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Infrastructure

· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
100
GRADE
A+
FIX
0
REVIEW
1
PASS
7
INFO
1
Probed from Madrid, Spain
200 OK
Checks
9
7 PASS 1 REVIEW
B
TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations
66 days until leaf cert expires — 3 issues to address
REVIEW

Certificate validity

66
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
3 A records, 40 ms lookup
PASS
3 A records, 40 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 3 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 104.26.5.228, 104.26.4.228, 172.67.73.120
Info::
Has 3 IPv6 (AAAA) record(s)
Got: 2606:4700:20::ac43:4978, 2606:4700:20::681a:4e4, 2606:4700:20::681a:5e4
Info::
2 nameserver(s) configured
Got: ophelia.ns.cloudflare.com, kianchau.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: 40 ms
Got: 40 ms
A104.26.5.228, 104.26.4.228, 172.67.73.120
AAAA2606:4700:20::ac43:4978, 2606:4700:20::681a:4e4, 2606:4700:20::681a:5e4
CNAME—
NSophelia.ns.cloudflare.com, kianchau.ns.cloudflare.com
MX
5 mail.guardian.ng
5 email.guadian.ng
TXT
SPF v=spf1 ip4:158.220.108.194 ip4:158.220.108.191
google-site-verification=QCZ2Hua46njtFiLNo7kkk1b04NedD_5nzYCpMan48Qc
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 40 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
No redirects — direct access
PASS
No redirects — direct access
Info::
No redirects — direct access
Got: https://guardian.ng

https://guardian.ng

569 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://guardian.ng200569 msHTTP/1.1cloudflare
A+
IPv6 Readiness
IPv6 reachable (17 ms)
PASS
IPv6 reachable (17 ms)
Info::
IPv6 is configured and reachable at 2606:4700:20::ac43:4978, 2606:4700:20::681a:4e4, 2606:4700:20::681a:5e4
Got: 17 ms connect
IPv6 Ready
AAAA Records 2606:4700:20::ac43:4978, 2606:4700:20::681a:4e4, 2606:4700:20::681a:5e4 Connection Reachable (17 ms)
A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 376 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 376 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 303 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 376 entries
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap
robots.txt 200 OK
Size 303 B Sitemaps referenced 2 User-agents * Blocking No — crawling allowed
#Sitemap: https://guardian.ng/wp-sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://guardian.ng/news-sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://guardian.ng/sitemap_index.xml
#Sitemap: https://guardian.ng/sitemap.xml

# START YOAST BLOCK
# ---------------------------
User-agent: *
Disallow:
# ---------------------------
# END YOAST BLOCK
sitemap.xml 200 OK
Type URL Set URLs 376 entries Valid XML Yes
Sample URLs:
A+
URL Variants
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
PASS
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
Info::
www/non-www redirect configured correctly (preferred: non-www)
Info::
HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS

www / non-www

301https://www.guardian.ng/
200https://guardian.ng/

Preferred variant: non-www

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://guardian.ng/ → https://guardian.ng/

Consistent

A+
HTTP Probe Timing
Total 293 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
39 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.
231 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
294 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 39 ms TCP Connect 17 ms TLS Handshake 21 ms Server Processing 155 ms Content Transfer 62 ms
A
CDN & Delivery
Cloudflare (DYNAMIC)
PASS
Cloudflare (DYNAMIC)
Info::
Site is served via Cloudflare CDN (edge: CDG)
Got: cf-ray: 9f088a6049d5da21-CDG
Info::
CDN cache status: DYNAMIC
CDN Detected: Cloudflare
Provider Cloudflare Cache Status DYNAMIC Evidence cf-ray: 9f088a6049d5da21-CDG
Domain Intelligence
Domain intelligence data not available
INFO
Domain intelligence data not available

RDAP and WHOIS lookup both failed

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