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· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
85
GRADE
B
FIX
1
REVIEW
3
PASS
5
INFO
0
Probed from Madrid, Spain
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
5 PASS 3 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
URL Variants
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
Info::
HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS

www / non-www

200https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/
200https://gamblingcommission.gov.uk/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://gamblingcommission.gov.uk/ https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/

Consistent

C
TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations
Action
19 days until leaf cert expires — 4 issues to address
REVIEW

Certificate validity

19
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+
Renew soon — under 30 days remaining

Recommended actions

  • Renew certificate — 19 days remaining
  • 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, 88 ms lookup
PASS
1 A records, 88 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 20.50.105.119
Info::
Single A record — no DNS redundancy
Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
2 nameserver(s) configured
Got: nsb.ukwebsolutionsdirect.com, nsa.ukwebsolutionsdirect.com
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: 88 ms
Got: 88 ms
A20.50.105.119
AAAA
CNAME
NSnsb.ukwebsolutionsdirect.com, nsa.ukwebsolutionsdirect.com
MX
10 gamblingcommission-gov-uk.mail.protection.outlook.com
TXT
508iash9a4csddur6c45qg5uov
SPF v=spf1 ip4:212.49.193.109 ip4:212.49.193.107 ip4:167.89.39.15 include:spf.protec...
_845iki1jejny1d1ylbiwjp7w33i1sj8
a7falniaipib24fm39ujlcqd5
_d9p565980jse9odti7jt94bxzodtlri
usd18m5otadr5ukeso9jejq1pq
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 88 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), 243 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 243 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://gamblingcommission.gov.uk → https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect

https://gamblingcommission.gov.uk

75 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/

168 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://gamblingcommission.gov.uk30175 msHTTP/1.1Microsoft-Azure-Application-Gateway/v2
2https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/200168 msHTTP/1.1

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 4 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 4 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 219 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 4 entries
Info::
Sitemap index with 4 child sitemaps
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap
robots.txt 200 OK
Size 219 B Sitemaps referenced 1 User-agents * Blocking No — crawling allowed
User-agent: *

Allow: /

Disallow: /about-us/transparency/html/corporate-strategy-2021-to-2024

Disallow: /about-us/guide/our-strategy-for-the-next-three-years

Sitemap: https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/sitemap.xml
A
Domain Intelligence
gamblingcommission.gov.uk — via UK Web.Solutions Direct Limited, 21 years, 2 months old, hosted on Microsoft Azure
PASS
gamblingcommission.gov.uk — via UK Web.Solutions Direct Limited, 21 years, 2 months old, hosted on Microsoft Azure
Warning::
Domain expires in 49 days
Consider enabling auto-renewal to prevent accidental expiration.
Got: Expires Jun 10, 2026
Info::
DNSSEC is not enabled
DNSSEC protects against DNS spoofing attacks. While not required, enabling DNSSEC adds an additional layer of security. Contact your DNS provider to enable it.
Info::
Registrar: UK Web.Solutions Direct Limited
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: Microsoft Azure
Got: AS8075
Domain expiry

EXPIRED

June 10, 2026

SSL certificate

19 days

Issued by GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Domain age

21 years, 2 months

Registered June 10, 2005

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Microsoft Azure

ASN AS8075

20.50.105.119

Registrar

UK Web.Solutions Direct Limited

Unlocked 2 NS records
Expiry timeline
Today
+1 year
Domain expiry SSL expiry Danger zone (≤30 days)
Recommended actions
  • Domain has EXPIRED — renew immediately to avoid total site outage
  • Renew the TLS certificate or verify auto-renewal is working
  • Enable DNSSEC to protect visitors from DNS spoofing
  • Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) to block unauthorized domain transfers
Registrar UK Web.Solutions Direct Limited
Created June 10, 2005 (21 years, 2 months ago)
Expires June 10, 2026 (1 months)
Last Updated June 10, 2025
Name Servers nsa.ukwebsolutionsdirect.com, nsb.ukwebsolutionsdirect.com
DNSSEC Not enabled
Registrant Town Clerk
Hosting
IP Address 20.50.105.119
ASN AS8075 (MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK - Microsoft Corporation, US)
Provider Microsoft Azure
Data source: rdap (0.5s)

Consider enabling auto-renewal to prevent accidental expiration.

Why this matters

Domain expiry approaching — renew immediately and ensure auto-renew + alerting are configured.

Source: ICANN renewal policy

DNSSEC protects against DNS spoofing attacks. While not required, enabling DNSSEC adds an additional layer of security. Contact your DNS provider to enable it.

Why this matters

Without DNSSEC, an attacker who can poison your DNS can hijack your domain — and SSL certs alone don't stop them.

Learn more

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.

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

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 67 ms TCP Connect 25 ms TLS Handshake 25 ms Server Processing 24 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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