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· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
80
GRADE
B
FIX
0
REVIEW
5
PASS
4
INFO
0
Probed from Santa Clara, United States
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
4 PASS 5 REVIEW
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
Crawlability
Action
robots.txt present, sitemap with 1 URLs
REVIEW
robots.txt present, sitemap with 1 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 10240 bytes
Critical::
robots.txt blocks all crawlers
Disallow: / for all user-agents prevents search engines from indexing any page. This will remove the site from search results.
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 1 entries
Info::
Sitemap index with 1 child sitemaps
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap

Disallow: / for all user-agents prevents search engines from indexing any page. This will remove the site from search results.

Why this matters

Disallow: / in robots.txt blocks every search crawler — the site becomes invisible in organic search.

Learn more ▾

Common deployment mistake: a staging robots.txt with `User-agent: * / Disallow: /` ships to prod. The site falls out of search results within days. Verify your robots.txt is the production-intended version. If this is intentional (private site), no action needed.

Source: Google Search Central

robots.txt 200 OK
Size 10240 B Sitemaps referenced 4 User-agents Gemini-Deep-Research, img2dataset, Meta-ExternalAgent, omgili, facebookexternalhit, Storebot-Google, AdsBot-Google-Mobile, Baiduspider, ChatGPT-User, Diffbot, GoogleOther-Image, YandexBot, Googlebot, Google-InspectionTool, MSNBot-Media, AI2Bot, Claude-Web, FriendlyCrawler, Slurp, Kangaroo Bot, Bingbot/Render, Amazonbot, anthropic-ai, cohere-training-data-crawler, Claude-User, iaskspider/2.0, ISSCyberRiskCrawler, PetalBot, Webzio-Extended, Twitterbot, Bingbot, *, Applebot-Extended, DuckAssistBot, BingPreview, Claude-SearchBot, OAI-SearchBot, AdIdxBot, cohere-ai, Perplexity-User, Applebot, GPTBot, ICC-Crawler, PanguBot, Ai2Bot-Dolma, Slackbot-LinkExpanding, Google-Site-Verification, PerplexityBot, Timpibot, DeepSeekBot, Scrapy, YouBot, FacebookBot, ImagesiftBot, MistralAI-User, omgilibot, Googlebot-Image, Googlebot-Mobile, Naverbot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, LinkedInBot, Googlebot-News, Yandex, VelenPublicWebCrawler, CCBot, GoogleOther-Video, Meta-ExternalFetcher, SemrushBot, Sidetrade indexer bot, AdsBot-Google, DuckDuckBot, GoogleOther Blocking Yes — all crawlers blocked
User-agent: *
Disallow: /
Sitemap: https://www.pressreader.com/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pressreader.com/sitemap/books.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pressreader.com/sitemap/catalogs.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pressreader.com/sitemap/issues.xml
User-agent: AI2Bot
User-agent: Ai2Bot-Dolma
User-agent: Amazonbot
User-agent: anthropic-ai
User-agent: Applebot
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
User-agent: BingPreview
User-agent: Baiduspider
User-agent: CCBot 
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
User-agent: Claude-Web
User-agent: Claude-User
User-agent: ClaudeBot
User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
User-agent: cohere-ai
User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler
User-agent: Diffbot
User-agent: DuckAssistBot
User-agent: DeepSeekBot
User-agent: FacebookBot
User-agent: FriendlyCrawler
User-agent: Google-Extended
User-agent: GoogleOther
User-agent: GoogleOther-Image
User-agent: GoogleOther-Video
User-agent: GPTBot
User-agent: Gemini-Deep-Research
User-agent: iaskspider/2.0
User-agent: ICC-Crawler
User-agent: ImagesiftBot
User-agent: img2dataset
User-agent: ISSCyberRiskCrawler
User-agent: Kangaroo Bot
User-agent: LinkedInBot
User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher
User-agent: MistralAI-User
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
User-agent: omgili
User-agent: omgilibot
User-agent: PanguBot
User-agent: PerplexityBot
User-agent: Perplexity-User
User-agent: PetalBot
User-agent: Scrapy
User-agent: SemrushBot
User-agent: Sidetrade indexer bot
User-agent: Timpibot
User-agent: VelenPublicWebCrawler
User-agent: Webzio-Extended
User-agent: YouBot
User-agent: YandexBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /*/*/20
Disallow: /*/*/*/20
Disallow: /*/*/19
User-agent: facebookexternalhit
User-agent: Twitterbot
User-agent: Slackbot-LinkExpanding
User-agent: Googlebot
User-agent: Googlebot-News
User-agent: Googlebot-Image
User-agent: Googlebot-Mobile
User-agent: Storebot-Google
User-agent: AdsBot-Google
User-agent: AdsBot-Google-Mobile
User-agent: Bingbot
User-agent: Yandex
User-agent: Google-InspectionTool
User-agent: Google-Site-Verification
User-agent: Googlebot-Image
User-agent: Googlebot-News
User-agent: Slurp
User-agent: DuckDuckBot
User-agent: Applebot
User-agent: Naverbot
User-agent: Bingbot/Render
User-agent: BingPreview
User-agent: AdIdxBot
User-agent: MSNBot-Media
Disallow: /greece/documento/2012
Disallow: /new-zealand/otago-daily-times/2012
Disallow: /canada/ottawa-citizen/2012
Disallow: /brazil/super-noticia/2012
Disallow: /uk/scottish-daily-mail/2012
Disallow: /magazines/m/aged-care-insite-222t/
Disallow: /magazines/m/altagama-motor/
Disallow: /magazines/m/amazing-bari-9y72/
