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
CURL VariantsActionwww/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPSREVIEW
www / non-www
Inconsistent — duplicate content risk
HTTP → HTTPS
Use 301 (permanent) instead of 302 (temporary)
BTLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations91 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 Records2 A records, 55 ms lookupPASS
| A | 75.2.66.107, 99.83.244.182 |
| AAAA | — |
| CNAME | — |
| NS | ns-3.ksu.edu, ns-1.ksu.edu, ns-2.ksu.edu |
| MX | 0 kstate-edu0c.mail.protection.outlook.com |
| TXT | docusign=1087b74b-d55e-4662-be5c-99b3164073d0 00 ORG-name: Kansas State University google-site-verification=OWJ3U2sxVoMnJUuNNVsjJp7-jMGJod7c7kO9D03xc40 atlassian-domain-verification=ObS4hJCAaArQWYK4LMenWwezcxgxURCb2i0qziKOPgDQS9ceGJ... docusign=a4900f33-e1c3-47ec-b222-7b191e616975 rovag_verification_token=911F4B95DD754612A44D16266307F6A8 7d3ef18628d8d437bd13d459e3af296caf331830d7204a8e4b google-site-verification=rni7AlTEjKeTvx-fYeTSFX5k4W4QwbhyVNJfsG2XFI0 SPF v=spf1 ip4:129.130.200.0/24 ip4:129.130.18.151 include:spf.protection.outlook.co... |
| CAA | Lookup not available with standard resolver |
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), 111 ms totalPASS
https://k-state.edu
62 ms · HTTP/1.1
https://www.k-state.edu/
49 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL
| # | URL | Status | Time | Protocol | Server |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | https://k-state.edu | 301 | 62 ms | HTTP/1.1 | Apache/2.4.66 () OpenSSL/1.0.2k-fips mod_wsgi/3.4 Python/3.7.16 mod_apreq2-20101207/2.8.1 |
| 2 | https://www.k-state.edu/ | 200 | 49 ms | HTTP/1.1 | Apache/2.4.66 () OpenSSL/1.0.2k-fips mod_wsgi/3.4 Python/3.7.16 mod_apreq2-20101207/2.8.1 |
See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →
A+Crawlabilityrobots.txt present, sitemap with 50000 URLsPASS
Add a 'Sitemap:' directive to robots.txt so search engines can discover your sitemap.
robots.txt omits Sitemap: directive — crawlers must fetch /sitemap.xml by convention; reliable but missing the explicit hint.
Source: sitemaps.org
#
# Robot exclusion file for K-State
#
# If you are a web publisher at K-State, and would like to have
# some of your documents not available to robots, please contact
# webservices@k-state.edu.
#
# For more information about robots and what they do, see
# http://www.robotstxt.org/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robots.txt
User-agent: *
Disallow: /KSU_resources/
Disallow: */ksu-resources/ou/
Disallow: /2025-archive
Disallow: /assessment/data-surveys/archive
Disallow: */dev/
Disallow: */test/
Disallow: /archive/
# Disallow the list of all updated files.
Disallow: /search/new/autonew.html
# Disallow anything that has a URL redirect to another location.
# They are indexed under their new name rather than the old.
Disallow: /Directories/ksudepts.html
Disallow: /its/development/
Disallow: /dept_links.html
Disallow: /gen_interest.html
Disallow: /mhk_area_info.html
Disallow: /courses/web-classes.html
Disallow: /creating-home-page.html
Disallow: /aboutuni/copyright.html
Disallow: /aboutuni/help.html
Disallow: /aboutuni/new
Disallow: /wp-query.html
Disallow: /mainemnu.html
Disallow: /welcome.html
Disallow: /admit/viewbook
#Disallow: /internet2
Disallow: /cns_info
#Disallow: /infotech
Disallow: /training
Disallow: /classes
Disallow: /course
Disallow: /ksufcu
Disallow: /sthlt
Disallow: /afact
Disallow: /audit
Disallow: /hrser
Disallow: /jl57
Disallow: /recc
Disallow: /isle
Disallow: /smf
Disallow: /cfc
Disallow: /reg/
Disallow: /blog-feeds/
Disallow: /univpub/
Disallow: /registrar/backup/
Disallow: /registrar/a_r/backup/
Disallow: /registrar/c_d/oldgrad/
Disallow: /registrar/dars/slideshow/backup/
Disallow: /registrar/enroll/backup/
Disallow: /registrar/faqs/backup/
Disallow: /registrar/ferpa/backup/
Disallow: /registrar/t_v/backup/
Disallow: /registrar/unpublished/
Disallow: /registrar/internal/
Disallow: /registrar/statistics/tabs/
Disallow: /safety-new/
# Data files that should never be retrieved
Disallow: /Directories/lsdcodes-save.html
Disallow: /Directories/qsearch.data
Disallow: /Directories/qsearch-save.data
Disallow: /cns/newsletter/
Disallow: /InfoTech/news/tuesday/archive/2001
Disallow: /InfoTech/news/tuesday/archive/2002
Disallow: /InfoTech/news/tuesday/archive/2003
Disallow: /cns/announce/199
Disallow: /cns/announce/2001
Disallow: /cns/announce/2002
Disallow: /cns/announce/2003
Disallow: /elp/univdept
Disallow: /courses/fall2020/
# Remove all eventview because it might be causing load problems and will soon
# be replaced.
Disallow: /cgi-bin/eventview
# No reason to index our Maven repository
Disallow: /repository/
Disallow: /maps2011/
# Somehow Bing started indexing using a path after the filename, e.g.:
# /media/k-statement/main.html/vol30/vol32/vol31/vol31/vol32/vol30/vol30/vol31/vol30/vol30/vol31/vol31/
Disallow: /media/k-statement/main.html/vol
Disallow: /media/k-statement/main.html/aboutus
# Google has gotten ahold of https://www.k-state.edu/uas
Disallow: /uas
# Lots of keywords in this data file:
Disallow: /admissions/js/majors.js
# Old PDF guides
Disallow: /admissions/guides/
# Parking instructions that apply to a small subset of people
Disallow: /admissions/cvparking/
# Archived department heads info that has confused people
Disallow: /dh/archive/
Disallow: /media/WEB
Disallow: /media/Web
Disallow: /ksis/intranet
Disallow: /campaign/
Disallow: /today/tipsheet/
Disallow: /today/tuesday/
Disallow: /challenges/development/
# No reason to index these data feed files
Disallow: /calendar/export/
Disallow: /behemoth/export/
# Old names -- content is available on a new URL.
Disallow: /isis/
#Disallow: /nonviolence/
# Mediasite administration, per Brandon, INC0298413
Disallow: /mediasite/admin/
# 2017 homepage preview
Disallow: /preview/
Disallow: *index-old*
Disallow: *old-template*
Disallow: /webservices/reports/
Disallow: /webservices/dev/
Disallow: /check2018
Disallow: /band/login/pride/
Disallow: */secure/
Disallow: /*.inc
Disallow: /home/index-dev/
Disallow: /access-opportunity/resources/committees/
Disallow: /access-opportunity/resources/support-request/
Disallow: /gender-equity/
# New sites
Disallow: /cardio-device/
Disallow: /hashemi-lab/
Disallow: /news/articles/*.xml$
A+Domain Intelligencek-state.edu — 29 years, 4 months old, hosted on AWSPASS
410 days
July 31, 2027
91 days
Issued by Internet2
29 years, 4 months
Registered May 2, 1997
Status unknown
Protects against DNS spoofing
AWS
ASN AS16509
99.83.244.182
Registrar unknown