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Infrastructure

· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
85
GRADE
B
FIX
0
REVIEW
3
PASS
6
INFO
0
Probed from Madrid, Spain
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
6 PASS 3 REVIEW
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.biblegateway.com/
200https://biblegateway.com/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://biblegateway.com/ https://biblegateway.com/

Consistent

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

Certificate validity

154
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+

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 Records
4 A records, 29 ms lookup
PASS
4 A records, 29 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 4 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 3.165.113.127, 3.165.113.14, 3.165.113.121, 3.165.113.70
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
4 nameserver(s) configured
Got: ns-359.awsdns-44.com, ns-1911.awsdns-46.co.uk, ns-843.awsdns-41.net, ns-1262.awsdns-29.org
Info::
2 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: 29 ms
Got: 29 ms
A3.165.113.127, 3.165.113.14, 3.165.113.121, 3.165.113.70
AAAA
CNAME
NSns-359.awsdns-44.com, ns-1911.awsdns-46.co.uk, ns-843.awsdns-41.net, ns-1262.awsdns-29.org
MX
10 mxa-00596a01.gslb.pphosted.com
10 mxb-00596a01.gslb.pphosted.com
TXT
pinterest-site-verification=aec1fdc1058bd1be99b93d0d21ff4a57
facebook-domain-verification=j30ujtcjvlmzr0uv6c05n93s5ueiff
google-site-verification=FU3oIsLnpC9HlJ56CLggLc45ix-E4FciiLvJMelorXA
atlassian-domain-verification=uNoIhBXurxzVlQa0FvK2t9Yld5byfvXbFRQaMToGvrieKjBdyl...
knowbe4-site-verification=0694ce74005828dc4bb8b7299bfb6f61
SPF v=spf1 include:spf-00596a01.pphosted.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com incl...
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 29 ms

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), 144 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 144 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://biblegateway.com → https://www.biblegateway.com/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect

https://biblegateway.com

57 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.biblegateway.com/

88 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://biblegateway.com30157 msHTTP/1.1nginx
2https://www.biblegateway.com/20088 msHTTP/1.1nginx

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A
Crawlability
robots.txt present, no sitemap
PASS
robots.txt present, no sitemap
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 743 bytes
Info::
No sitemap.xml found
A sitemap helps search engines discover and index your pages more efficiently.
Info::
robots.txt references 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

robots.txt 200 OK
Size 743 B Sitemaps referenced 1 User-agents * Blocking No — crawling allowed
# BibleGateway robots.txt

# Blocks specific paths for all bots; sets reasonable crawl pacing.


User-agent: *

Disallow: /cgi-bin/guestbook

Disallow: /feedback

Disallow: /user

Disallow: /6177/

Disallow: /12741980/

Disallow: /bible/1*

Disallow: /bible/2*

Disallow: /bible/3*

Disallow: /bible/4*

Disallow: /bible/A*

Disallow: /bible/C*

Disallow: /bible/D*

Disallow: /bible/E*

Disallow: /bible/G*

Disallow: /bible/H*

Disallow: /bible/I*

Disallow: /bible/J*

Disallow: /bible/L*

Disallow: /bible/M*

Disallow: /bible/N*

Disallow: /bible/O*

Disallow: /bible/P*

Disallow: /bible/R*

Disallow: /bible/S*

Disallow: /bible/T*

Disallow: /bible/Z*

Crawl-delay: 15

Sitemap: https://www.biblegateway.com/site-map/map-index.xml


sitemap.xml No sitemap found

No sitemap found

Adding a sitemap helps search engines discover your pages.

A+
Domain Intelligence
biblegateway.com — via MarkMonitor Inc., 28 years, 5 months old, hosted on AWS
PASS
biblegateway.com — via MarkMonitor Inc., 28 years, 5 months old, hosted on AWS
Info::
Domain registered until Mar 29, 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: MarkMonitor Inc.
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: AWS
Got: AS16509
Domain expiry

258 days

March 29, 2027

SSL certificate

154 days

Issued by Amazon

Domain age

28 years, 5 months

Registered March 30, 1998

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

AWS

ASN AS16509

3.165.113.14

Registrar

MarkMonitor Inc.

Unlocked 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
  • Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) to block unauthorized domain transfers
Registrar MarkMonitor Inc.
Created March 30, 1998 (28 years, 5 months ago)
Expires March 29, 2027 (11 months)
Last Updated February 25, 2026
Name Servers ns-1262.awsdns-29.org, ns-1911.awsdns-46.co.uk, ns-359.awsdns-44.com, ns-843.awsdns-41.net
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 3.165.113.14
ASN AS16509 (AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US)
Provider AWS
Data source: rdap (0.3s)

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

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 41 ms TCP Connect 16 ms TLS Handshake 18 ms Server Processing 269 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
A
CDN & Delivery
AWS CloudFront (Miss from cloudfront)
PASS
AWS CloudFront (Miss from cloudfront)
Info::
Site is served via AWS CloudFront CDN (edge: CDG50-P3)
Got: x-amz-cf-id: JeZZqMZwww6I3DSHpl-rdvKUYfAdCKhrfydZxemvYPd2Vuj_N6-5tg==
Info::
CDN cache status: Miss from cloudfront
CDN Detected: AWS CloudFront
Provider AWS CloudFront Cache Status Miss from cloudfront Evidence x-amz-cf-id: JeZZqMZwww6I3DSHpl-rdvKUYfAdCKhrfydZxemvYPd2Vuj_N6-5tg==
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