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Infrastructure

· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
85
GRADE
B
FIX
0
REVIEW
3
PASS
6
INFO
0
Probed from Singapore, Singapore
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
6 PASS 3 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.huffingtonpost.co.uk/
200https://huffingtonpost.co.uk/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://huffingtonpost.co.uk/ → https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/

Consistent

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

Certificate validity

217
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
4 A records, 72 ms lookup
PASS
4 A records, 72 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 4 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 151.101.66.114, 151.101.130.114, 151.101.2.114, 151.101.194.114
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
4 nameserver(s) configured
Got: ns-1504.awsdns-60.org, ns-1653.awsdns-14.co.uk, ns-170.awsdns-21.com, ns-534.awsdns-02.net
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::
No SPF record found in TXT records
SPF helps prevent email spoofing. Add a TXT record starting with 'v=spf1'.
Info::
DNS resolution time: 72 ms
Got: 72 ms
A151.101.66.114, 151.101.130.114, 151.101.2.114, 151.101.194.114
AAAA—
CNAME—
NSns-1504.awsdns-60.org, ns-1653.awsdns-14.co.uk, ns-170.awsdns-21.com, ns-534.awsdns-02.net
MX
0
TXT
'Digicert - itsecurity@teamaol.com'
358b72d95e65460990184e8d34867999
6d31bdd11beb4a2099732ba1c27c4ad6
6ff3c324bd1c46eba845923a9e00d454
facebook-domain-verification=1a279kk19ncd3p1izfovb98stmmzm3
google-site-verification=_1hhnekupGZqVZqwpN5vPYq6OEsZ5RAzAPuG5PcxX7Q
google-site-verification=zXqFAWRl8iArajH73c9Nl9djVbr2G51DQHnI7xMQvEM
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 72 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.

SPF helps prevent email spoofing. Add a TXT record starting with 'v=spf1'.

Why this matters

Without SPF, receiving servers can't validate sending IPs — your domain is easier to spoof in phishing.

Learn more ▾

SPF complements DMARC. Both should be published. SPF records list authorized sending IPs (e.g., `v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all` for Google Workspace). After publishing, verify in Google Postmaster Tools or mxtoolbox.

Source: RFC 7208 (SPF)

A
Redirect Chain
1 redirect(s), 106 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 106 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://huffingtonpost.co.uk → https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect

https://huffingtonpost.co.uk

21 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/

85 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://huffingtonpost.co.uk30121 msHTTP/1.1Varnish
2https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/20085 msHTTP/1.1nginx

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 0 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 0 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 2055 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Warning::
sitemap.xml is empty — no URLs found
An empty sitemap provides no value. Add <url> entries for your pages.
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap

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 2055 B Sitemaps referenced 5 User-agents Timpibot, PerplexityBot, *, Bytespider, FacebookBot, Claude-SearchBot, Claude-User, omgilibot, Verity/1.1, Scope3/2.0 (scope3.com), ChatGPT-User, Amazonbot, TtoYouBot, WebGPTBot, AmazonAdBot, CCBot, meta-externalagent, Meta-ExternalFetcher, OAI-SearchBot, Perplexity-User, ClaudeBot, GPTBot, Ai2Bot-Dolma, DuckAssistBot Blocking No — crawling allowed
# Cambria robots
User-agent: *
Disallow: /_uac/adpage.html
Disallow: /_huff_uac/adpage.html
Disallow: /postid
Disallow: /preview
Disallow: /*/webview

User-agent: meta-externalagent
Disallow: /
User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher
Disallow: /
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Disallow: /
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /
User-agent: DuckAssistBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Perplexity-User
Disallow: /
User-agent: Timpibot
Disallow: /
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Amazonbot
Disallow: /
User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: FacebookBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Ai2Bot-Dolma
Disallow: /

User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Claude-User
Disallow: /

User-agent: omgilibot
Disallow: /

User-agent: TtoYouBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: WebGPTBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Verity/1.1
Allow: /$
Allow: /*
Disallow: /_uac/adpage.html
Disallow: /_huff_uac/adpage.html
Disallow: /postid
Disallow: /preview

User-agent: Scope3/2.0 (scope3.com)
Allow: /$
Allow: /*
Disallow: /_uac/adpage.html
Disallow: /_huff_uac/adpage.html
Disallow: /postid
Disallow: /preview

User-agent: AmazonAdBot
Allow: /$
Allow: /*
Disallow: /_uac/adpage.html
Disallow: /_huff_uac/adpage.html
Disallow: /postid
Disallow: /preview

# sitemaps
Sitemap: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/static-assets/isolated/huffpostsitemapgeneratorjob-prod-public/uk/sitemaps/sitemap-google-video.xml
Sitemap: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/static-assets/isolated/huffpostsitemapgeneratorjob-prod-public/uk/sitemaps/sitemap-google-news.xml
Sitemap: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/static-assets/isolated/huffpostsitemapgeneratorjob-prod-public/uk/sitemaps/sitemap-index-daily-archives-v1.xml
Sitemap: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/static-assets/isolated/huffpostsitemapgeneratorjob-prod-public/uk/sitemaps/sitemap-index-monthly-archives.xml
Sitemap: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/static-assets/isolated/huffpostsitemapgeneratorjob-prod-public/uk/sitemaps/sections.xml
sitemap.xml 200 OK
Type URL Set URLs 0 entries Valid XML Yes
A+
Domain Intelligence
huffingtonpost.co.uk — via Markmonitor Inc., 18 years, 3 months old, hosted on Fastly
PASS
huffingtonpost.co.uk — via Markmonitor Inc., 18 years, 3 months old, hosted on Fastly
Info::
Domain registered until Apr 6, 2028 (1 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: 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: Fastly
Got: AS54113
Domain expiry

661 days

April 6, 2028

SSL certificate

217 days

Issued by GlobalSign nv-sa

Domain age

18 years, 3 months

Registered April 6, 2008

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Fastly

ASN AS54113

151.101.66.114

Registrar

Markmonitor Inc.

Unlocked 4 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 April 6, 2008 (18 years, 3 months ago)
Expires April 6, 2028 (1 years, 11 months)
Last Updated March 5, 2026
Name Servers ns-1504.awsdns-60.org., ns-1653.awsdns-14.co.uk., ns-170.awsdns-21.com., ns-534.awsdns-02.net.
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 151.101.66.114
ASN AS54113 (FASTLY - Fastly, Inc., US)
Provider Fastly
Data source: rdap (1.3s)

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

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 11 ms TCP Connect 1 ms TLS Handshake 3 ms Server Processing 1 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
A+
CDN & Delivery
Fastly (HIT)
PASS
Fastly (HIT)
Info::
Site is served via Fastly CDN
Got: x-served-by: cache-sin-wsat1880050-SIN
Info::
CDN cache status: HIT
CDN Detected: Fastly
Provider Fastly Cache Status HIT Evidence x-served-by: cache-sin-wsat1880050-SIN
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