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· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
91
GRADE
A
FIX
1
REVIEW
2
PASS
6
INFO
0
Probed from Madrid, Spain
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
6 PASS 2 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.

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.archlinux.org/
200https://archlinux.org/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://www.archlinux.org/ https://www.archlinux.org/

Consistent

B
TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations
35 days until leaf cert expires — 3 issues to address
REVIEW

Certificate validity

35
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

  • Submit your domain to hstspreload.org to be added to the Chrome preload list
  • 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, 37 ms lookup
PASS
1 A records, 37 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 209.126.35.79
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: 2604:cac0:a104:d::3
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: 37 ms
Got: 37 ms
A209.126.35.79
AAAA2604:cac0:a104:d::3
CNAME
NS
MX
TXT
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 37 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
1 redirect(s), 403 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 403 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://www.archlinux.org → https://archlinux.org/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect

https://www.archlinux.org

184 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://archlinux.org/

219 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://www.archlinux.org301184 msHTTP/1.1nginx
2https://archlinux.org/200219 msHTTP/1.1nginx

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+
IPv6 Readiness
IPv6 reachable (1 ms)
PASS
IPv6 reachable (1 ms)
Info::
IPv6 is configured and reachable at 2604:cac0:a104:d::3
Got: 1 ms connect
IPv6 Ready
AAAA Records 2604:cac0:a104:d::3 Connection Reachable (1 ms)
A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 8 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 8 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 149 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 8 entries
Info::
Sitemap index with 8 child sitemaps
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap
robots.txt 200 OK
Size 149 B Sitemaps referenced 1 User-agents * Blocking No — crawling allowed
User-agent: *
Disallow: /packages/search/
Disallow: /packages/?
Disallow: /packages/?*
Sitemap: https://www.archlinux.org/sitemap.xml
Crawl-delay: 2

A+
Domain Intelligence
archlinux.org — via Vautron Rechenzentrum AG, 24 years, 5 months old
PASS
archlinux.org — via Vautron Rechenzentrum AG, 24 years, 5 months old
Info::
Domain registered until Mar 5, 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: Vautron Rechenzentrum AG
Domain expiry

262 days

March 5, 2027

SSL certificate

35 days

Issued by Let's Encrypt

Domain age

24 years, 5 months

Registered March 5, 2002

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Unknown

2604:cac0:a104:d::3

Registrar

Vautron Rechenzentrum AG

Lock status unknown 3 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 Vautron Rechenzentrum AG
Created March 5, 2002 (24 years, 5 months ago)
Expires March 5, 2027 (11 months)
Last Updated March 5, 2026
Name Servers helium.ns.hetzner.de, hydrogen.ns.hetzner.com, oxygen.ns.hetzner.com
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 2604:cac0:a104:d::3
Data source: rdap (0.7s)

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

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 37 ms TCP Connect 1 ms TLS Handshake 126 ms Server Processing 62 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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