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Infrastructure

· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
100
GRADE
A+
FIX
0
REVIEW
1
PASS
8
INFO
0
Probed from Madrid, Spain
200 OK
Checks
9
8 PASS 1 REVIEW
B
TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations
169 days until leaf cert expires — 3 issues to address
REVIEW

Certificate validity

169
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+

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
A+
DNS Records
4 A records, 29 ms lookup
PASS
4 A records, 29 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 4 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 99.84.9.69, 99.84.9.27, 99.84.9.126, 99.84.9.22
Info::
Has 8 IPv6 (AAAA) record(s)
Got: 2600:9000:215b:7e00:1a:1603:8940:93a1, 2600:9000:215b:1a00:1a:1603:8940:93a1, 2600:9000:215b:1c00:1a:1603:8940:93a1, 2600:9000:215b:ee00:1a:1603:8940:93a1, 2600:9000:215b:d400:1a:1603:8940:93a1, 2600:9000:215b:a000:1a:1603:8940:93a1, 2600:9000:215b:5000:1a:1603:8940:93a1, 2600:9000:215b:6400:1a:1603:8940:93a1
Info::
4 nameserver(s) configured
Got: ns-836.awsdns-40.net, ns-28.awsdns-03.com, ns-1116.awsdns-11.org, ns-1935.awsdns-49.co.uk
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
Info::
DNS resolution time: 29 ms
Got: 29 ms
A99.84.9.69, 99.84.9.27, 99.84.9.126, 99.84.9.22
AAAA2600:9000:215b:7e00:1a:1603:8940:93a1, 2600:9000:215b:1a00:1a:1603:8940:93a1, 2600:9000:215b:1c00:1a:1603:8940:93a1, 2600:9000:215b:ee00:1a:1603:8940:93a1, 2600:9000:215b:d400:1a:1603:8940:93a1, 2600:9000:215b:a000:1a:1603:8940:93a1, 2600:9000:215b:5000:1a:1603:8940:93a1, 2600:9000:215b:6400:1a:1603:8940:93a1
CNAME—
NSns-836.awsdns-40.net, ns-28.awsdns-03.com, ns-1116.awsdns-11.org, ns-1935.awsdns-49.co.uk
MX
1 aspmx.l.google.com
5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com
10 alt3.aspmx.l.google.com
10 alt4.aspmx.l.google.com
TXT
google-site-verification=lWObIgNhx6XiG8Z3M8M1-k_roaEfWLeqdI2CfRj4K3w
google-site-verification=WUsKOTtUHxPzCx_YTDIKePAJKwKEXMEPWIWn852-EVE
v=include:aspmx.sailthru.com ~all
SPF v=spf1 include:_u.pitchfork.com._spf.smart.ondmarc.com ~all
google-site-verification=c-RpedAWGD_CbtK-EJNEYYOIRhFayA5yVpVpqKBl2Xo
atlassian-domain-verification=mYtQWl3namqmk5ikMKT48XVnS+XdjdbkLlkWMcNyvsddK2JDAi...
google-site-verification=k8LYtVnKqGVmyd7ZLkoTCeKRHxWKIgL7Hhxhk0X0VqI
MS=ms69053021
google-site-verification=rly-FCqs-7DEamfGFHyChSbo3XjeYaYpIwQ4erMjNK4
yahoo-verification-key=knY++Cbo7zkxhNoKSUgrT47Sp0ALKjyChizJEXKjA30=
adobe-idp-site-verification=c2108b9dbc0fc05ff0794006df1c41b6c945bd2c8a904bef754e...
zapier-domain-verification-challenge=dc65028f-9ed1-47f3-be62-e1e5422261ee
google-site-verification=2KOUBsZpmToiGPqcmMBkEgTV2BH6XDJaXmn1bMVG61k
ZOOM_verify_eNt9zJgJTzuD2aeCF3ngWg
google-site-verification=skZv1iZ9lBH5Pkpkfm8ZRvpYndxMV7QemrV3ac53EBM
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 29 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
No redirects — direct access
PASS
No redirects — direct access
Info::
No redirects — direct access
Got: https://pitchfork.com

