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· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
79
GRADE
C
FIX
1
REVIEW
5
PASS
3
INFO
0
Probed from Singapore, Singapore
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
3 PASS 5 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.

B
Redirect Chain
1 redirect(s), 1076 ms total
REVIEW
1 redirect(s), 1076 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://ieee.org → https://www.ieee.org/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect
Warning::
Redirect overhead: 1076 ms total
Got: 1076 ms

https://ieee.org

851 ms · HTTP/1.0

301

https://www.ieee.org/

225 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://ieee.org301851 msHTTP/1.0BigIP
2https://www.ieee.org/418225 msHTTP/1.1

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

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

C
Crawlability
Action
no robots.txt, sitemap with 0 URLs
REVIEW
no robots.txt, sitemap with 0 URLs
Info::
No robots.txt found
robots.txt is optional but recommended. It tells search engine crawlers which pages to index.
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Warning::
sitemap.xml contains invalid XML
Search engines may not be able to parse the sitemap. Fix XML validation errors.
Warning::
sitemap.xml is empty — no URLs found
An empty sitemap provides no value. Add <url> entries for your pages.

robots.txt is optional but recommended. It tells search engine crawlers which pages to index.

Why this matters

No robots.txt — crawlers fetch /robots.txt and get 404; not breaking but means default crawl behavior with no directives or sitemap reference.

Learn more

A minimal robots.txt with `User-agent: * / Allow: / / Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml` covers the basics. Without it, crawlers behave fine but lose the sitemap signal and can't be selectively blocked from crawl-traps.

Source: robotstxt.org

Search engines may not be able to parse the sitemap. Fix XML validation errors.

Why this matters

An unparseable sitemap is silently ignored by Google — the URLs it advertises are never queued for crawl.

Learn more

Google's sitemap parser is strict about XML validity. A single unescaped `&` or unclosed tag invalidates the whole file. Run your sitemap through a validator (Search Console's Sitemaps report flags it) and fix the offending entry. Most generators escape correctly; mistakes usually come from manually-written entries.

Source: sitemaps.org / Google Search Central

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 No robots.txt found

No robots.txt found

This is fine for most sites — a missing robots.txt allows all crawling by default.

sitemap.xml 200 OK
Type URL Set URLs 0 entries Valid XML No
B
HTTP Probe Timing
Total 927 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
REVIEW
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
227 ms
TCP Connect TCP Connect — time to establish a TCP connection to the server.
232 ms
TLS Handshake TLS Handshake — time to complete the HTTPS encryption handshake.
236 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
927 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
928 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 227 ms TCP Connect 232 ms TLS Handshake 236 ms Server Processing 233 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
C
TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations
Action
18 days until leaf cert expires — 4 issues to address
REVIEW

Certificate validity

18
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+
Renew soon — under 30 days remaining

Recommended actions

  • Renew certificate — 18 days remaining
  • 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
1 A records, 1216 ms lookup
PASS
1 A records, 1216 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 140.98.193.152
Info::
Single A record — no DNS redundancy
Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
3 nameserver(s) configured
Got: ns1.ieee.org, ns2.ieee.org, ns3.ieee.org
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
Warning::
DNS resolution is slow (1216 ms)
Slow DNS adds latency to every page load. Consider a faster DNS provider.
Got: 1216 ms
A140.98.193.152
AAAA
CNAME
NSns1.ieee.org, ns2.ieee.org, ns3.ieee.org
MX
10 aspmx.l.google.com
20 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
30 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com
40 alt3.aspmx.l.google.com
50 alt4.aspmx.l.google.com
TXT
google-site-verification=P2bVhudsvpsMWeIrq7COtc-RyYeWOOl-q2o4n2ll8jw
webexdomainverification.4C675B89B682B136E053AB06FC0A3F65=c73ce198-d532-4799-af31...
Dynatrace-site-verification=5cd09cc7-c147-47cd-9da4-ab45514529a7__scrnogb0u18bm4...
MS=ms51129387
apple-domain-verification=xgLwFm7hFv44ySri
atlassian-domain-verification=NSfasanypAdTpLGLhislzO3ahCe6DPBJv5caPTQ0OiQxOOm8nK...
_globalsign-domain-verification=JUnDrg6tNZLhXTpEOq2cDEKAb5BH15BpHB2d0X2ifP
adobe-idp-site-verification=66e37d5f37cffff08dd0f232c1458c79e2d0e928df359617a2dc...
ZOOM_verify_4M0XogPFsXwBH8wCO11wSh
zoho-verification=zb86123225.zmverify.zoho.in
yahoo-verification-key=c+4UmcXhuFgudcFwqWhprRUXLyH34diPy/QxeDhdoC8=
yahoo-verification-key=8HveEx53g+wBX6twevO7D6vYSB+w4S+PQXp8pUmBPno=
canva-site-verification=q1jN5j9djXFC67uSCefSCQ
fastly-domain-delegation-hxzgdzrb9vfdtxc7ur3s-00524712-2025-09-25
miro-verification=24e452845616d0a571402938a7608473f0141262
google-site-verification=vcLtcy14ndAq4dE7qwqE_tkEYkR8Uzrg1EY_E-d9K8U
google-site-verification=JSRJlBYzYRQF4vWab59UJwqOcX_KJ9tP6YoM1Ge_ZIo
SPF v=spf1 include:_spf.ieee.org include:_spf.google.com ~all
google-site-verification=MryMzRhR1CrzgfX6WP__71gdEPTGHaXVb4cFUmRaqFU
11a3fb5cde6068bce5fbc0be4c0b9e498931e869b0fab57a5ff343401b1dd4f4
google-site-verification=osK8meJOjv53gQAhDxAqnhtIUFepFlNBS8lvKXVJ2pM
MS=5C78F0135C203AF0F3872C451913DF24EB699265
google-site-verification=rLYu4052yxnOJ5BLbgMmOguTki54ibiBloFbPFkBttE
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 1216 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.

Slow DNS adds latency to every page load. Consider a faster DNS provider.

Why this matters

DNS resolution is slow — anycast DNS providers (Cloudflare, Route 53) typically resolve <50ms globally.

Source: DNS performance benchmarks

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

418https://www.ieee.org/
200https://ieee.org/

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://ieee.org/ https://www.ieee.org/

Consistent

A+
Domain Intelligence
ieee.org — via Network Solutions, LLC, 36 years, 10 months old, hosted on IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc, US
PASS
ieee.org — via Network Solutions, LLC, 36 years, 10 months old, hosted on IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc, US
Info::
Domain registered until Nov 30, 2027 (1 years, 7 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: Network Solutions, 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: IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc, US
Got: AS13462
Domain expiry

504 days

November 30, 2027

SSL certificate

18 days

Issued by GlobalSign nv-sa

Domain age

36 years, 10 months

Registered December 1, 1989

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc, US

ASN AS13462

140.98.193.152

Registrar

Network Solutions, LLC

Unlocked 3 NS records
Expiry timeline
Today
+1 year
Domain expiry SSL expiry Danger zone (≤30 days)
Recommended actions
  • Renew the TLS certificate or verify auto-renewal is working
  • Enable DNSSEC to protect visitors from DNS spoofing
  • Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) to block unauthorized domain transfers
Registrar Network Solutions, LLC
Created December 1, 1989 (36 years, 10 months ago)
Expires November 30, 2027 (1 years, 7 months)
Last Updated May 27, 2025
Name Servers ns1.ieee.org, ns2.ieee.org, ns3.ieee.org
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 140.98.193.152
ASN AS13462 (IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc, US)
Provider IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc, US
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

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