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Infrastructure

· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
89
GRADE
B
FIX
0
REVIEW
4
PASS
5
INFO
0
Probed from Amsterdam, Netherlands
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
5 PASS 4 REVIEW
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.informationweek.com/
200https://informationweek.com/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

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

Consistent

B
Domain Intelligence
informationweek.com — via SafeNames Ltd., 31 years, 5 months old
REVIEW
informationweek.com — via SafeNames Ltd., 31 years, 5 months old
Critical::
Domain expires in 11 days
This domain expires on May 3, 2026. Domains that expire accidentally cause complete website downtime. Enable auto-renewal or renew manually now.
Got: Expires May 3, 2026
Info::
DNSSEC is enabled
Info::
Registrar: SafeNames Ltd.
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.
Domain expiry

EXPIRED

May 3, 2026

SSL certificate

88 days

Issued by Google Trust Services

Domain age

31 years, 5 months

Registered May 2, 1995

DNSSEC

Enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Unknown

2606:4700::6810:4fdf

Registrar

SafeNames Ltd.

Unlocked 2 NS records
Expiry timeline
Today
+1 year
Domain expiry SSL expiry Danger zone (≤30 days)
Recommended actions
  • Domain has EXPIRED — renew immediately to avoid total site outage
  • Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) to block unauthorized domain transfers
Registrar SafeNames Ltd.
Created May 2, 1995 (31 years, 5 months ago)
Expires May 3, 2026 (11 days)
Last Updated May 4, 2025
Name Servers ns1.ubmdns.com, ns2.ubmdns.com
DNSSEC Enabled
Hosting
IP Address 2606:4700::6810:4fdf
Data source: rdap (0.1s)

This domain expires on May 3, 2026. Domains that expire accidentally cause complete website downtime. Enable auto-renewal or renew manually now.

Why this matters

Domain expiry approaching — renew immediately and ensure auto-renew + alerting are configured.

Source: ICANN renewal policy

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

B
TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations
88 days until leaf cert expires — 2 issues to address
REVIEW

Certificate validity

88
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

  • Enable HSTS: Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
  • 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: AMS)
Got: cf-ray: 9effd951f9b3c11c-AMS
CDN Detected: Cloudflare
Provider Cloudflare Evidence cf-ray: 9effd951f9b3c11c-AMS
A+
DNS Records
5 A records, 6 ms lookup
PASS
5 A records, 6 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 5 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 104.16.79.223, 104.16.80.223, 104.16.81.223, 104.16.82.223, 104.16.83.223
Info::
Has 5 IPv6 (AAAA) record(s)
Got: 2606:4700::6810:4fdf, 2606:4700::6810:50df, 2606:4700::6810:51df, 2606:4700::6810:52df, 2606:4700::6810:53df
Info::
2 nameserver(s) configured
Got: ns1.ubmdns.com, ns2.ubmdns.com
Info::
2 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: 6 ms
Got: 6 ms
A104.16.79.223, 104.16.80.223, 104.16.81.223, 104.16.82.223, 104.16.83.223
AAAA2606:4700::6810:4fdf, 2606:4700::6810:50df, 2606:4700::6810:51df, 2606:4700::6810:52df, 2606:4700::6810:53df
CNAME—
NSns1.ubmdns.com, ns2.ubmdns.com
MX
10 us-smtp-inbound-1.mimecast.com
10 us-smtp-inbound-2.mimecast.com
TXT
P2A_7556_5
MS=ms33065874
MS=ms53283219
SPF v=spf1 mx include:spf-1.ubm.com include:spf-mcst.ubm.com ~all
google-site-verification=6joMinuhNdUlhnp7bFtVuLeCdTS90o5VgrGuZGqwh8w
google-site-verification=XzNlX73BAy0f9LYfYAkYeTiQKeKvnLkUlzT1cpRzJyY
google-site-verification=doCdAIQ4FJ3yo-047WoLHDdjRLjR_A9qHK-PIIlYLmU
google-site-verification=tfoH_QRqqut1Dye28qvL7BHQkB0IlGBfnzKjBCmhMjQ
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 6 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), 76 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 76 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://informationweek.com → https://www.informationweek.com/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect

https://informationweek.com

22 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.informationweek.com/

54 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://informationweek.com30122 msHTTP/1.1cloudflare
2https://www.informationweek.com/20054 msHTTP/1.1cloudflare

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+
IPv6 Readiness
IPv6 reachable (1 ms)
PASS
IPv6 reachable (1 ms)
Info::
IPv6 is configured and reachable at 2606:4700::6810:4fdf, 2606:4700::6810:50df, 2606:4700::6810:51df, 2606:4700::6810:52df, 2606:4700::6810:53df
Got: 1 ms connect
IPv6 Ready
AAAA Records 2606:4700::6810:4fdf, 2606:4700::6810:50df, 2606:4700::6810:51df, 2606:4700::6810:52df, 2606:4700::6810:53df Connection Reachable (1 ms)
A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 19 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 19 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 1687 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 19 entries
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap
robots.txt 200 OK
Size 1687 B Sitemaps referenced 15 User-agents CCBot, ImagesiftBot, Omgilibot, PanguBot, Peer39_crawler, Amazonbot, Applebot-Extended, AwarioRssBot, Bytespider, Cohere-ai, Meta-ExternalAgent, Omgili, Anthropic-ai, ClaudeBot, Claude-Web, Peer39_crawler/1.0, Timpibot, Webzio-Extended, GPTBot, AwarioSmartBot, Diffbot, FacebookBot, Magpie-crawler, * Blocking No — crawling allowed
User-agent: *
Sitemap: https://www.informationweek.com/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.informationweek.com/googlenews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.informationweek.com/contributors.xml
Sitemap: https://www.informationweek.com/generic-content.xml
Sitemap: https://www.informationweek.com/image-archive-index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.informationweek.com/news-archive-index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.informationweek.com/slideshows-archive-index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.informationweek.com/podcast-archive-index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.informationweek.com/webinar-archive-index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.informationweek.com/articles-archive-index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.informationweek.com/event-archive-index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.informationweek.com/multi-section-article-archive-index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.informationweek.com/document-archive-index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.informationweek.com/videos-archive-index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.informationweek.com/sitemap-index.xml
Disallow: /search
Disallow: /recipe-portal/search
Disallow: /api/health
Disallow: /cdn-cgi/
Disallow: /live-preview/
Disallow: /my-purchases/
User-agent: Amazonbot
User-agent: Anthropic-ai
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
User-agent: AwarioRssBot
User-agent: AwarioSmartBot
User-agent: Bytespider
User-agent: CCBot
User-agent: ClaudeBot
User-agent: Claude-Web
User-agent: Cohere-ai
User-agent: Diffbot
User-agent: FacebookBot
User-agent: GPTBot
User-agent: ImagesiftBot
User-agent: Magpie-crawler
User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
User-agent: Omgili
User-agent: Omgilibot
User-agent: PanguBot
User-agent: Peer39_crawler
User-agent: Peer39_crawler/1.0
User-agent: Timpibot
User-agent: Webzio-Extended
Disallow: /
sitemap.xml 200 OK
Type URL Set URLs 19 entries Valid XML Yes
Sample URLs:
A+
HTTP Probe Timing
Total 24 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
5 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.
10 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
24 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
24 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 5 ms TCP Connect 1 ms TLS Handshake 10 ms Server Processing 8 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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