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.
BRedirect Chain1 redirect(s), 1494 ms totalREVIEW
https://inaturalist.org
849 ms · HTTP/1.1
https://www.inaturalist.org/
645 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL
| # | URL | Status | Time | Protocol | Server |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | https://inaturalist.org | 301 | 849 ms | HTTP/1.1 | nginx |
| 2 | https://www.inaturalist.org/ | 200 | 645 ms | HTTP/1.1 | cloudflare |
See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →
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
BCrawlabilityrobots.txt present, no sitemapREVIEW
A sitemap helps search engines discover and index your pages more efficiently.
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
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
# As a condition of accessing this website, you agree to abide by the following
# content signals:
# (a) If a Content-Signal = yes, you may collect content for the corresponding
# use.
# (b) If a Content-Signal = no, you may not collect content for the
# corresponding use.
# (c) If the website operator does not include a Content-Signal for a
# corresponding use, the website operator neither grants nor restricts
# permission via Content-Signal with respect to the corresponding use.
# The content signals and their meanings are:
# search: building a search index and providing search results (e.g., returning
# hyperlinks and short excerpts from your website's contents). Search does not
# include providing AI-generated search summaries.
# ai-input: inputting content into one or more AI models (e.g., retrieval
# augmented generation, grounding, or other real-time taking of content for
# generative AI search answers).
# ai-train: training or fine-tuning AI models.
# ANY RESTRICTIONS EXPRESSED VIA CONTENT SIGNALS ARE EXPRESS RESERVATIONS OF
# RIGHTS UNDER ARTICLE 4 OF THE EUROPEAN UNION DIRECTIVE 2019/790 ON COPYRIGHT
# AND RELATED RIGHTS IN THE DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET.
# BEGIN Cloudflare Managed content
User-agent: *
Content-Signal: search=yes,ai-train=no
Allow: /
User-agent: Amazonbot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Disallow: /
User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /
User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: CloudflareBrowserRenderingCrawler
Disallow: /
User-agent: Google-Extended
Disallow: /
User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: meta-externalagent
Disallow: /
# END Cloudflare Managed Content
User-agent: *
Disallow: /calendar/
Disallow: /observations?
Disallow: /observations/?
Disallow: /observations.csv
Disallow: /observations.csv?
Disallow: /places/wikipedia/*
Disallow: /taxa/search
Disallow: /taxa/search?
Disallow: /*?
Disallow: /taxa/*/description$
Disallow: /taxa/*/map_layers$
Disallow: /listed_taxa/*
Disallow: /lifelists/*
Disallow: *.atom*
Disallow: *.csv*
Disallow: *.json*
Disallow: *page=*
Disallow: /*?
User-agent: ia_archiver
User-agent: Twitterbot
Disallow:
User-agent: AI2Bot
User-agent: anthropic-ai
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
User-agent: Bytespider
User-agent: CCBot
User-agent: Claude-Web
User-agent: ClaudeBot
User-agent: cohere-ai
User-agent: Diffbot
User-agent: dotbot
User-agent: FacebookBot
User-agent: Google-Extended
User-agent: GPTBot
User-agent: Kangaroo Bot
User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
User-agent: omgili
User-agent: Timpibot
User-agent: Webzio-Extended
User-agent: ChatGLM-Spider
Disallow: /
No sitemap found
Adding a sitemap helps search engines discover your pages.
BURL Variantswww/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPSREVIEW
www / non-www
Inconsistent — duplicate content risk
HTTP → HTTPS
Consistent
BHTTP Probe TimingTotal 851 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdownREVIEW
Connection waterfall
BTLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations215 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
ADNS Records1 A records, 217 ms lookupPASS
| A | 20.69.173.116 |
| AAAA | — |
| CNAME | — |
| NS | ns3.slicehost.net, ns2.slicehost.net, ns1.slicehost.net |
| MX | 10 ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM 20 ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM 20 ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM 30 ASPMX3.GOOGLEMAIL.COM 30 ASPMX2.GOOGLEMAIL.COM 30 ASPMX5.GOOGLEMAIL.COM 30 ASPMX4.GOOGLEMAIL.COM |
| TXT | SPF v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:em3891.inaturalist.org -all google-site-verification=flCGrmXAfNRjXdNNmDRLgbE0XHOHguuFhh1twJN6TVM google-site-verification=k6GBIUqmCWQ2wvsoUwfCNxKEpI7wCDC4mWEHV4CmBe8 brave-ledger-verification=7ba141ed7fb3da81ce9c8024846162bd1c4fc09ae4487a6e5edda3... google-site-verification=0uVQBRm-d9J8Jc2SIFTEUC_TTkdcnhssqMX8ral6n7w |
| 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.
Slow DNS adds latency to every page load. Consider a faster DNS provider.
DNS resolution is slow — anycast DNS providers (Cloudflare, Route 53) typically resolve <50ms globally.
Source: DNS performance benchmarks
A+Domain Intelligenceinaturalist.org — via Network Solutions, LLC, 21 years, 8 months old, hosted on Microsoft AzurePASS
1582 days
November 16, 2030
215 days
Issued by Sectigo Limited
21 years, 8 months
Registered November 16, 2004
Not enabled
Protects against DNS spoofing
Microsoft Azure
ASN AS8075
20.69.173.116
Network Solutions, LLC
Expiry timeline
Recommended actions
- Enable DNSSEC to protect visitors from DNS spoofing
- Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) to block unauthorized domain transfers
DNSSEC protects against DNS spoofing attacks. While not required, enabling DNSSEC adds an additional layer of security. Contact your DNS provider to enable it.
Without DNSSEC, an attacker who can poison your DNS can hijack your domain — and SSL certs alone don't stop them.
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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.
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