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· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
80
GRADE
B
FIX
1
REVIEW
4
PASS
4
INFO
0
Probed from Madrid, Spain
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
4 PASS 4 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
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.

C
URL Variants
Action
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
Warning::
HTTP→HTTPS redirect uses 302 instead of 301
Got: 302 temporary redirect Expected: 301 permanent redirect

www / non-www

200https://www.gnome.org/
200https://gnome.org/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

302http://gnome.org/ https://gnome.org/

Use 301 (permanent) instead of 302 (temporary)

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

Certificate validity

75
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

  • Enable HSTS: Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
  • Enable OCSP stapling on your TLS server to remove a CA roundtrip and protect user privacy
A+
DNS Records
1 A records, 38 ms lookup
PASS
1 A records, 38 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 54.159.220.243
Info::
Single A record — no DNS redundancy
Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
4 nameserver(s) configured
Got: dns54.cloudns.net, dns51.cloudns.net, dns52.cloudns.net, dns53.cloudns.net
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: 38 ms
Got: 38 ms
A54.159.220.243
AAAA
CNAME
NSdns54.cloudns.net, dns51.cloudns.net, dns52.cloudns.net, dns53.cloudns.net
MX
10 smtp.gnome.org
TXT
SPF v=spf1 a:smtp.gnome.org -all
MS=ms80787754
google-site-verification=JZGVWuSiIO-PViWsZUhZLKastco1zdl_nmrHkNO0QbI
google-site-verification=CERH6P8oe_jgCNAsVY7ZnHJba1Csf2hHJ779kJPtXKA
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 38 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

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), 745 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 745 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://gnome.org → https://www.gnome.org/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect
Info::
Redirect overhead: 745 ms total
Got: 745 ms

https://gnome.org

291 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.gnome.org/

454 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://gnome.org301291 msHTTP/1.1nginx/1.26.3
2https://www.gnome.org/200454 msHTTP/1.1nginx/1.29.8

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+
Domain Intelligence
gnome.org — via Gandi SAS, 29 years, 1 months old, hosted on AWS
PASS
gnome.org — via Gandi SAS, 29 years, 1 months old, hosted on AWS
Info::
Domain registered until Jul 22, 2026 (3 months remaining)
Info::
DNSSEC is enabled
Info::
Registrar: Gandi SAS
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: AS14618
Domain expiry

6 days

July 22, 2026

SSL certificate

75 days

Issued by Let's Encrypt

Domain age

29 years, 1 months

Registered July 23, 1997

DNSSEC

Enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

AWS

ASN AS14618

54.159.220.243

Registrar

Gandi SAS

Unlocked 4 NS records
Expiry timeline
Today
+1 year
Domain expiry SSL expiry Danger zone (≤30 days)
Recommended actions
  • Renew the domain or enable auto-renewal to prevent accidental expiry
  • Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) to block unauthorized domain transfers
Registrar Gandi SAS
Created July 23, 1997 (29 years, 1 months ago)
Expires July 22, 2026 (3 months)
Last Updated May 28, 2025
Name Servers dns51.cloudns.net, dns52.cloudns.net, dns53.cloudns.net, dns54.cloudns.net
DNSSEC Enabled
Hosting
IP Address 54.159.220.243
ASN AS14618 (AMAZON-AES - Amazon.com, Inc., US)
Provider AWS
Data source: rdap (0.7s)

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 327 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
39 ms
TCP Connect TCP Connect — time to establish a TCP connection to the server.
95 ms
TLS Handshake TLS Handshake — time to complete the HTTPS encryption handshake.
98 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
328 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
328 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 39 ms TCP Connect 95 ms TLS Handshake 98 ms Server Processing 96 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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