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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
1
REVIEW
3
PASS
5
INFO
0
Probed from New York, United Stated
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

C
URL Variants
Action
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
Warning::
HTTP→HTTPS redirect uses 302 instead of 301
Got: 302 temporary redirect Expected: 301 permanent redirect

www / non-www

200https://www.k-state.edu/
200https://k-state.edu/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

302http://k-state.edu/ https://k-state.edu/

Use 301 (permanent) instead of 302 (temporary)

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

Certificate validity

91
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

  • Prefer TLS 1.3 — TLS 1.2 is acceptable but TLS 1.3 removes RSA key exchange and improves latency
  • 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
2 A records, 55 ms lookup
PASS
2 A records, 55 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 2 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 75.2.66.107, 99.83.244.182
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
3 nameserver(s) configured
Got: ns-3.ksu.edu, ns-1.ksu.edu, ns-2.ksu.edu
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: 55 ms
Got: 55 ms
A75.2.66.107, 99.83.244.182
AAAA
CNAME
NSns-3.ksu.edu, ns-1.ksu.edu, ns-2.ksu.edu
MX
0 kstate-edu0c.mail.protection.outlook.com
TXT
docusign=1087b74b-d55e-4662-be5c-99b3164073d0
00 ORG-name: Kansas State University
google-site-verification=OWJ3U2sxVoMnJUuNNVsjJp7-jMGJod7c7kO9D03xc40
atlassian-domain-verification=ObS4hJCAaArQWYK4LMenWwezcxgxURCb2i0qziKOPgDQS9ceGJ...
docusign=a4900f33-e1c3-47ec-b222-7b191e616975
rovag_verification_token=911F4B95DD754612A44D16266307F6A8
7d3ef18628d8d437bd13d459e3af296caf331830d7204a8e4b
google-site-verification=rni7AlTEjKeTvx-fYeTSFX5k4W4QwbhyVNJfsG2XFI0
SPF v=spf1 ip4:129.130.200.0/24 ip4:129.130.18.151 include:spf.protection.outlook.co...
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 55 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
1 redirect(s), 111 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 111 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://k-state.edu → https://www.k-state.edu/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect

https://k-state.edu

62 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.k-state.edu/

49 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://k-state.edu30162 msHTTP/1.1Apache/2.4.66 () OpenSSL/1.0.2k-fips mod_wsgi/3.4 Python/3.7.16 mod_apreq2-20101207/2.8.1
2https://www.k-state.edu/20049 msHTTP/1.1Apache/2.4.66 () OpenSSL/1.0.2k-fips mod_wsgi/3.4 Python/3.7.16 mod_apreq2-20101207/2.8.1

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 50000 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 50000 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 4170 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 50000 entries
Info::
robots.txt does not reference a sitemap
Add a 'Sitemap:' directive to robots.txt so search engines can discover your sitemap.

Add a 'Sitemap:' directive to robots.txt so search engines can discover your sitemap.

Why this matters

robots.txt omits Sitemap: directive — crawlers must fetch /sitemap.xml by convention; reliable but missing the explicit hint.

