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Infrastructure

· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
86
GRADE
B
FIX
0
REVIEW
4
PASS
5
INFO
0
Probed from Madrid, Spain
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
5 PASS 4 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.breitbart.com/
200https://breitbart.com/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://breitbart.com/ → https://www.breitbart.com:443/

Consistent

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

Certificate validity

31
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
B
CDN & Delivery
Google Cloud CDN
REVIEW
Google Cloud CDN
Info::
Site is served via Google Cloud CDN CDN
Got: via: 1.1 google, 1.1 google
CDN Detected: Google Cloud CDN
Provider Google Cloud CDN Evidence via: 1.1 google, 1.1 google
A+
DNS Records
1 A records, 40 ms lookup
PASS
1 A records, 40 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 34.117.28.18
Info::
Single A record — no DNS redundancy
Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
2 nameserver(s) configured
Got: alan.ns.cloudflare.com, sofia.ns.cloudflare.com
Info::
1 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: 40 ms
Got: 40 ms
A34.117.28.18
AAAA—
CNAME—
NSalan.ns.cloudflare.com, sofia.ns.cloudflare.com
MX
2 breitbart-com.mail.protection.outlook.com
TXT
SPF v=spf1 +mx include:emailsrvr.com include:spf.mtasv.net include:email.prnewswire....
MS=ms10574625
facebook-domain-verification=o6h7t24zzn33v1vrl9xipg9zrg9liw
google-site-verification=LSOGLlJvVqxhwYHucms0fIHiWvy8wLHD7diNoZ34oAQ
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 40 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.

A
Redirect Chain
1 redirect(s), 151 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 151 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://breitbart.com → https://www.breitbart.com/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect

https://breitbart.com

58 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.breitbart.com/

93 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://breitbart.com30158 msHTTP/1.1AOC
2https://www.breitbart.com/20093 msHTTP/1.1

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 15510 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 15510 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 711 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 15510 entries
Info::
Sitemap index with 15510 child sitemaps
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap
robots.txt 200 OK
Size 711 B Sitemaps referenced 6 User-agents Googlebot-Mobile, ClaudeBot, *, Mediapartners-Google, Adsbot-Google, Googlebot-Image Blocking No — crawling allowed
User-agent: *
Disallow: /cgi-bin
Disallow: /wp-admin
Disallow: /wp-includes
Disallow: /wp-content
Disallow: /xmlrpc.php
Disallow: /trackback/
Disallow: /comment-page-
Disallow: /_wp_link_placeholder

User-agent: Mediapartners-Google
Allow: /
User-agent: Adsbot-Google
Allow: /
User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Allow: /
User-agent: Googlebot-Mobile
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Crawl-delay: 1

Sitemap: https://www.breitbart.com/sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.breitbart.com/sitemap_news.xml
Sitemap: https://www.breitbart.com/sitemap_default.xml
Sitemap: https://www.breitbart.com/sitemap_video.xml
Sitemap: https://www.breitbart.com/news_sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.breitbart.com/default_sitemap.xml
sitemap.xml 200 OK
Type Sitemap Index URLs 15510 entries Valid XML Yes
Child Sitemaps:
A+
Domain Intelligence
breitbart.com — via GoDaddy.com, LLC, 27 years, 6 months old, hosted on Google Cloud
PASS
breitbart.com — via GoDaddy.com, LLC, 27 years, 6 months old, hosted on Google Cloud
Info::
Domain registered until Mar 14, 2031 (4 years, 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: GoDaddy.com, LLC
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: Google Cloud
Got: AS396982
Domain expiry

1732 days

March 14, 2031

SSL certificate

31 days

Issued by Sectigo Limited

Domain age

27 years, 6 months

Registered March 14, 1999

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Google Cloud

ASN AS396982

34.117.28.18

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 March 14, 1999 (27 years, 6 months ago)
Expires March 14, 2031 (4 years, 11 months)
Last Updated September 17, 2022
Name Servers alan.ns.cloudflare.com, sofia.ns.cloudflare.com
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 34.117.28.18
ASN AS396982 (GOOGLE-CLOUD-PLATFORM - Google LLC, US)
Provider Google Cloud
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 95 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
38 ms
TCP Connect TCP Connect — time to establish a TCP connection to the server.
17 ms
TLS Handshake TLS Handshake — time to complete the HTTPS encryption handshake.
21 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
95 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
96 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 38 ms TCP Connect 17 ms TLS Handshake 21 ms Server Processing 20 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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