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Infrastructure

· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
93
GRADE
A
FIX
0
REVIEW
3
PASS
5
INFO
1
Probed from Madrid, Spain
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
5 PASS 3 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.rferl.org/
200https://rferl.org/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://rferl.org/ → https://www.rferl.org/

Consistent

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

Certificate validity

55
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

  • Add includeSubDomains to the HSTS directive
  • 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
B
CDN & Delivery
Akamai
REVIEW
Akamai
Info::
Site is served via Akamai CDN
Got: server header
CDN Detected: Akamai
Provider Akamai Evidence server header
A+
DNS Records
2 A records, 37 ms lookup
PASS
2 A records, 37 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 2 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 23.48.165.76, 23.48.165.87
Info::
Has 2 IPv6 (AAAA) record(s)
Got: 2a02:26f0:1c80:5b::210:378e, 2a02:26f0:1c80:5b::210:3785
Info::
2 nameserver(s) configured
Got: kelly.ns.cloudflare.com, jasper.ns.cloudflare.com
Info::
1 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: 37 ms
Got: 37 ms
A23.48.165.76, 23.48.165.87
AAAA2a02:26f0:1c80:5b::210:378e, 2a02:26f0:1c80:5b::210:3785
CNAME—
NSkelly.ns.cloudflare.com, jasper.ns.cloudflare.com
MX
0 rferl-org.mail.protection.outlook.com
TXT
MS=ms67393700
SPF v=spf1 a mx include:spf.protection.outlook.com mx:rferl.goolara.net a:exchange.r...
workplace-domain-verification=e9f10893-41c3-43ca-b2d5-6edb03890564
atlassian-domain-verification=MBV4E4lDaiA2KxZPwFa4rkKY4tLywu3217RWJuWOk2xqpQwBaK...
google-site-verification=5kHCm-YLYZ_v68ntOLQhydohEpCemrIyiMx6YJesV5M
google-site-verification=98XElXtnf2Cad0Y80498X5nLSTuplGi4Ezvhem5wkdg
836310OCC1O0L579QTJFWXIHYL32ZPSPS2R99M16
adobe-idp-site-verification=a76e1a230c0b99a7c979bbc73834c6ba0dabaab5bd52655db28d...
google-site-verification=XBPT6p03KMYK5adc9id-AGuU0-SEgSubOG942EJJaEU
cisco-ci-domain-verification=34f4449702ffcd8cf9e55b7d22d5b0af954fe028459951eed22...
openai-domain-verification=dv-0HIwbrwNsIm5dwtqeKMukIK5
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 37 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), 177 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 177 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://rferl.org → https://www.rferl.org/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect

https://rferl.org

81 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.rferl.org/

97 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://rferl.org30181 msHTTP/1.1AkamaiGHost
2https://www.rferl.org/20097 msHTTP/1.1

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+
IPv6 Readiness
IPv6 reachable (26 ms)
PASS
IPv6 reachable (26 ms)
Info::
IPv6 is configured and reachable at 2a02:26f0:1c80:5b::210:378e, 2a02:26f0:1c80:5b::210:3785
Got: 26 ms connect
IPv6 Ready
AAAA Records 2a02:26f0:1c80:5b::210:378e, 2a02:26f0:1c80:5b::210:3785 Connection Reachable (26 ms)
A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 14 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 14 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 407 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 14 entries
Info::
Sitemap index with 14 child sitemaps
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap
robots.txt 200 OK
Size 407 B Sitemaps referenced 1 User-agents *, AhrefsBot Blocking No — crawling allowed
Sitemap: https://www.rferl.org/sitemap.xml

User-agent:*
Disallow: /z/*/*/*/*
Disallow: /ebar*
Disallow: /tv/*/*/*/*/*
Disallow: /radio/*/*/*/*/*
Disallow: /schedule/*/*/*/*/*
Disallow: /*?p=*
Disallow: /comments/*
Disallow: /embed/*
Disallow: /s?k=*
Disallow: /navigation.html
Disallow: /captcha/iframe.html
Disallow: /office365/login.html
Disallow: /podcast/sublink/*

User-agent: AhrefsBot
Disallow: /
sitemap.xml 200 OK
Type Sitemap Index URLs 14 entries Valid XML Yes
Child Sitemaps:
A+
HTTP Probe Timing
Total 113 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
34 ms
TCP Connect TCP Connect — time to establish a TCP connection to the server.
25 ms
TLS Handshake TLS Handshake — time to complete the HTTPS encryption handshake.
28 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
114 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
114 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 34 ms TCP Connect 25 ms TLS Handshake 28 ms Server Processing 27 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
Domain Intelligence
Domain intelligence data not available
INFO
Domain intelligence data not available

RDAP and WHOIS lookup both failed

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