Source: sitemaps.org

robots.txt 200 OK
Size 4170 B Sitemaps referenced 0 User-agents * Blocking No — crawling allowed
#
# Robot exclusion file for K-State
#
# If you are a web publisher at K-State, and would like to have
# some of your documents not available to robots, please contact
# webservices@k-state.edu.
#
# For more information about robots and what they do, see
# http://www.robotstxt.org/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /KSU_resources/
Disallow: */ksu-resources/ou/
Disallow: /2025-archive
Disallow: /assessment/data-surveys/archive
Disallow: */dev/
Disallow: */test/
Disallow: /archive/
# Disallow the list of all updated files.
Disallow: /search/new/autonew.html
# Disallow anything that has a URL redirect to another location.
# They are indexed under their new name rather than the old.
Disallow: /Directories/ksudepts.html
Disallow: /its/development/
Disallow: /dept_links.html
Disallow: /gen_interest.html
Disallow: /mhk_area_info.html
Disallow: /courses/web-classes.html
Disallow: /creating-home-page.html
Disallow: /aboutuni/copyright.html
Disallow: /aboutuni/help.html
Disallow: /aboutuni/new
Disallow: /wp-query.html
Disallow: /mainemnu.html
Disallow: /welcome.html
Disallow: /admit/viewbook
#Disallow: /internet2
Disallow: /cns_info
#Disallow: /infotech
Disallow: /training
Disallow: /classes
Disallow: /course
Disallow: /ksufcu
Disallow: /sthlt
Disallow: /afact
Disallow: /audit
Disallow: /hrser
Disallow: /jl57
Disallow: /recc
Disallow: /isle
Disallow: /smf
Disallow: /cfc
Disallow: /reg/
Disallow: /blog-feeds/
Disallow: /univpub/
Disallow: /registrar/backup/ 
Disallow: /registrar/a_r/backup/ 
Disallow: /registrar/c_d/oldgrad/ 
Disallow: /registrar/dars/slideshow/backup/ 
Disallow: /registrar/enroll/backup/ 
Disallow: /registrar/faqs/backup/ 
Disallow: /registrar/ferpa/backup/ 
Disallow: /registrar/t_v/backup/ 
Disallow: /registrar/unpublished/ 
Disallow: /registrar/internal/ 
Disallow: /registrar/statistics/tabs/ 
Disallow: /safety-new/
# Data files that should never be retrieved
Disallow: /Directories/lsdcodes-save.html
Disallow: /Directories/qsearch.data
Disallow: /Directories/qsearch-save.data
Disallow: /cns/newsletter/
Disallow: /InfoTech/news/tuesday/archive/2001
Disallow: /InfoTech/news/tuesday/archive/2002
Disallow: /InfoTech/news/tuesday/archive/2003
Disallow: /cns/announce/199
Disallow: /cns/announce/2001
Disallow: /cns/announce/2002
Disallow: /cns/announce/2003
Disallow: /elp/univdept
Disallow: /courses/fall2020/
# Remove all eventview because it might be causing load problems and will soon
# be replaced.
Disallow: /cgi-bin/eventview
# No reason to index our Maven repository
Disallow: /repository/
Disallow: /maps2011/
# Somehow Bing started indexing using a path after the filename, e.g.:
# /media/k-statement/main.html/vol30/vol32/vol31/vol31/vol32/vol30/vol30/vol31/vol30/vol30/vol31/vol31/
Disallow: /media/k-statement/main.html/vol
Disallow: /media/k-statement/main.html/aboutus
# Google has gotten ahold of https://www.k-state.edu/uas
Disallow: /uas
# Lots of keywords in this data file:
Disallow: /admissions/js/majors.js
# Old PDF guides
Disallow: /admissions/guides/
# Parking instructions that apply to a small subset of people
Disallow: /admissions/cvparking/
# Archived department heads info that has confused people
Disallow: /dh/archive/
Disallow: /media/WEB
Disallow: /media/Web
Disallow: /ksis/intranet
Disallow: /campaign/
Disallow: /today/tipsheet/
Disallow: /today/tuesday/
Disallow: /challenges/development/
# No reason to index these data feed files
Disallow: /calendar/export/
Disallow: /behemoth/export/
# Old names -- content is available on a new URL.
Disallow: /isis/
#Disallow: /nonviolence/
# Mediasite administration, per Brandon, INC0298413
Disallow: /mediasite/admin/
# 2017 homepage preview
Disallow: /preview/
Disallow: *index-old*
Disallow: *old-template*
Disallow: /webservices/reports/
Disallow: /webservices/dev/
Disallow: /check2018
Disallow: /band/login/pride/
Disallow: */secure/
Disallow: /*.inc
Disallow: /home/index-dev/
Disallow: /access-opportunity/resources/committees/
Disallow: /access-opportunity/resources/support-request/
Disallow: /gender-equity/
# New sites
Disallow: /cardio-device/
Disallow: /hashemi-lab/
Disallow: /news/articles/*.xml$
A+
Domain Intelligence
k-state.edu — 29 years, 4 months old, hosted on AWS
PASS
k-state.edu — 29 years, 4 months old, hosted on AWS
Info::
Domain registered until Jul 31, 2027 (1 years, 3 months remaining)
Info::
Hosting: AWS
Got: AS16509
Domain expiry

410 days

July 31, 2027

SSL certificate

91 days

Issued by Internet2

Domain age

29 years, 4 months

Registered May 2, 1997

DNSSEC

Status unknown

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

AWS

ASN AS16509

99.83.244.182

Registrar

Registrar unknown

Lock status unknown 3 NS records
Expiry timeline
Today
+1 year
Domain expiry SSL expiry Danger zone (≤30 days)
Registrar
Created May 2, 1997 (29 years, 4 months ago)
Expires July 31, 2027 (1 years, 3 months)
Last Updated June 4, 2024
Name Servers ns-1.ksu.edu, ns-2.ksu.edu, ns-3.ksu.edu
Registrant Kansas State University
Hosting
IP Address 99.83.244.182
ASN AS16509 (AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US)
Provider AWS
Data source: whois (0.3s)
A+
HTTP Probe Timing
Total 57 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
13 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.
35 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
57 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
57 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 13 ms TCP Connect 1 ms TLS Handshake 35 ms Server Processing 8 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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