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· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
83
GRADE
B
FIX
1
REVIEW
2
PASS
6
INFO
0
Probed from Santa Clara, United States
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
6 PASS 2 REVIEW 1 FIX
F
IPv6 Readiness
Action
IPv6 records exist but unreachable
FIX
IPv6 records exist but unreachable
Warning::
IPv6 DNS records exist but server is not reachable
Having AAAA records but an unreachable server is worse than no AAAA — clients may experience delays before falling back to IPv4.
Got: 2600:1406:2e00:398::19b8, 2600:1406:2e00:39c::19b8
Info::
IPv6 connection error
Got: dial tcp6 [2600:1406:2e00:398::19b8]:443: connect: network is unreachable
IPv6 Misconfigured
AAAA Records 2600:1406:2e00:398::19b8, 2600:1406:2e00:39c::19b8 Connection UNREACHABLE

Having AAAA records but an unreachable server is worse than no AAAA — clients may experience delays before falling back to IPv4.

Why this matters

Advertising IPv6 (AAAA records) without a reachable server means IPv6-preferring clients silently fail every connection.

Learn more

Modern browsers prefer IPv6 if AAAA exists (Happy Eyeballs algorithm). If the IPv6 server isn't reachable, browsers fall back to IPv4 — but with seconds of added latency per request. Either fix IPv6 reachability or remove the AAAA records.

Source: RFC 8305 (Happy Eyeballs)

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

Certificate validity

87
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
B
CDN & Delivery
Akamai
REVIEW
Akamai
Info::
Site is served via Akamai CDN
Got: server header
CDN Detected: Akamai
Provider Akamai Evidence server header
A+
DNS Records
1 A records, 9 ms lookup
PASS
1 A records, 9 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 23.38.236.32
Info::
Single A record — no DNS redundancy
Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.
Info::
Has 2 IPv6 (AAAA) record(s)
Got: 2600:1406:2e00:398::19b8, 2600:1406:2e00:39c::19b8
Info::
6 nameserver(s) configured
Got: a1-23.akam.net, a11-64.akam.net, a20-66.akam.net, a18-65.akam.net, a7-64.akam.net, a4-67.akam.net
Info::
5 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
A23.38.236.32
AAAA2600:1406:2e00:398::19b8, 2600:1406:2e00:39c::19b8
CNAME
NSa1-23.akam.net, a11-64.akam.net, a20-66.akam.net, a18-65.akam.net, a7-64.akam.net, a4-67.akam.net
MX
1 aspmx.l.google.com
5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com
10 alt4.aspmx.l.google.com
10 alt3.aspmx.l.google.com
TXT
facebook-domain-verification=wrvb0d1j9zmo8k8xmix15o2qby5yca
detectify-verification=b77afd12c87b8581d3f44d9b07c760d7
SPF v=spf1 a:list.drugs.com include:amazonses.com include:_spf.google.com include:ma...
tollbit-domain-verification=c0ce907dd07996b9be8221a775fedf40d8d406ecea68d9c0e3ed...
MS=23E910F5EA425DCEA94DCE90761AADE4200EF6EC
brave-ledger-verification=71f7f4055f545d4ec34f8a31ee0ecc65acf2e5825f455d7eb00c1c...
openai-domain-verification=dv-QIstIypN2ja5j4FqRnLbKRrl
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), 44 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 44 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://drugs.com → https://www.drugs.com/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect

https://drugs.com

18 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.drugs.com/

26 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://drugs.com30118 msHTTP/1.1AkamaiGHost
2https://www.drugs.com/40326 msHTTP/1.1AkamaiGHost

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: 1012 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 1012 B Sitemaps referenced 1 User-agents 008, anthropic-ai, Bytespider, cohere-training-data-crawler, Diffbot, PerplexityBot, Timpibot, xAI-Web-Crawler, ClaudeBot, cohere-ai, EtaoSpider, Meta-ExternalAgent, Webzio-Extended, *, Applebot-Extended, CCBot, mistral.ai, SeekrBot, Wrtn, Mediapartners-Google, AI2Bot, Amazonbot Blocking No — crawling allowed
# Allow Media Partners
User-agent: Mediapartners-Google
Disallow: /members_comments_add/
Disallow: /api/

# Content Restrictions
User-agent: *
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /drug-interactions-all/
Disallow: /interactions-list-drugs.php
Disallow: /interaction/list/
Disallow: /l/
Disallow: /members_comments_add/
Disallow: /search.php
Disallow: /search-wildcard-phonetic.php
Disallow: /survey/
Disallow: /t/

# Crawler Restrictions
User-agent: 008
User-agent: AI2Bot
User-agent: Amazonbot
User-agent: anthropic-ai
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
User-agent: Bytespider
User-agent: CCBot
User-agent: ClaudeBot
User-agent: cohere-ai
User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler
User-agent: Diffbot
User-agent: EtaoSpider
User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
User-agent: mistral.ai
User-agent: PerplexityBot
User-agent: SeekrBot
User-agent: Timpibot
User-agent: Webzio-Extended
User-agent: Wrtn
User-agent: xAI-Web-Crawler
Disallow: /

Sitemap: https://www.drugs.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz

License: https://www.drugs.com/license.xml

sitemap.xml No sitemap found

No sitemap found

Adding a sitemap helps search engines discover your pages.

A+
URL Variants
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
PASS
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
Info::
HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS

www / non-www

403https://www.drugs.com/
200https://drugs.com/

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://drugs.com/ https://www.drugs.com/

Consistent

A+
Domain Intelligence
drugs.com — via MarkMonitor Inc., 27 years, 8 months old, hosted on Akamai
PASS
drugs.com — via MarkMonitor Inc., 27 years, 8 months old, hosted on Akamai
Info::
Domain registered until Dec 18, 2026 (8 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: Akamai
Got: AS16625
Domain expiry

153 days

December 18, 2026

SSL certificate

87 days

Issued by DigiCert Inc

Domain age

27 years, 8 months

Registered December 18, 1998

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Akamai

ASN AS16625

23.38.236.32

Registrar

MarkMonitor Inc.

Unlocked 6 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 December 18, 1998 (27 years, 8 months ago)
Expires December 18, 2026 (8 months)
Last Updated November 16, 2022
Name Servers a1-23.akam.net, a11-64.akam.net, a18-65.akam.net, a20-66.akam.net, a4-67.akam.net, a7-64.akam.net
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 23.38.236.32
ASN AS16625 (AKAMAI-AS - Akamai Technologies, Inc., US)
Provider Akamai
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 19 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
7 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.
7 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
19 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
19 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 7 ms TCP Connect 2 ms TLS Handshake 7 ms Server Processing 3 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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