Disallow: /magazines/m/amazing-puglia-9y73/
Disallow: /magazines/m/astrowoche/
Disallow: /magazines/m/atlas-supplement/
Disallow: /magazines/m/atlas/
Disallow: /magazines/m/auto-show/
Disallow: /magazines/m/auto-zeitung-classic-cars/
Disallow: /magazines/m/auto-zeitung/
Disallow: /magazines/m/banmira-specialist-school-banmira-s-milestone-moment/
Disallow: /magazines/m/barche/
Disallow: /magazines/m/bella/
Disallow: /magazines/m/betty-magazine/
Disallow: /magazines/m/borsen-pleasure/
Disallow: /magazines/m/bravo-germany/
Disallow: /magazines/m/burda/
Disallow: /magazines/m/campus-review-22h2/
Disallow: /magazines/m/capital-turkey/
Disallow: /magazines/m/casabella/
Disallow: /magazines/m/casafacile/
Disallow: /magazines/m/chi/
Disallow: /magazines/m/chip/
Disallow: /magazines/m/coches/
Disallow: /magazines/m/con-estilo-be/
Disallow: /magazines/m/con-estilo-be9yyv/
Disallow: /magazines/m/country-news-goodfellows-353c/
Disallow: /magazines/m/dagbladet-magasinet/
Disallow: /magazines/m/das-neue-blatt/
Disallow: /magazines/m/das-neue/
Disallow: /magazines/m/donna-moderna/
Disallow: /magazines/m/education-review-22h3/
Disallow: /magazines/m/ekonomist/
Disallow: /magazines/m/elele/
Disallow: /magazines/m/elle-decor-italy/
Disallow: /magazines/m/elle-italy/
Disallow: /magazines/m/elle-turkey/
Disallow: /magazines/m/evim-turkey/
Disallow: /magazines/m/federcaza/
Disallow: /magazines/m/focus-italy/
Disallow: /magazines/m/focus-junior/
Disallow: /magazines/m/focus-storia/
Disallow: /magazines/m/focus-wild/
Disallow: /magazines/m/formsante/
Disallow: /magazines/m/gadget/
Disallow: /magazines/m/gente-italy/
Disallow: /magazines/m/good-health-germany/
Disallow: /magazines/m/grazia/
Disallow: /magazines/m/happinez/
Disallow: /magazines/m/hello-turkey/
Disallow: /magazines/m/heritage-railway/
Disallow: /magazines/m/hey-girl/
Disallow: /magazines/m/instyle-magazin-germany-36fd/
Disallow: /magazines/m/instyle-men-germany-36fe/
Disallow: /magazines/m/interni/
Disallow: /magazines/m/istanbul-life/
Disallow: /magazines/m/kochen-geniessen/
Disallow: /magazines/m/l-actualite/
Disallow: /magazines/m/l-osservatore-di-strada-901u/
Disallow: /magazines/m/laura/
Disallow: /magazines/m/lecker/
Disallow: /magazines/m/level/
Disallow: /magazines/m/lezzet/
Disallow: /magazines/m/love-cocina/
Disallow: /magazines/m/maison-francaise/
Disallow: /magazines/m/marie-claire-italy/
Disallow: /magazines/m/marie-claire-maison-italy/
Disallow: /magazines/m/mein-lieblingsrezept/
Disallow: /magazines/m/meins/
Disallow: /magazines/m/motos-2000/
Disallow: /magazines/m/neue-post/
Disallow: /magazines/m/nursing-review-22h4/
Disallow: /magazines/m/phonebook-2024-9ca1/
Disallow: /magazines/m/pozitif/
Disallow: /magazines/m/resorts-magazine-english-9bn8/
Disallow: /magazines/m/resorts-magazine-italian-9bn7/
Disallow: /magazines/m/rezepte-pur/
Disallow: /magazines/m/selbst-ist-der-mann/
Disallow: /magazines/m/southern-riverina-sports-magazine/
Disallow: /magazines/m/start-up/
Disallow: /magazines/m/svenska-dagbladet-svd-perfect-guide/
Disallow: /magazines/m/tempo-supplement-2/
Disallow: /magazines/m/tina-koch-backideen/
Disallow: /magazines/m/tina/
Disallow: /magazines/m/top-italian-hotels-resorts-2023-9bna/
Disallow: /magazines/m/travel-academy-9bn9/
Disallow: /magazines/m/un-mese-in-cucina-9y5y/
Disallow: /magazines/m/wohnidee/
Disallow: /magazines/m/yacht/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/aalener-nachrichten/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/abc/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/accents-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/activos-levante-emv/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/aftonbladet/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/alb-bote/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/alto-guadalquivir-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/arousa-local/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/arte-y-letras-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/atlantico/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/aula-levante-emv/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/barbanza-local/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/bellver-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/benalla-ensign/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/bisbarras-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/borsen-denmark/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/cambio-climatico-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/campaspe-news/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/campello-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/carballo-local/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/castello-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/cordoba-inmobiliaria-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/country-news/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/criterios-la-nueva-espana/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/cvsemanal-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/dagbladet/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/dagsavisen/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/delantal-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/demminer-zeitung