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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
1
REVIEW
3
PASS
5
INFO
0
Probed from Santa Clara, United States
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
5 PASS 3 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.

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.csoonline.com/
200https://csoonline.com/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

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

Consistent

B
TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations
32 days until leaf cert expires — 4 issues to address
REVIEW

Certificate validity

32
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

  • 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, 9 ms lookup
PASS
1 A records, 9 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 192.0.66.144
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: boyd.ns.cloudflare.com, kara.ns.cloudflare.com
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: 9 ms
Got: 9 ms
A192.0.66.144
AAAA—
CNAME—
NSboyd.ns.cloudflare.com, kara.ns.cloudflare.com
MX
10 usb-smtp-inbound-1.mimecast.com
10 usb-smtp-inbound-2.mimecast.com
TXT
0ed1fe018a0195be5670be4e6b91a13d49b4762dfa
BwHL9X9ytHtix3TrMhG6ak+9o0w98L5W/B9+Lz+mtdH3seOTPrgKfB3xx2xWCSAqWjKTy4kPO4auXj/q...
MS=ms84218987
P2A_5439_6
facebook-domain-verification=r012ky1g9gsijmtuy0xxvp5spa3d5l
google-site-verification=CcQ1y_IQhfXqsjn-GjhudevcHC7q3G6kdoa4d2c-bUk
google-site-verification=F9h-_08P_pN-LPQ7PCSTzLIlQSOVyxZMigvFBkHRAQ4
google-site-verification=V6QI7JVqotl96_25I5i8Q36mFYRYxLNdgOH8EhTCVJI
tf3tknd4sltrhbl3fk5hehlqmd
SPF v=spf1 include:mailgun.org include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:_spf.sales...
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 9 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), 450 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 450 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://csoonline.com → https://www.csoonline.com (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect

https://csoonline.com

17 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.csoonline.com

434 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://csoonline.com30117 msHTTP/1.1nginx
2https://www.csoonline.com200434 msHTTP/1.1nginx

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 19 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 19 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 3627 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 19 entries
Info::
Sitemap index with 19 child sitemaps
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap
robots.txt 200 OK
Size 3627 B Sitemaps referenced 21 User-agents Arquivo-web-crawler, cohere-training-data-crawler, crawler4j, https://hada.news, img2dataset, Barkrowler, Bytespider, cohere-ai, ICC-Crawler, MJ12bot, Seekr, AwarioSmartBot, dotbot, Diffbot, ISSCyberRiskCrawler, JenkersBot, Meta-ExternalAgent, *, ClaudeBot, GPTBot, PanguBot, Scrapy, VelenPublicWebCrawler, anthropic-ai, CCBot, FriendlyCrawler, Kangaroo Bot, Webzio-Extended, AI2Bot, Applebot-Extended, ImagesiftBot, Meta-ExternalFetcher, Ai2Bot-Dolma, AwarioRssBot, Meltwater, Timpibot, FacebookBot Blocking No — crawling allowed
# ------------------------------------------------------

