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· 17 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
86
GRADE
B
FIX
0
REVIEW
9
PASS
8
INFO
0
Probed from Madrid, Spain
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
17
8 PASS 9 REVIEW
B
DNSSEC
Unsigned (DNSSEC not deployed)
REVIEW
Unsigned (DNSSEC not deployed)
Info::
DNSSEC is not deployed
The zone is not DNSSEC-signed. Users on validating resolvers (Cloudflare 1.1.1.1, Quad9 9.9.9.9, growing default in mobile resolvers) get no protection against DNS spoofing for this domain. Most registrars now offer DNSSEC at a single click; consider enabling it for sites where authenticity matters (banking, healthcare, government).
B
CAA Records
No CAA records (any CA may issue certificates)
REVIEW
No CAA records (any CA may issue certificates)
Info::
No CAA records published
Without CAA records, any publicly-trusted CA can issue certificates for this domain. Adding a CAA record (`yourdomain. IN CAA 0 issue "letsencrypt.org"`) restricts issuance to CAs you authorize. Required by CAB Forum baseline since 2017; the default of 'any CA' is widely supported but is the broader attack surface for issuance fraud.
B
Reverse DNS
0/1 IPs match cert SAN
REVIEW
0/1 IPs match cert SAN
Info::
PTR for 160.153.0.1 does not match any cert SAN: n1nlhg796c1796.shr.prod.ams1.secureserver.net
Common when behind a CDN or shared hosting (PTR points at the provider's hostname). Mismatch can also affect mail deliverability if this IP sends email -- many MTAs reject mail when forward+reverse DNS disagree.
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
Crawlability
no robots.txt, no sitemap
REVIEW
no robots.txt, no sitemap
Info::
No robots.txt found
robots.txt is optional but recommended. It tells search engine crawlers which pages to index.
Info::
No sitemap.xml found
A sitemap helps search engines discover and index your pages more efficiently.

robots.txt is optional but recommended. It tells search engine crawlers which pages to index.

Why this matters

No robots.txt — crawlers fetch /robots.txt and get 404; not breaking but means default crawl behavior with no directives or sitemap reference.

Learn more ▾

A minimal robots.txt with `User-agent: * / Allow: / / Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml` covers the basics. Without it, crawlers behave fine but lose the sitemap signal and can't be selectively blocked from crawl-traps.

Source: robotstxt.org

A sitemap helps search engines discover and index your pages more efficiently.

Why this matters

No sitemap.xml — Google relies on crawl-graph discovery alone, slowing indexing of deep or fresh URLs.

Learn more ▾

A sitemap accelerates Google's discovery of new and updated content. Most CMSes auto-generate one; static-site frameworks need a build-step plugin. Reference it from robots.txt and submit in Search Console to confirm Google can fetch it.

Source: sitemaps.org / Google Search Central

robots.txt No robots.txt found

No robots.txt found

This is fine for most sites — a missing robots.txt allows all crawling by default.

sitemap.xml No sitemap found

No sitemap found

Adding a sitemap helps search engines discover your pages.

