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· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
85
GRADE
B
FIX
1
REVIEW
3
PASS
5
INFO
0
Probed from Madrid, Spain
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
5 PASS 3 REVIEW 1 FIX
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
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.9news.com.au/
200https://9news.com.au/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

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

Consistent

B
TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations
30 days until leaf cert expires — 4 issues to address
REVIEW

Certificate validity

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

Recommended actions

  • Renew certificate — 30 days remaining
  • 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
4 A records, 264 ms lookup
PASS
4 A records, 264 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 4 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 99.83.186.106, 76.223.34.124, 13.248.160.137, 75.2.43.150
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
4 nameserver(s) configured
Got: ns-654.awsdns-17.net, ns-355.awsdns-44.com, ns-1174.awsdns-18.org, ns-1628.awsdns-11.co.uk
Info::
5 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
Warning::
DNS resolution is slow (264 ms)
Slow DNS adds latency to every page load. Consider a faster DNS provider.
Got: 264 ms
A99.83.186.106, 76.223.34.124, 13.248.160.137, 75.2.43.150
AAAA—
CNAME—
NSns-654.awsdns-17.net, ns-355.awsdns-44.com, ns-1174.awsdns-18.org, ns-1628.awsdns-11.co.uk
MX
1 aspmx.l.google.com
5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com
10 alt4.aspmx.l.google.com
10 alt3.aspmx.l.google.com
TXT
google-site-verification=nkrwP2mn_15kXtbRCEVlVSIhVu6SKl8K6NJtciIcUFA
Of14HwcnJft4ZOJMHHhnmTvNcQkDd+UVOPEihlrcOY/nnBo3WGI+y6JlaaLwaTh7XeVODQ+cwH8vOmYk...
MS=ms25198369
google-site-verification=tiwaqHh2feOL6k3pSYPquMCA-i5fpfs3FZadn58LNFk
facebook-domain-verification=bnwv2krezxa1r3t2m3jev4twscylc3
SPF v=spf1 include:%{i}._ip.%{h}._ehlo.%{d}._spf.vali.email ~all
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 264 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.

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
Redirect Chain
1 redirect(s), 767 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 767 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://9news.com.au → https://www.9news.com.au/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect
Info::
Redirect overhead: 767 ms total
Got: 767 ms

https://9news.com.au

466 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

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

301 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://9news.com.au301466 msHTTP/1.1urllo
2https://www.9news.com.au/200301 msHTTP/1.1nginx

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 487 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 487 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 1192 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 487 entries
Info::
Sitemap index with 487 child sitemaps
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap
robots.txt 200 OK
Size 1192 B Sitemaps referenced 1 User-agents *, anthropic-ai, Bytespider, ChatGPT-User, Claude-Web, Google-Extended, GPTBot, ClaudeBot, cohere-ai, PerplexityBot, Scrapy, Timpibot, Applebot-Extended, Diffbot, Meta-ExternalAgent, Google-CloudVertexBot, CCBot Blocking No — crawling allowed
# Nine Entertainment Co expressly prohibits the use of any Nine
# content or data, including associated metadata, for any machine
# learning and/or artificial intelligence including for the purposes
# of training or development of AI technology, tools and machine
# learning language models.
# View our terms of use - https://login.nine.com.au/terms?client_id=nine


# Sitemaps
Sitemap: https://www.9news.com.au/sitemap.xml


# All visitors
User-agent: *

Allow: /

# Filters & Query Params
Disallow: *?app=*
Disallow: *?do=*
Disallow: *?ocid=*
Disallow: *?ref=*


# Specific agents
User-agent: anthropic-ai
Disallow: /


User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Disallow: /


User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /


User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /


User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Disallow: /


User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow: /


User-agent: Claude-Web
Disallow: /


User-agent: cohere-ai
Disallow: /


User-agent: Diffbot
Disallow: /


User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Disallow: /


User-agent: Google-Extended
Disallow: /


User-agent: Google-CloudVertexBot
Disallow: /


User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /


User-agent: PerplexityBot
Disallow: /


User-agent: Scrapy
Disallow: /


User-agent: Timpibot
Disallow: /
sitemap.xml 200 OK
Type Sitemap Index URLs 487 entries Valid XML Yes
Child Sitemaps:
A+
Domain Intelligence
9news.com.au — via Corporation Service Company (Aust) Pty Ltd, hosted on AWS
PASS
9news.com.au — via Corporation Service Company (Aust) Pty Ltd, hosted on AWS
Info::
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.
Info::
Registrar: Corporation Service Company (Aust) Pty 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.
Info::
Hosting: AWS
Got: AS16509
Domain expiry

Unknown

SSL certificate

30 days

Issued by Let's Encrypt

Domain age

Unknown

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

AWS

ASN AS16509

75.2.43.150

Registrar

Corporation Service Company (Aust) Pty Ltd

Unlocked 4 NS records
Expiry timeline
Today
+1 year
SSL expiry Danger zone (≤30 days)
Recommended actions
  • Renew the TLS certificate or verify auto-renewal is working
  • Enable DNSSEC to protect visitors from DNS spoofing
  • Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) to block unauthorized domain transfers
Registrar Corporation Service Company (Aust) Pty Ltd
Last Updated February 27, 2026
Name Servers ns-1174.awsdns-18.org, ns-1628.awsdns-11.co.uk, ns-355.awsdns-44.com, ns-654.awsdns-17.net
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 75.2.43.150
ASN AS16509 (AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US)
Provider AWS
Data source: rdap (0.6s)

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 510 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
45 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.
309 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
511 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
511 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 45 ms TCP Connect 1 ms TLS Handshake 309 ms Server Processing 155 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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