Infrastructure - https://wvu.edu BeaverCheck Audit

D

CDN & Delivery

Action

No CDN detected

FIX

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

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

URL Variants

www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS

REVIEW

www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS

Both www and non-www versions serve content

Got: Both variants return 200 Expected: One variant 301-redirects to the other

HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS

www / non-www

200https://www.wvu.edu/

200https://wvu.edu/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://wvu.edu/ → https://wvu.edu:443/

Consistent

B

TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations

162 days until leaf cert expires — 4 issues to address

REVIEW

Certificate validity

162

days left

0d 30d 60d 90d+

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 Records

1 A records, 123 ms lookup

PASS

1 A records, 123 ms lookup

Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)

Got: 75.2.40.207

Single A record — no DNS redundancy

Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.

No IPv6 (AAAA) records

3 nameserver(s) configured

Got: ns10.wvu.edu, ns2.wvu.edu, names.wvu.edu

1 mail exchanger(s) configured

CAA records not checked

CAA record lookup requires a specialized DNS resolver. This check will be available in a future update.

SPF record present in TXT

DNS resolution time: 123 ms

Got: 123 ms

A	75.2.40.207
AAAA	—
CNAME	—
NS	ns10.wvu.edu, ns2.wvu.edu, names.wvu.edu
MX	0 wvu-edu.mail.protection.outlook.com
TXT	teamviewer-sso-verification=1623ac69a4d14f33bfe018dee7500558 SPF v=spf1 mx include:spf.wvu.edu include:mh.blackboard.com ~all mt-19261910 adobe-idp-site-verification=437b94aae00815474f98e82766908d0eb2d451f85bb5be227164... google-site-verification=2efFFg2owL7lsGEwOty4MaCem30GC9UQGxKGj1EwIx8 facebook-domain-verification=lf0fp9kylfnw888xaruut1v6yklv4g atlassian-domain-verification=COqg7MW8yoEzTbTAo9wyITKSqGmPK8IFqXo4u/gM9yAzrNYf0Q... MS=ms49618562
CAA	Lookup not available with standard resolver

Resolved in 123 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), 962 ms total

PASS

1 redirect(s), 962 ms total

Single redirect

Got: https://wvu.edu → https://www.wvu.edu/ (301)

WWW normalization redirect

Redirect overhead: 962 ms total

Got: 962 ms

https://wvu.edu

415 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.wvu.edu/

547 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#	URL	Status	Time	Protocol	Server
1	https://wvu.edu	301	415 ms	HTTP/1.1	awselb/2.0
2	https://www.wvu.edu/	200	547 ms	HTTP/1.1

