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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 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
Crawlability
no robots.txt, no sitemap
REVIEW
no robots.txt, no sitemap
Info::
No robots.txt found
robots.txt is optional but recommended. It tells search engine crawlers which pages to index.
Info::
No sitemap.xml found
A sitemap helps search engines discover and index your pages more efficiently.

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

A sitemap helps search engines discover and index your pages more efficiently.

Why this matters

No sitemap.xml — Google relies on crawl-graph discovery alone, slowing indexing of deep or fresh URLs.

Learn more

A sitemap accelerates Google's discovery of new and updated content. Most CMSes auto-generate one; static-site frameworks need a build-step plugin. Reference it from robots.txt and submit in Search Console to confirm Google can fetch it.

Source: sitemaps.org / Google Search Central

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 No sitemap found

No sitemap found

Adding a sitemap helps search engines discover your pages.

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

Certificate validity

184
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
1 A records, 60 ms lookup
PASS
1 A records, 60 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 216.119.218.99
Info::
Single A record — no DNS redundancy
Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
6 nameserver(s) configured
Got: a9-64.akam.net, a1-29.akam.net, a7-67.akam.net, a18-64.akam.net, a22-65.akam.net, a26-66.akam.net
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: 60 ms
Got: 60 ms
A216.119.218.99
AAAA
CNAME
NSa9-64.akam.net, a1-29.akam.net, a7-67.akam.net, a18-64.akam.net, a22-65.akam.net, a26-66.akam.net
MX
10 mxa-00078002.gslb.pphosted.com
10 mxb-00078002.gslb.pphosted.com
TXT
airtable-verification=ac800a6f44c17925f6bd32ea4aa44894
pardot163061=06ad0741f9d54ea5405da3cfa43f33b64e150ef5c57da443ad300ba004da645b
google-site-verification=aFpgfHwpIB9wP8vy7ha7XlE_Ie5eniXNrVgTZvb0Y6s
mongodb-site-verification=rZkQa6gUUHH4Mx4SosnfnglyvIp3rmYv
postman-domain-verification=33b37ff3a7f216afc8364e6163ec691362aa75dcc1bf51f9711b...
8045-3EBB-B5FC-AEF3-14D1-AC67-1088-D900
openai-domain-verification=dv-AgiAbBY6ez5xnvM7ql1I50Rm
mongodb-site-verification=t5k2LgdLxKWYVewBzPiEu0iTIGKtnlN2
apple-domain-verification=c6W1qeAHSo6DbwVc
ec7f346604f518906d35ef0492709f78
google-gws-recovery-domain-verification=60378709
mixpanel-domain-verify=32a3f24d-1ab8-499e-be20-4d90a50e4d0e
docker-verification=4b72827b-32c1-4fe6-a443-2856c0df9a51
google-site-verification=66zwLd8X_8K0nX8NNWXS_zlgqFq1pTfHid8vJzb3lB8
slack-domain-verification=6Tn0MeeJ5y2rwxsCOuttdyaIpBz3r1HG1xKeMDpI
ms-domain-verification=d733cf48-b051-4ead-b1a4-60ea82523113
_globalsign-domain-verification=eRi2ZQZJ99fAou8jrSC06eUJpasrvj8YgWl21vaW5G
smartsheet-site-validation=hqDNvixcpGGmDqgXw0IQAQzYiCUZ_NjY
atlassian-domain-verification=CGO8tCXHtiZUBnTJh01TwMadn9aCwpHxamHZVPQBDTG3badn5k...
atlassian-domain-verification=zXeHVyO9eWog3f6TQIfeFwk1hRniWa0Gylu2ONeHNtbc05S48q...
onetrust-domain-verification=9faa54187b974ee6a08608d4858d8f7e
google-site-verification=b1ZPa1IquEDz4Xb_3Nb0-UC4DsLRSanTmHZDGqBUiis
3a30be93eb45566a90f4e95ee72a089a
SPF v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:deliverygateways.mastercard.co...
Dynatrace-site-verification=1a474a54-75e8-40bb-8baf-a80cfdcedfe6__llctt109dvv9ba...
smartsheet-site-validation=rgDcv0UCdWvo-ZFj5FTmmB7ZBXyPgh2E
56e6a93212e4482d99c84a639d254b67
fe9fc289c3ff0af142b6d3bead98a923
mongodb-site-verification=axmDkHlwAGvNsA17D8dPlsIOYgcqtrBz
OPddTNoGXuP0t54rWgyL2LZjeyJYVhiX1O6Y5m5MTuOOhv4/1X+1ZwYUex9hKi8FmtIKfUPtvY04tYLh...
postman-domain-verification=223f70ad07799f852fceadeac539231b4f3b9f6673f46886dee8...
infoblox-domain-mastery=a79f9cd257e969fb72bb304523072b39bd50dfb6ea7d7f44d8dc7ec8...
onetrust-domain-verification=a14180ed5e7144f2ba6d02ece082fbd9
atlassian-sending-domain-verification=ad83ad89-ec1d-40ee-b2f0-a352f055841f
adobe-idp-site-verification=9a8affe9f40574b4522d548efd4c0838df83704137a4c4c09b28...
google-site-verification=lwih4Ax7Rsyv46SAAckGGGpcxPy9tpc4bYfVt4vstsY
facebook-domain-verification=u4nbx98zpaot2nhzhfju6z24xs6miv
LXqzgspP+p6jZLtCY31SpgFiwCeGy0jFUtv9ju0S65d/MDpaaSokywn2o7CPf0935/d8auKgbI3wn1UE...
oE1olhbq9xyXp2ohGw2F
bw=4RHf8CdIg7RhxDQ1qZTUqTzyT+brk70yfwKP9yZ99jB6
ZOOM_verify_5iqN50tCRjWyMgQa3G__uQ
Dynatrace-site-verification=5f211e2e-80de-4ed7-9853-54223730fd02__b3bscjmsb302fk...
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 60 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), 874 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 874 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://mastercard.com → https://www.mastercard.com/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect
Info::
Redirect overhead: 874 ms total
Got: 874 ms