https://pitchfork.com

140 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://pitchfork.com200140 msHTTP/1.1CloudFront
A+
IPv6 Readiness
IPv6 reachable (1 ms)
PASS
IPv6 reachable (1 ms)
Info::
IPv6 is configured and reachable at 2600:9000:215b:7e00:1a:1603:8940:93a1, 2600:9000:215b:1a00:1a:1603:8940:93a1, 2600:9000:215b:1c00:1a:1603:8940:93a1, 2600:9000:215b:ee00:1a:1603:8940:93a1, 2600:9000:215b:d400:1a:1603:8940:93a1, 2600:9000:215b:a000:1a:1603:8940:93a1, 2600:9000:215b:5000:1a:1603:8940:93a1, 2600:9000:215b:6400:1a:1603:8940:93a1
Got: 1 ms connect
IPv6 Ready
AAAA Records 2600:9000:215b:7e00:1a:1603:8940:93a1, 2600:9000:215b:1a00:1a:1603:8940:93a1, 2600:9000:215b:1c00:1a:1603:8940:93a1, 2600:9000:215b:ee00:1a:1603:8940:93a1, 2600:9000:215b:d400:1a:1603:8940:93a1, 2600:9000:215b:a000:1a:1603:8940:93a1, 2600:9000:215b:5000:1a:1603:8940:93a1, 2600:9000:215b:6400:1a:1603:8940:93a1 Connection Reachable (1 ms)
A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 60 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 60 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 1836 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 60 entries
Info::
Sitemap index with 60 child sitemaps
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap
robots.txt 200 OK
Size 1836 B Sitemaps referenced 8 User-agents meta-externalagent, Perplexity-User, DuckAssistBot, Timpibot, ia_archiver, TikTokSpider, Claude-User, Bytespider, Diffbot, ia_archiver-web.archive.org, *, AmazonAdBot, cohere-training-data-crawler, MistralAI-User, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended, Amazonbot, meta-webindexer, Google-InspectionTool, Google-CloudVertexBot, GoogleOther, ClaudeBot, Claude-SearchBot, PerplexityBot, Pinterestbot, LinkedInBot, meta-externalfetcher, PetalBot, Webzio-Extended, heritrix, FacebookExternalHit, Twitterbot, Storebot-Google, CCBot, PanguBot, Webzio, archive.org_bot, cohere-ai Blocking No — crawling allowed
Sitemap: https://pitchfork.com/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://pitchfork.com/tagpages-sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://pitchfork.com/contributors-sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://pitchfork.com/bundles-sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://pitchfork.com/branded-sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://pitchfork.com/feed/google-latest-news/sitemap-google-news
Sitemap: https://pitchfork.com/feed/sitemap
Sitemap: https://pitchfork.com/feed/rss

User-agent: *
Disallow: /*?
Allow: /*?*page
Allow: /*.xml?
Allow: /*.js
Allow: /*.css
Allow: /*.ico
Allow: /verso/static
Allow: /*.svg
Allow: /*.png
Allow: /*.jpg
Allow: /*.jpeg
Allow: /*rss?
Allow: /*?id=
Disallow: /auth/
Disallow: /account/
Disallow: /user/
Disallow: /user-context
Disallow: /preview/
Disallow: /search
Disallow: /product/
Disallow: /cdn-cgi/
Disallow: /services.min.js
Disallow: /com.condenast/yv8

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User-agent: FacebookExternalHit
User-agent: Twitterbot
User-agent: Pinterestbot
User-agent: LinkedInBot
User-agent: TikTokSpider
User-agent: Storebot-Google
User-agent: Google-InspectionTool
User-agent: AmazonAdBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
User-agent: Google-CloudVertexBot
User-agent: GoogleOther
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
User-agent: Amazonbot
User-agent: meta-webindexer
User-agent: meta-externalagent
User-agent: meta-externalfetcher
User-agent: ClaudeBot
User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
User-agent: Claude-User
User-agent: PerplexityBot
User-agent: Perplexity-User
User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler
User-agent: cohere-ai
User-agent: CCBot
User-agent: PanguBot
User-agent: PetalBot
User-agent: Bytespider
User-agent: Diffbot
User-agent: DuckAssistBot
User-agent: MistralAI-User
User-agent: Timpibot
User-agent: Webzio
User-agent: Webzio-Extended
User-agent: archive.org_bot
User-agent: ia_archiver
User-agent: ia_archiver-web.archive.org
User-agent: heritrix
Disallow: /
sitemap.xml 200 OK
Type Sitemap Index URLs 60 entries Valid XML Yes
Child Sitemaps:
A+
URL Variants
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
PASS
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
Info::
www/non-www redirect configured correctly (preferred: non-www)
Info::
HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS

www / non-www

301https://www.pitchfork.com/
200https://pitchfork.com/

Preferred variant: non-www

HTTP → HTTPS

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

Consistent

A+
Domain Intelligence
pitchfork.com — via CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., 30 years, 11 months old
PASS
pitchfork.com — via CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., 30 years, 11 months old
Info::
Domain registered until Oct 12, 2026 (5 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.
Domain expiry

118 days

October 12, 2026

SSL certificate

169 days

Issued by Amazon

Domain age

30 years, 11 months

Registered October 13, 1995

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Unknown

2600:9000:215b:1a00:1a:1603:8940:93a1

Registrar

CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.

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 CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
Created October 13, 1995 (30 years, 11 months ago)
Expires October 12, 2026 (5 months)
Last Updated February 2, 2026
Name Servers ns-1116.awsdns-11.org, ns-1935.awsdns-49.co.uk, ns-28.awsdns-03.com, ns-836.awsdns-40.net
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 2600:9000:215b:1a00:1a:1603:8940:93a1
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 282 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
40 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.
5 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
275 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
283 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 40 ms TCP Connect 1 ms TLS Handshake 5 ms Server Processing 229 ms Content Transfer 7 ms
A+
CDN & Delivery
AWS CloudFront (Hit from cloudfront)
PASS
AWS CloudFront (Hit from cloudfront)
Info::
Site is served via AWS CloudFront CDN (edge: MAD53-P8)
Got: x-amz-cf-id: fsjMh0SXVM6eOyelDnt6Z41VWK138_W6EItittnL2ajDZxq1mW7BxQ==
Info::
CDN cache status: Hit from cloudfront
CDN Detected: AWS CloudFront
Provider AWS CloudFront Cache Status Hit from cloudfront Evidence x-amz-cf-id: fsjMh0SXVM6eOyelDnt6Z41VWK138_W6EItittnL2ajDZxq1mW7BxQ==
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