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+

Crawlability

robots.txt present, sitemap with 944 URLs

PASS

robots.txt present, sitemap with 944 URLs

robots.txt is present

Got: 3665 bytes

sitemap.xml is present

sitemap.xml is valid XML

sitemap.xml contains 944 entries

robots.txt references sitemap

robots.txt 200 OK

Size 3665 B Sitemaps referenced 1 User-agents * Blocking No — crawling allowed

Sitemap: https://www.wvu.edu/sitemap.xml

User-agent: *

Disallow: /404.html
Disallow: /404/


Disallow: /events/new-student-orientation/registered/hotel-partners/

Disallow: /events/new-student-orientation/registered/

Disallow: /events/junior-open-house/

Disallow: /events/junior-open-house/registered/

Disallow: /events/junior-open-house/registered/1000/

Disallow: /events/junior-open-house/registered/915/

Disallow: /events/welcomeweek/activities/

Disallow: /events/alumni-educator/

Disallow: /campaigns/academics/swpa/

Disallow: /campaigns/apply-now/

Disallow: /events/new-student-orientation/orientation-leaders/hiring/

Disallow: /campaigns/experience/student-support/

Disallow: /admissions/admits/first-time-freshmen/dining/

Disallow: /events/counselors-and-partners-event/

Disallow: /admissions/videos/prospects/academic-environment/

Disallow: /admissions/videos/apply/purpose/

Disallow: /events/distinguished-scholars/

Disallow: /draft/draft-home-2/

Disallow: /draft/draft-home-5/

Disallow: /draft/draft-home/

Disallow: /draft/draft-home-3/

Disallow: /campaigns/experience/facilities/

Disallow: /campaigns/families/facilities/

Disallow: /campaigns/families/resources/

Disallow: /admissions/resources/families/

Disallow: /campaigns/experience/outdoors/

Disallow: /campaigns/experience/student-orgs/

Disallow: /campaigns/experience/wellness/

Disallow: /campaigns/experience/student-organizations/

Disallow: /campaigns/experience/athletics/

Disallow: /campaigns/academics/research/

Disallow: /campaigns/experience/request-information/

Disallow: /campaigns/juniors/explore-majors/

Disallow: /campaigns/academics/scholarships/

Disallow: /campaigns/academics/financial-aid-wv/

Disallow: /admissions/scholarships/first-time-freshmen/how-to-apply/

Disallow: /campaigns/link-expired/

Disallow: /campaigns/academics/majors/

Disallow: /admissions/scholarships/merit-deadline-frequently-asked-questions/

Disallow: /events/military-service-day/

Disallow: /admissions/scholarships/first-time-freshmen/ways-to-save/

Disallow: /campaigns/academics/outcomes/

Disallow: /events/new-student-orientation/basecamp/family-activities/

Disallow: /events/new-student-orientation/basecamp/common-questions/

Disallow: /events/new-student-orientation/basecamp/packing/

Disallow: /campaigns/families/outcomes/

Disallow: /events/new-student-orientation/registered/in-person/

Disallow: /events/junior-open-house/registered/830/

Disallow: /admissions/admits/referral/

Disallow: /campaigns/families/research/

Disallow: /events/welcomeweek/resources/

Disallow: /campaigns/academics/robotics/

Disallow: /campaigns/admits/pay-academic-deposit/

Disallow: /campaigns/families/scholarships/

Disallow: /campaigns/experience/multitudes/

Disallow: /campaigns/experience/resources/

Disallow: /events/summer-camps/

Disallow: /campaigns/thank-you/

Disallow: /campaigns/experience/student-life/

Disallow: /campaigns/juniors/inquiries/student-life/

Disallow: /admissions/scholarships/first-time-freshmen/update/

Disallow: /admissions/videos/academic-environment/

Disallow: /admissions/videos/mountaineer-experience/

Disallow: /admissions/videos/parents/academic-environment/

Disallow: /admissions/videos/parents/mountaineer-experience/

Disallow: /admissions/videos/prospects/experience-prospects/

Disallow: /admissions/videos/prospects/welcome-prospects/

Disallow: /admissions/videos/welcome-week/

Disallow: /campaigns/experience/fit/

Disallow: /campaigns/experience/living-learning-communities/

Disallow: /events/welcomeweek/faq/

Disallow: /campaigns/families/wellbeing/

Disallow: /campaigns/piaa/

Disallow: /social/wvu-stories/

sitemap.xml 200 OK

Type URL Set URLs 944 entries Valid XML Yes

Sample URLs:

A+

Domain Intelligence

wvu.edu — 34 years, 4 months old, hosted on AWS

PASS

wvu.edu — 34 years, 4 months old, hosted on AWS

Domain registered until Jul 31, 2027 (1 years, 3 months remaining)

Hosting: AWS

Got: AS16509

Domain expiry

412 days

July 31, 2027

SSL certificate

162 days

Issued by Amazon

Domain age

34 years, 4 months

Registered May 28, 1992

DNSSEC

Status unknown

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

AWS

ASN AS16509

75.2.40.207

Registrar

Registrar unknown

Lock status unknown 3 NS records

Expiry timeline

Today

+1 year

Domain expiry SSL expiry Danger zone (≤30 days)

Registrar

Created May 28, 1992 (34 years, 4 months ago)

Expires July 31, 2027 (1 years, 3 months)

Last Updated January 27, 2026

Name Servers ns2.wvu.edu, names.wvu.edu, ns10.wvu.edu

Registrant West Virginia University

Hosting

IP Address 75.2.40.207

ASN AS16509 (AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US)

Provider AWS

Data source: whois (0.9s)

A

HTTP Probe Timing

Total 550 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown

PASS

DNS Lookup

113 ms

TCP Connect

1 ms

TLS Handshake

301 ms

Time to First Byte

550 ms

Total Time

550 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 113 ms TCP Connect 1 ms TLS Handshake 301 ms Server Processing 136 ms Content Transfer 0 ms