Infrastructure

· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.

SCORE

GRADE

FIX

REVIEW

PASS

INFO

Probed from Madrid, Spain

301 Moved Permanently

Checks

4 PASS 5 REVIEW

Redirect Chain

1 redirect(s), 1787 ms total

REVIEW

1 redirect(s), 1787 ms total

Single redirect

Got: https://bleepingcomputer.com → https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ (301)

WWW normalization redirect

Redirect overhead: 1787 ms total

Got: 1787 ms

https://bleepingcomputer.com

772 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/

1015 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#	URL	Status	Time	Protocol	Server
1	https://bleepingcomputer.com	301	772 ms	HTTP/1.1	cloudflare
2	https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/	200	1015 ms	HTTP/1.1	cloudflare

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

IPv6 Readiness

Action

No IPv6 support

REVIEW

No IPv6 support

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

Crawlability

robots.txt present, sitemap with 0 URLs

REVIEW

robots.txt present, sitemap with 0 URLs

robots.txt is present

Got: 3520 bytes

sitemap.xml is present

sitemap.xml contains invalid XML

Search engines may not be able to parse the sitemap. Fix XML validation errors.

sitemap.xml is empty — no URLs found

An empty sitemap provides no value. Add <url> entries for your pages.

robots.txt references sitemap

Search engines may not be able to parse the sitemap. Fix XML validation errors.

Why this matters

An unparseable sitemap is silently ignored by Google — the URLs it advertises are never queued for crawl.

Learn more ▾

Google's sitemap parser is strict about XML validity. A single unescaped `&` or unclosed tag invalidates the whole file. Run your sitemap through a validator (Search Console's Sitemaps report flags it) and fix the offending entry. Most generators escape correctly; mistakes usually come from manually-written entries.

Source: sitemaps.org / Google Search Central

An empty sitemap provides no value. Add <url> entries for your pages.

Why this matters

An empty sitemap signals 'no content to index' to Google — actively harmful versus having no sitemap at all.

Learn more ▾

Google compares URLs in the sitemap against URLs it has crawled. An empty sitemap on a site with thousands of pages signals abandonment. Either populate it correctly (most CMSes auto-generate) or delete the file and let Google crawl normally.

Source: Google Search Central / sitemaps.org

robots.txt 200 OK

Size 3520 B Sitemaps referenced 1 User-agents MauiBot, trendictionbot, iSec_Bot, AhrefsBot/6.1, DemandbasePublisherAnalyzer/0.1, SeekportBot, ias_crawler, MJ12bot, weborama-fetcher, ClaudeBot, Slurp, AwarioSmartBot, Cliqzbot, DotBot/1.1, NTENTbot, CCBot, *, AwarioRssBot, sentibot, yacybot, BLEXBot, Qwantify/Bleriot/1.1, AmazonAdBot, Applebot-Extended, AhrefsBot, StractBot Blocking No — crawling allowed

Sitemap: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz
User-agent: Slurp
Crawl-delay: 2

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Disallow: /

User-agent: SeekportBot
Crawl-delay: 10

User-agent: AhrefsBot
Crawl-Delay: 5

User-agent: StractBot
Crawl-Delay: 5

User-agent: AwarioRssBot
User-agent: AwarioSmartBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: ias_crawler
Crawl-delay: 10

User-Agent: MJ12bot
Crawl-Delay: 10

User-agent: Cliqzbot
Disallow: /  

User-agent: DotBot/1.1
Disallow: /

User-agent: MauiBot 
Disallow: /

User-agent: NTENTbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: sentibot
Disallow: /

User-Agent: trendictionbot
Disallow: /

User-Agent: yacybot
Disallow: /

User-Agent: iSec_Bot
Disallow: /

User-Agent: DotBot/1.1
Disallow: /

User-agent: BLEXBot
Disallow: /

User-Agent: AhrefsBot/6.1
Disallow: /

User-Agent: Qwantify/Bleriot/1.1
Disallow: /

User-agent: BLEXBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: DemandbasePublisherAnalyzer/0.1
Disallow: /