-9bmm/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/deniliquin-pastoral-times/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/deporte-lunes-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/deportes-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/deportes-elche-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/der-tagesspiegel/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/deza-local/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/diari-de-girona-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/diario-cordoba-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/diario-de-ibiza-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/diario-de-mallorca-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/diario-informacion-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/diario-informacion-elche-y-vega-baja-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/dilluns-esportiu-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/dimanche-ouest-france-ille-et-vilaine/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/dimanche-ouest-france-maine-et-loire/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/dimanche-ouest-france-mayenne/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/dimanche-ouest-france-normandie/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/dimanche-ouest-france-sarthe/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/diumenge-esportiu-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/dominical-9ymk/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/dominical-be9ykl/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/dominical-be9ymn/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/dresdner-morgenpost/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/economia-y-empresas-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/educacion-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/el-dia-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/el-domingo-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/el-pais/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/elemental/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/emporda-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/especial1-be9wps/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/especial2-9wpt/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/especial3-9wpu/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/estela-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/faro-cultura-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/faro-da-escola-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/faro-de-vigo-arousa-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/faro-de-vigo-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/faro-de-vigo-deza-tabeiros-montes-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/faro-de-vigo-o-morrazo-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/faro-de-vigo-ourense-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/faro-de-vigo-pontevedra-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/folkbladet-vasterbotten/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/geelong-advertiser/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/geislinger-zeitung/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/generico-be/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/generico-be9yl8/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/graenzbote/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/gransee-zeitung/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/haaretz-english-edition-friday/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/haaretz-english-edition24dm/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/haaretz-hebrew-edition-friday/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/haaretz-hebrew-edition24dn/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/haff-zeitung-9bmn/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/haller-tagblatt/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/hennigsdorfer-generalanzeiger/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/herald-sun/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/heuberger-bote/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/hohenloher-tagblatt/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/hohenzollerische-zeitung/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/il-foglio-quotidiano/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/ipf-und-jagst-zeitung/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/kyabram-free-press/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/l-echo-republicain/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/l-eveil-de-la-haute-loire/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/l-opinion/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/l-osservatore-romano-english-901l/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/l-osservatore-romano-france-901m/
Disallow: /newspapers/n/l-osservatore-romano
sitemap.xml 200 OK
Type Sitemap Index URLs 1 entries Valid XML Yes
Child Sitemaps:
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.pressreader.com/
200https://pressreader.com/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://pressreader.com/ → https://www.pressreader.com/