# Global Rules

# ------------------------------------------------------


User-agent: *

Disallow: /search*

Disallow: */filter/*

Disallow: /*?utm_*

Disallow: /*//*

Disallow: /wp-admin/

Disallow: /wp-login.php

Disallow: /wp-register.php

Disallow: /wp-includes/

Disallow: /xmlrpc.php

Disallow: /wp-json/

Disallow: /feed/

Disallow: /*/feed/

Disallow: /comments/feed/

Disallow: /*LICENSE.txt$

Disallow: /*README.md$

Disallow: /*README.txt$

Disallow: /*license.txt$

Disallow: /*readme.html$

Disallow: /*readme.md$

Disallow: /*readme.txt$

Disallow: /*package.json$

Disallow: /*composer.json$

Disallow: /*composer.lock$

Disallow: /*yarn.lock$


# ------------------------------------------------------

# Unwated Bots

# ------------------------------------------------------


User-agent: Ai2Bot-Dolma

Disallow: /

User-agent: AI2Bot

Disallow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai

Disallow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended

Disallow: /

User-agent: Arquivo-web-crawler

Disallow: /

User-agent: AwarioRssBot

Disallow: /

User-agent: AwarioSmartBot

Disallow: /

User-agent: Barkrowler

Disallow: /

User-agent: Bytespider

Disallow: /

User-agent: CCBot

Disallow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot

Disallow: / 

User-agent: cohere-ai

Disallow: /

User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler

Disallow: /

User-agent: crawler4j

Disallow: /

User-agent: dotbot

Disallow: /

User-agent: Diffbot

Disallow: /

User-agent: FacebookBot

Disallow: /

User-agent: FriendlyCrawler

Disallow: /

User-agent: GPTBot

Disallow: /

User-agent: https://hada.news

Disallow: /

User-agent: ICC-Crawler

Disallow: /

User-agent: ImagesiftBot

Disallow: /

User-agent: img2dataset

Disallow: /

User-agent: ISSCyberRiskCrawler

Disallow: /

User-agent: JenkersBot

Disallow: /

User-agent: Kangaroo Bot

Disallow: /

User-agent: Meltwater

Disallow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent

Disallow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher

Disallow: /

User-agent: MJ12bot

Disallow: /

User-agent: PanguBot

Disallow: /

User-agent: Scrapy

Disallow: /

User-agent: Seekr

Disallow: /

User-agent: Timpibot

Disallow: /

User-agent: VelenPublicWebCrawler

Disallow: /

User-agent: Webzio-Extended

Disallow: /


# ------------------------------------------------------

# Sitemaps

# ------------------------------------------------------


Sitemap: https://www.csoonline.com/sitemap-index.xml

Sitemap: https://www.csoonline.com/sitemap-news-en.xml

Sitemap: https://www.csoonline.com/sitemap-news-de.xml

Sitemap: https://www.csoonline.com/sitemap-articles-en.xml

Sitemap: https://www.csoonline.com/sitemap-articles-de.xml

Sitemap: https://www.csoonline.com/sitemap-video-episodes-en.xml

Sitemap: https://www.csoonline.com/sitemap-video-episodes-de.xml

Sitemap: https://www.csoonline.com/sitemap-video-series.xml

Sitemap: https://www.csoonline.com/sitemap-podcast-episodes-en.xml

Sitemap: https://www.csoonline.com/sitemap-podcast-series.xml

Sitemap: https://www.computerworld.com/sitemap-blog-series.xml

Sitemap: https://www.csoonline.com/sitemap-pages.xml

Sitemap: https://www.csoonline.com/sitemap-pages-de.xml

Sitemap: https://www.csoonline.com/sitemap-pages-uk.xml

Sitemap: https://www.csoonline.com/sitemap-pages-asean.xml

Sitemap: https://www.csoonline.com/sitemap-pages-au.xml

Sitemap: https://www.csoonline.com/sitemap-pages-in.xml

Sitemap: https://www.csoonline.com/sitemap-events.xml

Sitemap: https://www.csoonline.com/sitemap-awards.xml

Sitemap: https://www.csoonline.com/sitemap-profiles.xml

Sitemap: https://www.csoonline.com/sitemap-brandposts.xml
sitemap.xml 200 OK
Type Sitemap Index URLs 19 entries Valid XML Yes
Child Sitemaps:
A+
Domain Intelligence
csoonline.com — via MarkMonitor Inc., 24 years, 5 months old, hosted on WordPress.com (Automattic)
PASS
csoonline.com — via MarkMonitor Inc., 24 years, 5 months old, hosted on WordPress.com (Automattic)
Info::
Domain registered until Mar 21, 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: WordPress.com (Automattic)
Got: AS2635
Domain expiry

279 days

March 21, 2027

SSL certificate

32 days

Issued by Let's Encrypt

Domain age

24 years, 5 months

Registered March 21, 2002

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

WordPress.com (Automattic)

ASN AS2635

192.0.66.144

Registrar

MarkMonitor Inc.

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 MarkMonitor Inc.
Created March 21, 2002 (24 years, 5 months ago)
Expires March 21, 2027 (11 months)
Last Updated February 17, 2026
Name Servers boyd.ns.cloudflare.com, kara.ns.cloudflare.com
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 192.0.66.144
ASN AS2635 (AUTOMATTIC - Automattic, Inc, US)
Provider WordPress.com (Automattic)
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

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

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 5 ms TCP Connect 2 ms TLS Handshake 5 ms Server Processing 80 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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