Infrastructure
· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.DCDN & DeliveryActionNo CDN detectedFIX
Consider using a CDN to improve global delivery speed and reduce origin load.
CIPv6 ReadinessActionNo IPv6 supportREVIEW
IPv6 support is increasingly important for global accessibility. About 40% of internet users have IPv6 connectivity.
No AAAA records — same impact as 'no IPv6 (AAAA) records'; IPv6-preferring clients pay extra latency falling back to IPv4.
Source: Google IPv6 stats
BURL Variantswww/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPSREVIEW
www / non-www
Inconsistent — duplicate content risk
HTTP → HTTPS
Consistent
BTLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations161 days until leaf cert expires — 4 issues to addressREVIEW
Certificate validity
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 Records1 A records, 35 ms lookupPASS
| A | 18.133.51.167 |
| AAAA | — |
| CNAME | — |
| NS | ns4.ja.net, ns2.manchester.ac.uk, ns1.manchester.ac.uk |
| MX | 10 mxa-0053d701.gslb.pphosted.com 10 mxb-0053d701.gslb.pphosted.com |
| TXT | globalsign-domain-verification=C4BF0E79BF41F98B9B6FCA2F19185016 have-i-been-pwned-verification=dweb_kne1y9modsxhzj7iyn4x33yr SPF v=spf1 include:%{ir}.%{v}.%{d}.spf.has.pphosted.com include:servers.ebsnd.com ~a... klaviyo-site-verification=WBwv7U IrtxI7j8sGpIVRkg15wwbxd1zm4HSSRvPiJW24tWkcLe/fGgf8RUCIAFQGZ9v0j3jA7raPRUhNrLgotC... bw=OON2mN4yVYjYhqJ269Kjx1utEoxFXrZIQJW9OAFnvQ7k duo_sso_verification=c5z5IvYVnNPfYvRklpnKKSNk1nAapRFNlHD0lXjsxOptecJeaGFQ7YhweUi... atlassian-domain-verification=DTclkewWdE4wjvI/3OSjwuSCRTV41v/RPZyYKRnHGkSpgMIoIv... hcp-domain-verification=d195396d1af0e50f07cd2822981682aaa8bdcb456cf5af2ebc091d26... klaviyo-site-verification=UXLTcK google-site-verification=bCMX5_dpJPxRLyMi9sSLkfHTC8Eytw0V9ABPnFNWP5E google-gws-recovery-domain-verification=55206467 hibp-verify=dweb_3ukwusushj4ir5oeayz3tl7r |
| CAA | Lookup not available with standard resolver |
Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.
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.
Informational: CAA (Certification Authority Authorization) records weren't checked in this scan.
ARedirect Chain1 redirect(s), 271 ms totalPASS
https://manchester.ac.uk
105 ms · HTTP/1.1
https://www.manchester.ac.uk/
166 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL
| # | URL | Status | Time | Protocol | Server |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | https://manchester.ac.uk | 301 | 105 ms | HTTP/1.1 | Apache/2.4.62 () OpenSSL/1.0.2k-fips PHP/5.4.16 |
| 2 | https://www.manchester.ac.uk/ | 200 | 166 ms | HTTP/1.1 | Apache |
See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →
A+Crawlabilityrobots.txt present, sitemap with 8 URLsPASS
User-agent: *
Disallow: /_contentlibrary/
Disallow: /medialibrary/
Allow: /medialibrary/assets/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /AllianceReport2020
Disallow: /studentsupportreport2020
Disallow: /study/humanities-campaigns/
Disallow: /study/masters/humanities-campaigns/
Disallow: /study/undergraduate/fse-campaigns/
Disallow: /study/undergraduate/humanities-campaigns/
Sitemap: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/sitemap-index.xml
- https://www.manchester.ac.uk/sitemap-mai...
- https://www.manchester.ac.uk/sitemap-new...
- https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/under...
- https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/under...
- https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/maste...
- https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/postg...
- https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/maste...
- https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/postg...
A+Domain Intelligencemanchester.ac.uk — via No registrar listed. This domain is directly registered with Nominet., hosted on AWSPASS
Unknown
161 days
Issued by Sectigo Limited
Unknown
Status unknown
Protects against DNS spoofing
AWS
ASN AS16509
18.133.51.167
No registrar listed. This domain is directly registered with Nominet.
Expiry timeline
Recommended actions
- Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) to block unauthorized domain transfers
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.
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