Infrastructure
· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.CIPv6 ReadinessActionNo IPv6 supportREVIEW
IPv6 support is increasingly important for global accessibility. About 40% of internet users have IPv6 connectivity.
No AAAA records — same impact as 'no IPv6 (AAAA) records'; IPv6-preferring clients pay extra latency falling back to IPv4.
Source: Google IPv6 stats
BURL Variantswww/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPSREVIEW
www / non-www
Inconsistent — duplicate content risk
HTTP → HTTPS
Consistent
BTLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations31 days until leaf cert expires — 3 issues to addressREVIEW
Certificate validity
Recommended actions
- 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
BCDN & DeliveryCloudflareREVIEW
ADNS Records1 A records, 321 ms lookupPASS
| A | 43.245.41.37 |
| AAAA | — |
| CNAME | — |
| NS | dcutildr02.mq.edu.au, netdnsprod1.mq.edu.au, netdnsprod2.mq.edu.au |
| MX | 10 au-smtp-inbound-2.mimecast.com 10 au-smtp-inbound-1.mimecast.com |
| TXT | hcp-domain-verification=267ce910e3f52ad8c1a9fe937c643aa1f0cdedca12a143ffec233db8... apple-domain-verification=gSc0Yx3WhvEEKeqp teamviewer-sso-verification=bc4e0e29c1af46fcacd4a30c70d78b4e MS=ms44203211 SPF v=spf1 include:spf-01.mq.edu.au include:spf-02.mq.edu.au include:spf-03.mq.edu.a... brevo-code:677b4f47a9448384b210a1ae67971f95 jamf-site-verification=qaca02735SoqvbQvMlNBLA adobe-idp-site-verification=7eb2bc70-1d50-4255-8020-b9bceb142f79 status-page-dom... _s5r40c4pinzkeiwzrpyol3bztox6sxo |
| CAA | Lookup not available with standard resolver |
Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.
Single A record means a single point of failure — if that IP goes down, your site is unreachable until DNS TTL expires.
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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.
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.
DNS resolution is slow — anycast DNS providers (Cloudflare, Route 53) typically resolve <50ms globally.
Source: DNS performance benchmarks
A+Redirect Chain0 redirect(s), 54 ms totalPASS
https://mq.edu.au
54 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL
| # | URL | Status | Time | Protocol | Server |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | https://mq.edu.au | 403 | 54 ms | HTTP/1.1 | cloudflare |
ACrawlabilityno robots.txt, sitemap with 2975 URLsPASS
robots.txt is optional but recommended. It tells search engine crawlers which pages to index.
No robots.txt — crawlers fetch /robots.txt and get 404; not breaking but means default crawl behavior with no directives or sitemap reference.
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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
No robots.txt found
This is fine for most sites — a missing robots.txt allows all crawling by default.
- https://www.mq.edu.au/about
- https://www.mq.edu.au/about/about-the-university
- https://www.mq.edu.au/about/about-the-university/events
- https://www.mq.edu.au/about/about-the-university/indigenous-engagement-and-initiatives
- https://www.mq.edu.au/about/about-the-university/indigenous-engagement-and-initiatives/engage-with-ngarra-nuru
A+Domain Intelligencemq.edu.au — via Education Services Australia Limited, hosted on SQUIZ-AS-AP Squiz Pty Ltd, AUPASS
Unknown
31 days
Issued by Let's Encrypt
Unknown
Not enabled
Protects against DNS spoofing
SQUIZ-AS-AP Squiz Pty Ltd, AU
ASN AS55532
43.245.41.37
Education Services Australia Limited
Expiry timeline
Recommended actions
- Enable DNSSEC to protect visitors from DNS spoofing
- Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) to block unauthorized domain transfers
DNSSEC protects against DNS spoofing attacks. While not required, enabling DNSSEC adds an additional layer of security. Contact your DNS provider to enable it.
Without DNSSEC, an attacker who can poison your DNS can hijack your domain — and SSL certs alone don't stop them.
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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.
Without registrar lock, an attacker who phishes your registrar credentials can transfer the domain in minutes — total brand hijack.
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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