User-agent: weborama-fetcher
Disallow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: *
Crawl-delay: 1
Disallow: /cgi-bin/
Disallow: /forums/style_images/
Disallow: /forums/index.php?act=Search
Disallow: /forums/index.php?act=Login
Disallow: /forums/index.php?act=Reg
Disallow: /forums/index.php?act=calendar
Disallow: /forums/index.php?act=Msg
Disallow: /forums/index.php?act=Mail
Disallow: /forums/index.php?act=Forward
Disallow: /forums/index.php?act=forward
Disallow: /forums/index.php?act=Track
Disallow: /forums/index.php?act=Post
Disallow: /forums/index.php?act=post
Disallow: /forums/index.php?showuser
Disallow: /forums/index.php?act=Print
Disallow: /forums/index.php?act=ST
Disallow: /forums/index.php?act=UserCP
Disallow: /forums/index.php?act=usercp
Disallow: /forums/index.php?act=Arcade
Disallow: /forums/index.php?act=findpost
Disallow: /forums/index.php?act=SF
Disallow: /forums/index.php?act=Stats
Disallow: /forums/index.php?&act=Online
Disallow: /forums/index.php?act=Members
Disallow: /forums/index.php?act=Help
Disallow: /forums/index.php?act=Profile
Disallow: /forums/index.php?act=profile
Disallow: /forums/index.php?act=Attach
Disallow: /forums/index.php?act=attach
Disallow: /forums/index.php?app=core&attach_id
Disallow: /forums/index.php?app=core&module=attach
Disallow: /forums/index.php?act=Print
Disallow: /forums/index.php?act=print
Disallow: /forums/index.php?app=core&module=global&section=login&do=deleteCookies&k=*
Disallow: /forums/index.php?app=core&module=global&section=login&do=logout*
Disallow: /forums/index.php?app=forums&module=forums&section=markasread&marktype=all&k=*
Disallow: /forums/index.php?app=forums&module=moderate&section=moderate&f=*
Disallow: /forums/index.php?app=core&module=search*
Disallow: /forums/index.php?sharelink=*
Disallow: /forums/u/*
Disallow: /forums/user-*
Disallow: /forums/*&view=findpost*
Disallow: /forums/*&view=old
Disallow: /forums/*&view=new
Disallow: /forums/*&mode=linear
Disallow: /forums/*&mode=linearplus
Disallow: /forums/*&mode=threaded
Disallow: /forums/*&amp;mode=threaded
Disallow: /forums/*&amp;mode=linearplus
Disallow: /forums/*&amp;mode=linear
Disallow: /forums/help.html
Disallow: /forums/lastpost
Disallow: /resources/link
Disallow: /tutorials/index.php?act=print
Disallow: /tutorials/index.php?act=friend
Disallow: /logreply/
Disallow: /download/search/*
Disallow: /forums/interface/twitter/*
Disallow: /forums/index.php?andor_type=&app=core&do=search*
Disallow: /forums/index.php?app=core&module=global*
Allow: /ads.txt
Allow: /

User-agent: AmazonAdBot
Allow: /

sitemap.xml 200 OK

Type URL Set URLs 0 entries Valid XML No

URL Variants

www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS

REVIEW

www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS

Both www and non-www versions serve content

Got: Both variants return 200 Expected: One variant 301-redirects to the other

HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS

www / non-www

200https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/

200https://bleepingcomputer.com/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://bleepingcomputer.com/ → https://bleepingcomputer.com/

Consistent

TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations

191 days until leaf cert expires — 3 issues to address

REVIEW

Certificate validity

191

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

2 A records, 31 ms lookup

PASS

2 A records, 31 ms lookup

Resolves to 2 IPv4 address(es)

Got: 172.66.139.132, 172.66.135.165

No IPv6 (AAAA) records

2 nameserver(s) configured

Got: matt.ns.cloudflare.com, leah.ns.cloudflare.com

5 mail exchanger(s) configured

CAA records not checked

CAA record lookup requires a specialized DNS resolver. This check will be available in a future update.

SPF record present in TXT

DNS resolution time: 31 ms

Got: 31 ms

A	172.66.139.132, 172.66.135.165
AAAA	—
CNAME	—
NS	matt.ns.cloudflare.com, leah.ns.cloudflare.com
MX	1 aspmx.l.google.com 5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com 5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com 10 aspmx3.googlemail.com 10 aspmx2.googlemail.com
TXT	facebook-domain-verification=7blqulz1jgzvpo4lo4o9asfac689d2 SPF v=spf1 ip4:169.63.114.66 include:_spf.google.com -all google-site-verification=YpiFolIitpzFF_YJJBDD45XaSbkDkOBR4VRG-zBCcZE
CAA	Lookup not available with standard resolver

Resolved in 31 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+

Domain Intelligence

bleepingcomputer.com — via GoDaddy.com, LLC, 22 years, 6 months old, hosted on Cloudflare

PASS

bleepingcomputer.com — via GoDaddy.com, LLC, 22 years, 6 months old, hosted on Cloudflare

Domain registered until Jan 26, 2027 (9 months remaining)

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.

Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC

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.

Hosting: Cloudflare

Got: AS13335

Domain expiry

194 days

January 26, 2027

SSL certificate

191 days

Issued by Sectigo Limited

Domain age

22 years, 6 months

Registered January 26, 2004

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Cloudflare

ASN AS13335

172.66.135.165

Registrar

GoDaddy.com, LLC

Unlocked 2 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 GoDaddy.com, LLC

Created January 26, 2004 (22 years, 6 months ago)

Expires January 26, 2027 (9 months)

Last Updated September 3, 2022

Name Servers leah.ns.cloudflare.com, matt.ns.cloudflare.com

DNSSEC Not enabled

Hosting

IP Address 172.66.135.165

ASN AS13335 (CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US)

Provider Cloudflare

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

HTTP Probe Timing

Total 794 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown

PASS

DNS Lookup

31 ms

TCP Connect

17 ms

TLS Handshake

23 ms

Time to First Byte

795 ms

Total Time

795 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 31 ms TCP Connect 17 ms TLS Handshake 23 ms Server Processing 723 ms Content Transfer 0 ms

CDN & Delivery

Cloudflare (DYNAMIC)

PASS

Cloudflare (DYNAMIC)

Site is served via Cloudflare CDN (edge: CDG)

Got: cf-ray: 9eff2a142a23803e-CDG

CDN cache status: DYNAMIC

CDN Detected: Cloudflare

Provider Cloudflare Cache Status DYNAMIC Evidence cf-ray: 9eff2a142a23803e-CDG

All checks on this page are automated. Results are estimates - run targeted manual reviews when the score affects a release decision.