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· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
82
GRADE
B
FIX
2
REVIEW
2
PASS
5
INFO
0
Probed from New York, United Stated
200 OK
Checks
9
5 PASS 2 REVIEW 2 FIX
F
IPv6 Readiness
Action
IPv6 records exist but unreachable
FIX
IPv6 records exist but unreachable
Warning::
IPv6 DNS records exist but server is not reachable
Having AAAA records but an unreachable server is worse than no AAAA — clients may experience delays before falling back to IPv4.
Got: 2606:7100:1:67::26
Info::
IPv6 connection error
Got: dial tcp6 [2606:7100:1:67::26]:443: connect: no route to host
IPv6 Misconfigured
AAAA Records 2606:7100:1:67::26 Connection UNREACHABLE

Having AAAA records but an unreachable server is worse than no AAAA — clients may experience delays before falling back to IPv4.

Why this matters

Advertising IPv6 (AAAA records) without a reachable server means IPv6-preferring clients silently fail every connection.

Learn more

Modern browsers prefer IPv6 if AAAA exists (Happy Eyeballs algorithm). If the IPv6 server isn't reachable, browsers fall back to IPv4 — but with seconds of added latency per request. Either fix IPv6 reachability or remove the AAAA records.

Source: RFC 8305 (Happy Eyeballs)

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.

B
Crawlability
robots.txt present, no sitemap
REVIEW
robots.txt present, no sitemap
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 243 bytes
Info::
No sitemap.xml found
A sitemap helps search engines discover and index your pages more efficiently.
Info::
robots.txt does not reference a sitemap
Add a 'Sitemap:' directive to robots.txt so search engines can discover your sitemap.

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

Add a 'Sitemap:' directive to robots.txt so search engines can discover your sitemap.

Why this matters

robots.txt omits Sitemap: directive — crawlers must fetch /sitemap.xml by convention; reliable but missing the explicit hint.

Source: sitemaps.org

robots.txt 200 OK
Size 243 B Sitemaps referenced 0 User-agents * Blocking No — crawling allowed
User-Agent: *
Crawl-delay: 30
Disallow: /collapse?
Disallow: /context?
Disallow: /fave?
Disallow: /flag?
Disallow: /hide?
Disallow: /login
Disallow: /logout
Disallow: /r?
Disallow: /reply?
Disallow: /submitlink?
Disallow: /vote?
Disallow: /x?

sitemap.xml No sitemap found

No sitemap found

Adding a sitemap helps search engines discover your pages.

B
TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations
69 days until leaf cert expires — 5 issues to address
REVIEW

Certificate validity

69
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
  • Add includeSubDomains to the HSTS directive
  • Add the preload directive and submit to hstspreload.org once max-age + includeSubDomains are in place
  • 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, 85 ms lookup
PASS
1 A records, 85 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 209.216.230.207
Info::
Single A record — no DNS redundancy
Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.
Info::
Has 1 IPv6 (AAAA) record(s)
Got: 2606:7100:1:67::26
Info::
No NS records found
Info::
No MX records — email not configured via DNS
Info::
CAA records not checked
CAA record lookup requires a specialized DNS resolver. This check will be available in a future update.
Info::
No SPF record found in TXT records
SPF helps prevent email spoofing. Add a TXT record starting with 'v=spf1'.
Info::
DNS resolution time: 85 ms
Got: 85 ms
A209.216.230.207
AAAA2606:7100:1:67::26
CNAME
NS
MX
TXT
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 85 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.

SPF helps prevent email spoofing. Add a TXT record starting with 'v=spf1'.

Why this matters

Without SPF, receiving servers can't validate sending IPs — your domain is easier to spoof in phishing.

Learn more

SPF complements DMARC. Both should be published. SPF records list authorized sending IPs (e.g., `v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all` for Google Workspace). After publishing, verify in Google Postmaster Tools or mxtoolbox.

Source: RFC 7208 (SPF)

A+
Redirect Chain
No redirects — direct access
PASS
No redirects — direct access
Info::
No redirects — direct access
Got: https://news.ycombinator.com

https://news.ycombinator.com

268 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://news.ycombinator.com200268 msHTTP/1.1nginx
A+
URL Variants
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
PASS
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
Info::
HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS

www / non-www

https://www.news.ycombinator.com/
200https://news.ycombinator.com/

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://news.ycombinator.com/ https://news.ycombinator.com/

Consistent

A+
Domain Intelligence
ycombinator.com — via Gandi SAS, 21 years, 4 months old, hosted on AWS
PASS
ycombinator.com — via Gandi SAS, 21 years, 4 months old, hosted on AWS
Info::
Domain registered until Mar 20, 2027 (11 months remaining)
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: Gandi SAS
Info::
Hosting: AWS
Got: AS16509
Domain expiry

251 days

March 20, 2027

SSL certificate

69 days

Issued by Let's Encrypt

Domain age

21 years, 4 months

Registered March 20, 2005

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

AWS

ASN AS16509

108.138.64.90

Registrar

Gandi SAS

Lock status unknown 4 NS records
Expiry timeline
Today
+1 year
Domain expiry SSL expiry Danger zone (≤30 days)
Recommended actions
  • Enable DNSSEC to protect visitors from DNS spoofing
Registrar Gandi SAS
Created March 20, 2005 (21 years, 4 months ago)
Expires March 20, 2027 (11 months)
Last Updated February 13, 2026
Name Servers ns-1411.awsdns-48.org, ns-1914.awsdns-47.co.uk, ns-225.awsdns-28.com, ns-556.awsdns-05.net
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 108.138.64.90
ASN AS16509 (AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US)
Provider AWS
Data source: rdap (0.2s)

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

A+
HTTP Probe Timing
Total 324 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
61 ms
TCP Connect TCP Connect — time to establish a TCP connection to the server.
65 ms
TLS Handshake TLS Handshake — time to complete the HTTPS encryption handshake.
132 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
325 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
325 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 61 ms TCP Connect 65 ms TLS Handshake 132 ms Server Processing 66 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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