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· 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 Madrid, Spain
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.indiewire.com/
200https://indiewire.com/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

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

Consistent

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

Certificate validity

84
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, 45 ms lookup
PASS
1 A records, 45 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 192.0.66.2
Info::
Single A record — no DNS redundancy
Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
4 nameserver(s) configured
Got: ns-772.awsdns-32.net, ns-1227.awsdns-25.org, ns-474.awsdns-59.com, ns-1920.awsdns-48.co.uk
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::
SPF record present in TXT
Info::
DNS resolution time: 45 ms
Got: 45 ms
A192.0.66.2
AAAA—
CNAME—
NSns-772.awsdns-32.net, ns-1227.awsdns-25.org, ns-474.awsdns-59.com, ns-1920.awsdns-48.co.uk
MX
0 indiewire-com.mail.protection.outlook.com
TXT
tollbit-domain-verification=2bf983cad01adc204c9f8842d71138ebce16e853d4d282afe13f...
google-site-verification=8sD-MmpsXYb6gPK8rRJWUO72s2gvtr52gjvP5LGDfRA
MS=ms85960270
_globalsign-domain-verification=-dLoamn_W8k1SJs3XuoC2JQZYSqmsrjSq07J0B0nq9
fastly-domain-delegation-0921110196-212101-2020-02-06
_globalsign-domain-verification=xfkrv3yRwA5GGm0E4l5RlcNKTqVD8KAYsYdCYTBMF0
SPF v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com ~all
_globalsign-domain-verification=wK5OaJLRBlfjH5kAcbmp8K56NCtstth4bjNiNCo2j2
google-site-verification=c4llyUIufdlEQ0etHFqmwo_ZhjRlUzYk0Has-1oWkvI
facebook-domain-verification=djqre622ebz2cxze8oo9bjau7k0hls
adobe-idp-site-verification=5f299ac5ccddedab8418f37aad62a1ff499e5979c3b247bd4229...
spf2.0/pra include:spf.protection.outlook.com ~all
atlassian-domain-verification=nprFKP7f9bTtDxCbcLk3c0Ag6DYYRzhq/pIp/XJkAvuuP9aQ2b...
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 45 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), 879 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 879 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://indiewire.com → https://www.indiewire.com/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect
Info::
Redirect overhead: 879 ms total
Got: 879 ms

https://indiewire.com

6 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.indiewire.com/

872 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://indiewire.com3016 msHTTP/1.1nginx
2https://www.indiewire.com/200872 msHTTP/1.1nginx

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 581 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 581 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 1258 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 581 entries
Info::
Sitemap index with 581 child sitemaps
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap
robots.txt 200 OK
Size 1258 B Sitemaps referenced 2 User-agents YouBot, *, cohere-ai, Bytespider, ChatGPT-User, omgili, CCBot, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, PerplexityBot, omgilibot, Applebot-Extended, ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Claude-Web, Diffbot, FacebookBot, Meta-ExternalAgent, anthropic-ai, DeepSeekBot, GPTBot, Meta-ExternalFetcher, Timpibot, Webzio-Extended Blocking No — crawling allowed
Sitemap: https://www.indiewire.com/sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.indiewire.com/news-sitemap.xml
User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /*/?s=
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /search?
Disallow: *?v02
Disallow: *?replytocom
Disallow: /genre/
Disallow: /genre/*
Disallow: /*preview=true
Disallow: /*theme_preview=true

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Disallow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Disallow: /

User-agent: omgili
Disallow: /

User-agent: omgilibot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Disallow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Disallow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT
Disallow: /

User-agent: DeepSeek
Disallow: /

User-agent: DeepSeekBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Disallow: /

User-agent: Diffbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: FacebookBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Disallow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Disallow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher
Disallow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Timpibot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Webzio-Extended
Disallow: /

User-agent: YouBot
Disallow: /
sitemap.xml 200 OK
Type Sitemap Index URLs 581 entries Valid XML Yes
Child Sitemaps:
A+
Domain Intelligence
indiewire.com — via eNom, LLC, 29 years, 6 months old, hosted on WordPress.com (Automattic)
PASS
indiewire.com — via eNom, LLC, 29 years, 6 months old, hosted on WordPress.com (Automattic)
Info::
Domain registered until Mar 15, 2027 (10 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: eNom, 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: WordPress.com (Automattic)
Got: AS2635
Domain expiry

272 days

March 15, 2027

SSL certificate

84 days

Issued by Let's Encrypt

Domain age

29 years, 6 months

Registered March 14, 1997

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

WordPress.com (Automattic)

ASN AS2635

192.0.66.2

Registrar

eNom, LLC

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 eNom, LLC
Created March 14, 1997 (29 years, 6 months ago)
Expires March 15, 2027 (10 months)
Last Updated February 15, 2026
Name Servers ns-1227.awsdns-25.org, ns-1920.awsdns-48.co.uk, ns-474.awsdns-59.com, ns-772.awsdns-32.net
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 192.0.66.2
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 194 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
35 ms
TCP Connect TCP Connect — time to establish a TCP connection to the server.
0 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.
194 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
194 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 35 ms TCP Connect 0 ms TLS Handshake 3 ms Server Processing 156 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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