1.uow.edu.au, ns3.aarnet.net.au, ns2.aarnet.net.au, ns1.aarnet.net.au, dns2.uow.edu.au
MX	100 au-smtp-inbound-2.mimecast.com 100 au-smtp-inbound-1.mimecast.com
TXT	google-site-verification=tWz_jdcx4dsWUJiyNAfOBUiAQquV5YYU9mVkw0yCgcg SPF v=spf1 ip4:130.130.208.208/28 ip6:2405:1300:3:605::/64 include:au._netblocks.mim... have-i-been-pwned-verification=b13a12b8daeef9a9e32ad5ef46b062d6 docusign=7751f90b-7646-457b-a8bf-b21a9f1d691d google-site-verification=jgewtGagBiqa0IxmqXtkS1aYeF4f43J0E4tT7jd2Ko4 apple-domain-verification=m3WDB89OVHs9EsT4 browserstack-domain-verification=2e3880bd-8334-46e0-9205-170210e891a4 QuoVadis=11d423bb-722f-412a-98b5-773a935e52d1 jamf-site-verification=WIoH4D9RevRmrPR6_4qCGA adobe-idp-site-verification=f38d3967eae65f4f739c96f17c2cf75fada04470016cecc5aabf... MS=F2316833AAF4061C3BCC9FAD74892DA4B7C4586D buNzjmecFkomyeLwMCmcosSAbgwqBGaDvjLtxR5VJ9dnnbD4b3wf2KIKfc+o6uMJ5ni5WeRSIDwvbRG4... MS=ms87748919 hcp-domain-verification=098006106b384922668cd50e58e8ab27dc5bc81d12e260b95f643907... atlassian-domain-verification=FiNk6MEPye0IMsRHQViJXFxEC/7ohZMXaoQiM0vPwrkYtBGdmf... 479jchl13v66n7w9z893y9p9898mh2dh 89gnbrjj05gv3sqrzzdg09qc7hvwdzs0 facebook-domain-verification=x3y1sla8s9ox38ebzf5lvji6qriv50 64b2463ef1b692918a4cbaf1b126a161745b949e5ff101ae1393496ede5b6570 nd53fmwkk74vwwrvs7qt7pv7d95yjkfg 741da645-ee29-42c0-b998-50b3a312b281
CAA	Lookup not available with standard resolver

Resolved in 1869 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.

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+

Crawlability

robots.txt present, sitemap with 3 URLs

PASS

robots.txt present, sitemap with 3 URLs

robots.txt is present

Got: 314 bytes

sitemap.xml is present

sitemap.xml is valid XML

sitemap.xml contains 3 entries

Sitemap index with 3 child sitemaps

robots.txt references sitemap

robots.txt 200 OK

Size 314 B Sitemaps referenced 1 User-agents SiteimproveBot-Crawler, * Blocking No — crawling allowed

User-Agent: SiteimproveBot-Crawler

Allow: /uow-india-new/

crawl-delay: 2

User-agent: *

Disallow: /magazines/

Disallow: /www-staging/

Disallow: /about/locations/liverpool/current-students/make-a-booking-with-our-student-success-team/

Disallow: /uow-india-new/


Sitemap: https://www.uow.edu.au/sitemap.xml

sitemap.xml 200 OK

Type Sitemap Index URLs 3 entries Valid XML Yes

Child Sitemaps:

A+

Domain Intelligence

uow.edu.au — via Education Services Australia Limited, hosted on UOW-AU 1 northfields av, AU

PASS

uow.edu.au — via Education Services Australia Limited, hosted on UOW-AU 1 northfields av, AU

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: Education Services Australia Limited

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: UOW-AU 1 northfields av, AU

Got: AS58698

Domain expiry

Unknown

SSL certificate

300 days

Issued by DigiCert Inc

Domain age

Unknown

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

UOW-AU 1 northfields av, AU

ASN AS58698

130.130.215.2

Registrar

Education Services Australia Limited

Unlocked 5 NS records

Expiry timeline

Today

+1 year

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 Education Services Australia Limited

Last Updated August 25, 2025

Name Servers dns2.uow.edu.au, dns1.uow.edu.au, ns2.aarnet.net.au, ns1.aarnet.net.au, ns3.aarnet.net.au

DNSSEC Not enabled

Hosting

IP Address 130.130.215.2

ASN AS58698 (UOW-AU 1 northfields av, AU)

Provider UOW-AU 1 northfields av, AU

Data source: rdap (0.7s)

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