Consistent

B
TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations
78 days until leaf cert expires — 5 issues to address
REVIEW

Certificate validity

78
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

  • Extend HSTS max-age to at least 31536000 (1 year) to meet the preload list criteria
  • 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
B
CDN & Delivery
Cloudflare
REVIEW
Cloudflare
Info::
Site is served via Cloudflare CDN (edge: SJC)
Got: cf-ray: 9eff407fa8a637c1-SJC
CDN Detected: Cloudflare
Provider Cloudflare Evidence cf-ray: 9eff407fa8a637c1-SJC
A+
DNS Records
2 A records, 22 ms lookup
PASS
2 A records, 22 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 2 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 104.18.231.240, 104.18.230.240
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
2 nameserver(s) configured
Got: felipe.ns.cloudflare.com, lily.ns.cloudflare.com
Info::
3 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: 22 ms
Got: 22 ms
A104.18.231.240, 104.18.230.240
AAAA—
CNAME—
NSfelipe.ns.cloudflare.com, lily.ns.cloudflare.com
MX
10 mxb-007eaf01.gslb.pphosted.com
10 mxa-007eaf01.gslb.pphosted.com
30 ndmail.newspaperdirect.com
TXT
5pae8v1c34f2ud4fcftbts9mm2
8tre2p648et79amv230029nqfh
9f58irfl7pjovucdtlhjh4maj1
MS=A8AD5E10FE533C17EDA5293095360D727A967AAA
MS=ms36475603
MS=ms67271308
MS=ms68565674
UK-federation-domain-verification=39df8271be73763828af510c280fe6ef
ZA=4CgDvbUCl3GAgI0vDd2dKw==
_globalsign-domain-verification=wFqJgfjXebcCp5uT9zGMgShVZ2CoKeUUW-oyud5cO1
d365mktkey=5vLd2z3M7NK7JLgkRJHY4Gd2fg7gpuAhbmIFjEVCDAUx
d365mktkey=U8dGi6GKVeKiE0wZBEAw1gBMRF8JMG5eAqQpAA278x8x
d365mktkey=aoi2jq1nrBTVxCI2lxq5FxZUDk96XTGYq62CsxUJ4mcx
docusign=8226ff74-28f1-48fc-9f3c-a0434c7ab733
ecostruxure-it-verification=5e22b9b7-c1f2-4d4d-8473-624ef1d47764
globalsign-domain-verification=3c-6TB-cG8LBvkfkOGKMCjIEzTjuPaL-U1mJ_PjnNe
globalsign-domain-verification=AtQ1zLCdH6JdJ_bs3f2aP9sBShOfzhFCCTJ8tfwk9j
globalsign-domain-verification=EDgZxi7787wPfMQiYBv6Ozzb_TN1aizyNzGX4ivO98
google-site-verification=RVL1brdw5h76BmGYRfg6iB6db954AT2qbpt6Z9vIF2c
google-site-verification=qLZsgeDZ7eHj_XNXQ-CcnndOI0gxaEdaDR6xo3QXGJc
google-site-verification=tqdSdTjK3VP4dlkWE7qtSwSopeCPQfo5DvFaErXMvdM
google-site-verification=zfldjNP3J1TctqAtnD-xiQRZNM-JMqavKnyj8NUZ_jw
h72b8gf5hlal5t7q54e755nlmn
kppqbgu4tdiciefb1kcvmp6stk
miro-verification=4baeb3b58b4dd71f5ca2cd0ecb39c9e7a1acdb0f
uk6ogj5dlrcfu0aj373eesm0uk
SPF v=spf1 mx ip4:204.50.102.44 ip4:208.181.59.23 ip4:204.50.102.29 ip4:204.50.102.2...
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 22 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), 105 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 105 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://pressreader.com → https://www.pressreader.com/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect

https://pressreader.com

25 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.pressreader.com/

81 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://pressreader.com30125 msHTTP/1.1cloudflare
2https://www.pressreader.com/20081 msHTTP/1.1cloudflare

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+
Domain Intelligence
pressreader.com — via Rebel Ltd, 21 years, 9 months old, hosted on Cloudflare
PASS
pressreader.com — via Rebel Ltd, 21 years, 9 months old, hosted on Cloudflare
Info::
Domain registered until Oct 28, 2032 (6 years, 7 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: Rebel Ltd
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: Cloudflare
Got: AS13335
Domain expiry

2295 days

October 28, 2032

SSL certificate

78 days

Issued by Google Trust Services

Domain age

21 years, 9 months

Registered October 28, 2004

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Cloudflare

ASN AS13335

104.18.230.240

Registrar

Rebel Ltd

Unlocked 2 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 Rebel Ltd
Created October 28, 2004 (21 years, 9 months ago)
Expires October 28, 2032 (6 years, 7 months)
Last Updated January 14, 2026
Name Servers felipe.ns.cloudflare.com, lily.ns.cloudflare.com
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 104.18.230.240
ASN AS13335 (CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US)
Provider Cloudflare
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.

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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

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HTTP Probe Timing
Total 23 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
6 ms
TCP Connect TCP Connect — time to establish a TCP connection to the server.
2 ms
TLS Handshake TLS Handshake — time to complete the HTTPS encryption handshake.
7 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
23 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
23 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 6 ms TCP Connect 2 ms TLS Handshake 7 ms Server Processing 7 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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