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

Certificate validity

59
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
B
CDN & Delivery
Cloudflare
REVIEW
Cloudflare
Info::
Site is served via Cloudflare CDN (edge: MAD)
Got: cf-ray: a04aded92931e55b-MAD
CDN Detected: Cloudflare
Provider Cloudflare Evidence cf-ray: a04aded92931e55b-MAD
B
CDN Cache Observability
No CDN cache-status headers in the response
REVIEW
No CDN cache-status headers in the response
Info::
No CDN cache-status headers in the response
Without an X-Cache / CF-Cache-Status / X-Vercel-Cache / Age header, you can't tell from outside whether a request hit the cache or went to origin. Operationally important: enables debugging stale-content reports and verifying cache rules. Most managed CDN platforms emit at least one of these by default; absence often means the platform's diagnostic headers are stripped at an upstream proxy.
B
Operational Status Page
No status page link detected
REVIEW
No status page link detected
Info::
No operational status page link detected
Status pages communicate planned maintenance and incidents to users -- a hallmark of operationally-mature services. Most SaaS teams publish one via Atlassian Statuspage, Instatus, BetterUptime, or a self-hosted Cachet. Smaller sites legitimately don't need one; flagged as Info, not a failure.
A+
DNS Records
1 A records, 82 ms lookup
PASS
1 A records, 82 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 160.153.0.1
Info::
Single A record — no DNS redundancy
Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
8 nameserver(s) configured
Got: a6-66.akam.net, cns2.godaddy.com, cns1.godaddy.com, a8-67.akam.net, a11-64.akam.net, a1-245.akam.net, a9-67.akam.net, a20-65.akam.net
Info::
1 mail exchanger(s) configured
Info::
SPF record present in TXT
Info::
DNS resolution time: 82 ms
Got: 82 ms
A160.153.0.1
AAAA—
CNAME—
NSa6-66.akam.net, cns2.godaddy.com, cns1.godaddy.com, a8-67.akam.net, a11-64.akam.net, a1-245.akam.net, a9-67.akam.net, a20-65.akam.net
MX
0 godaddy-com.mail.protection.outlook.com
TXT
74kgo19jj7lrshufc9voqhitr1
google-site-verification=HUFIfAuQcl4c0V8lc7IZhit2UEFKQQVA838L7YIoCAY
IPROTA_D17829-XXX.TXT
lsugtvmirlfdu755r3uuavkrno
docusign=814dfd45-515d-4f50-90c2-0329708784a1
atlassian-sending-domain-verification=504ab315-6307-4433-b116-12ebd3dfb645
workplace-domain-verification=4j1W02nxHufCogCIti9IkDltMEmlD4
RBH9V8U0D0K9PIA701RL7MCUFR
adobe-idp-site-verification=2a5d58f1-1f72-48f5-9dee-65553c77beea
dropbox-domain-verification=xl2s10u0jrq0
google-site-verification=t7JT1iH2iscenNr74R-kgXPljL_ru6OPiT9RE8zDk04
7oZZbMavd5aj2djFeYFY58d1EAodffVMC9RJbSpi9zw4i8R9dVR+LZ4Xcdy4QNMH8t4G/bHO/yPVRxW9...
google-site-verification=FNmDNJn-QwxpQuTjV0NL1GsvP_v3riLSVBRYEKULjiA
cursor-domain-verification-cs43t2=5681wqVsZW0BpFHAWoz5dTftO
canva-site-verification=vVeL_6r5W4wyAmDjPe92hg
reforge-domain-verification-afrry7=K0ANzvOzFGFmHOdOqyXI4HFNp
google-site-verification=4UXU2jOvhT_Q_hUt_Mn97Pgkta7HB7Y6f8xo8KKwXHc
anthropic-domain-verification-wav1c9=fA8Wgnirk2OQgjNkWMsJE6oPe
google-site-verification=0UJ0HlvzwhMwV0bS0FNTyUXXWdfXw94mk4PaLgDpr24
atlassian-domain-verification=0FFz3ZaXmdxD7yHY5Q/nI2dnLHDM5Zi0tdvyuYN1JFWq3UIZMf...
openai-domain-verification=dv-T83w1LIPbiVRivc4A3hY5B0R
mailru-verification: 51155022e43530db
v=BIMI1; l=https://vmc.digicert.com/20195c6a-5b6d-45ff-8eec-cbb5e60801dd.svg; a=...
mgverify=6087be40f70e4c3ee3721081bb9a9a4af6edacf568053026e98e9ecceacf632e
perplexity-ai-domain-verification-8dhcjn=rSM9bi5hvN1XdhaG43zXiINij
mgverify=d0f1838e5c6e0bb6c7a00c895e3849b23839687e87015188ac0e4f767be6c173
gf1bnvgsl5bmekl6e1mke3c46c
dropbox-domain-verification=37xv10onz5ng
apple-domain-verification=gQKC3eLuUdntRagJ
UCAKWQI9OUVXRQA63I7IBCHLELCI8YBIT07VXA4R
41g3tbd5l406i30iv0f6uqqqlt
SPF v=spf1 include:spf-0.godaddy.com -all
MS=ms83569812
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 82 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

A+
Subdomain Takeover
No subdomain takeover risk detected
PASS
No subdomain takeover risk detected
Info::
No CNAME record present
A+
Multi-Resolver DNS Speed
Mean 11ms across 3 resolvers (spread 17ms)
PASS
Mean 11ms across 3 resolvers (spread 17ms)
Info::
Quad9: 0ms
Got: 0ms via 9.9.9.9:53
Info::
Google: 16ms
Got: 16ms via 8.8.8.8:53
Info::
Cloudflare: 17ms
Got: 17ms via 1.1.1.1:53
A
Redirect Chain
1 redirect(s), 66 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 66 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://godaddy.com → https://www.godaddy.com/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect

https://godaddy.com

13 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.godaddy.com/

53 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://godaddy.com30113 msHTTP/1.1cloudflare
2https://www.godaddy.com/40353 msHTTP/1.1AkamaiGHost

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+
URL Variants
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
PASS
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
Info::
HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS

www / non-www

403https://www.godaddy.com/
200https://godaddy.com/

HTTP → HTTPS

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

Consistent

A+
Domain Intelligence
godaddy.com — via GoDaddy.com, LLC, 27 years, 7 months old, hosted on Cloudflare
PASS
godaddy.com — via GoDaddy.com, LLC, 27 years, 7 months old, hosted on Cloudflare
Info::
Domain registered until Nov 1, 2032 (6 years, 6 months remaining)
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: GoDaddy.com, LLC
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: Cloudflare
Got: AS209242
Domain expiry

2342 days

November 1, 2032

SSL certificate

59 days

Issued by Google Trust Services

Domain age

27 years, 7 months

Registered March 2, 1999

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Cloudflare

ASN AS209242

160.153.0.1

Registrar

GoDaddy.com, LLC

Unlocked 8 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 GoDaddy.com, LLC
Created March 2, 1999 (27 years, 7 months ago)
Expires November 1, 2032 (6 years, 6 months)
Last Updated October 26, 2023
Name Servers a1-245.akam.net, a11-64.akam.net, a20-65.akam.net, a6-66.akam.net, a8-67.akam.net, a9-67.akam.net, cns1.godaddy.com, cns2.godaddy.com
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 160.153.0.1
ASN AS209242 (CLOUDFLARESPECTRUM - Cloudflare London, LLC, US)
Provider Cloudflare
Data source: rdap (0.5s)

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 31 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
18 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.
8 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
32 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
32 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 18 ms TCP Connect 1 ms TLS Handshake 8 ms Server Processing 5 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
A+
Health Check Endpoint
Auth-protected health endpoint at https://godaddy.com/health (HTTP 403)
PASS
Auth-protected health endpoint at https://godaddy.com/health (HTTP 403)
Info::
Auth-protected health endpoint exposed at https://godaddy.com/health
Got: https://godaddy.com/health
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