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), 1205 ms totalREVIEW
https://thestar.com.my
94 ms · HTTP/1.1
https://www.thestar.com.my/
1111 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL
| # | URL | Status | Time | Protocol | Server |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | https://thestar.com.my | 301 | 94 ms | HTTP/1.1 | openresty |
| 2 | https://www.thestar.com.my/ | 200 | 1111 ms | HTTP/1.1 | nginx |
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
BURL Variantswww/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPSREVIEW
www / non-www
Inconsistent — duplicate content risk
HTTP → HTTPS
Consistent
BTLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations79 days until leaf cert expires — 3 issues to addressREVIEW
Certificate validity
Recommended actions
- 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 Records1 A records, 28 ms lookupPASS
| A | 3.33.236.10 |
| AAAA | — |
| CNAME | — |
| NS | ns-1635.awsdns-12.co.uk, ns-525.awsdns-01.net, ns-415.awsdns-51.com, ns-1282.awsdns-32.org |
| MX | 10 smtp.google.com |
| TXT | SPF v=spf1 include:eh1kl06qgw.powerspf.com include:mailgun.org ip4:88.99.80.190 ip4:... google-site-verification=-HcGVJdNjnmfxHLdzl7gHuXdekQYGUraCxPDKueFNm4 MS=E8FDBF5385F8B3B29DC273378C47031854BA4F38 reh-verify=qkbdey.rediredge.com google-site-verification=K21L1_MQC5w-itAoK_iuvvIVoOfxT4YkdOhexgloBXY |
| 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.
A+Crawlabilityrobots.txt present, sitemap with 132 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
# All content on this website is owned and/or controlled by Star Media Group Berhad and/or
# its group of subsidiaries (collectively, “Star Media Group”). The content on this website is
# protected by the Malaysian copyright law and other relevant international treaties, and is
# made available for your personal and non-commercial use subject to these terms and
# conditions (https://www.thestar.com.my/Terms).
# The use of any device, tool, or process designed to data mine, scrape, or extract our
# content via automated means is strictly prohibited without prior written permission from Star
# Media Group. Prohibited usage shall include, but not limited to:
# (1) Text and data mining activities for any purpose;
# (2) The development, training, or operation of any software program, including but not
# limited to machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI), or large language models (LLMs);
# (3) Creating, providing, reusing, or storing archived or cached data sets containing partially
# or the full piece of our content for use by others; and/or
# (4) Any other commercial purpose.
# For all content licensing inquiries, please contact us at product@thestar.com.my.
User-agent: *
Disallow: *utm_source
Disallow: /bin/
Disallow: /temp/
Disallow: /themes/
Disallow: /dailyalert/
Disallow: /search?
Disallow: /news/latest?pgno=*
Disallow: /subscribe/?tracking_id=*
user-agent: Diffbot
Disallow: /
User-agent: AhrefsBot/6.1
Disallow: /
User-agent: MegaIndex.ru
Disallow: /
User-agent: MegaIndex.ru/2.0
Disallow: /
User-agent: Cutbot;+1.5
Disallow: /
User-agent: Cutbot/1.5
Disallow: /
User-agent: Cutbot/+1.5
Disallow: /
User-agent: Slurp
Disallow: /
User-agent: Yahoo! Slurp
Disallow: /
User-agent: ToutiaoSpider
Disallow: /
User-agent: ToutiaoSpider/1.0
Disallow: /
User-agent: Baiduspider
Disallow: /
User-agent: Baiduspider/2.0
Disallow: /
User-agent: Baiduspider-render
Disallow: /
User-agent: Baiduspider-render/2.0
Disallow: /
User-agent: SemrushBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: SemrushBot/3~bl
Disallow: /
User-agent: YandexBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: YandexBot/3.0
Disallow: /
User-agent: YandexImages
Disallow: /
User-agent: YandexImages/3.0
Disallow: /
User-agent: PaperLiBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: PaperLiBot/2.1
Disallow: /
User-agent: Clickagy Intelligence Bot v2
Disallow: /
User-agent: sogou spider
Disallow: /
User-agent: Sogou web spider/4.0
Disallow: /
User-agent: Cliqzbot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Cliqzbot/2.0
Disallow: /
User-agent: VoluumDSP-content-bot/2.0
Disallow: /
User-agent: DotBot/1.1
Disallow: /
User-agent: AhrefsBot/5.2
Disallow: /
User-agent: AhrefsBot/6.1
Disallow: /
User-agent: Freshbot/4.0
Disallow: /
User-agent: RojakiniReader/1.0
Disallow: /
User-agent: RojakiniBot/1.0
Disallow: /
ADomain Intelligencethestar.com.my — via First Online (M) Sdn Bhd, 30 years, 4 months old, hosted on AWSPASS
EXPIRED
May 28, 2026
79 days
Issued by Let's Encrypt
30 years, 4 months
Registered May 28, 1996
Status unknown
Protects against DNS spoofing
AWS
ASN AS16509
3.33.236.10
First Online (M) Sdn Bhd
Expiry timeline
Recommended actions
- Domain has EXPIRED — renew immediately to avoid total site outage
- Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) to block unauthorized domain transfers
Consider enabling auto-renewal to prevent accidental expiration.
Domain expiry approaching — renew immediately and ensure auto-renew + alerting are configured.
Source: ICANN renewal policy
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