https://mastercard.com

782 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.mastercard.com/

92 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://mastercard.com301782 msHTTP/1.1
2https://www.mastercard.com/40392 msHTTP/1.1AkamaiGHost

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A
URL Variants
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
PASS
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
Warning::
HTTP→HTTPS redirect uses 302 instead of 301
Got: 302 temporary redirect Expected: 301 permanent redirect

www / non-www

403https://www.mastercard.com/
200https://mastercard.com/

HTTP → HTTPS

302http://mastercard.com/ https://mastercard.com/

Use 301 (permanent) instead of 302 (temporary)

A+
Domain Intelligence
mastercard.com — via CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., 32 years, 2 months old, hosted on MASTER-7-AS - MasterCard Technologies LLC, US
PASS
mastercard.com — via CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., 32 years, 2 months old, hosted on MASTER-7-AS - MasterCard Technologies LLC, US
Info::
Domain registered until Jul 26, 2026 (3 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: CSC Corporate Domains, 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: MASTER-7-AS - MasterCard Technologies LLC, US
Got: AS26380
Domain expiry

11 days

July 26, 2026

SSL certificate

184 days

Issued by DigiCert Inc

Domain age

32 years, 2 months

Registered July 27, 1994

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

MASTER-7-AS - MasterCard Technologies LLC, US

ASN AS26380

216.119.218.99

Registrar

CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.

Unlocked 6 NS records
Expiry timeline
Today
+1 year
Domain expiry SSL expiry Danger zone (≤30 days)
Recommended actions
  • Renew the domain or enable auto-renewal to prevent accidental expiry
  • Enable DNSSEC to protect visitors from DNS spoofing
  • Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) to block unauthorized domain transfers
Registrar CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
Created July 27, 1994 (32 years, 2 months ago)
Expires July 26, 2026 (3 months)
Last Updated January 27, 2026
Name Servers a1-29.akam.net, a18-64.akam.net, a22-65.akam.net, a26-66.akam.net, a7-67.akam.net, a9-64.akam.net
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 216.119.218.99
ASN AS26380 (MASTER-7-AS - MasterCard Technologies LLC, US)
Provider MASTER-7-AS - MasterCard Technologies LLC, US
Data source: rdap (0.3s)

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

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 28 ms TCP Connect 163 ms TLS Handshake 327 ms Server Processing 200 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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