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Infrastructure

· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
84
GRADE
B
FIX
1
REVIEW
4
PASS
4
INFO
0
Probed from Santa Clara, United States
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
4 PASS 4 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
robots.txt present, no sitemap
REVIEW
robots.txt present, no sitemap
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 293 bytes
Info::
No sitemap.xml found
A sitemap helps search engines discover and index your pages more efficiently.
Info::
robots.txt does not reference a sitemap
Add a 'Sitemap:' directive to robots.txt so search engines can discover your sitemap.

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

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 293 B Sitemaps referenced 0 User-agents * Blocking No — crawling allowed
User-agent: * 

Disallow: /share/ 
Disallow: /dev/*
Disallow: /*/_resources/aside*
Disallow: /*/_resources/*/aside*

Disallow: /queensland-travel-declaration-form
Disallow: /queensland-travel-declaration/qld-travel-declaration
Disallow: /queensland-travel-declaration-2/

Disallow: /forgov-dev
sitemap.xml No sitemap found

No sitemap found

Adding a sitemap helps search engines discover your pages.

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.qld.gov.au/
200https://qld.gov.au/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://qld.gov.au/ → https://www.qld.gov.au:443/

Consistent

B
TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations
161 days until leaf cert expires — 2 issues to address
REVIEW

Certificate validity

161
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

  • Enable HSTS: Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
  • Enable OCSP stapling on your TLS server to remove a CA roundtrip and protect user privacy
A+
DNS Records
2 A records, 143 ms lookup
PASS
2 A records, 143 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 2 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 13.248.211.240, 76.223.71.186
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
5 nameserver(s) configured
Got: a.au, q.au, r.au, s.au, t.au
Info::
4 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: 143 ms
Got: 143 ms
A13.248.211.240, 76.223.71.186
AAAA—
CNAME—
NSa.au, q.au, r.au, s.au, t.au
MX
10 mailer4.mail.qld.gov.au
10 mailer3.mail.qld.gov.au
50 mx01.citec.com.au
50 mx02.citec.com.au
TXT
SPF v=spf1 include:spf.wog.mail.qld.gov.au -all
_globalsign-domain-verification=cNBAPZWqQgABv3bWXbGvrdGmfZQfvgTXB4XX8K8g_q
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 143 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), 346 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 346 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://qld.gov.au → https://www.qld.gov.au:443/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect

https://qld.gov.au

207 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.qld.gov.au:443/

140 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://qld.gov.au301207 msHTTP/1.1awselb/2.0
2https://www.qld.gov.au:443/200140 msHTTP/1.1cloudflare

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+
Domain Intelligence
qld.gov.au — via auDA Internal (9999), hosted on AWS
PASS
qld.gov.au — via auDA Internal (9999), hosted on AWS
Info::
DNSSEC is enabled
Info::
Registrar: auDA Internal (9999)
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: AWS
Got: AS16509
Domain expiry

Unknown

SSL certificate

161 days

Issued by Amazon

Domain age

Unknown

DNSSEC

Enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

AWS

ASN AS16509

13.248.211.240

Registrar

auDA Internal (9999)

Unlocked 5 NS records
Expiry timeline
Today
+1 year
SSL expiry Danger zone (≤30 days)
Recommended actions
  • Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) to block unauthorized domain transfers
Registrar auDA Internal (9999)
Last Updated October 1, 2025
Name Servers t.au, r.au, q.au, s.au, a.au
DNSSEC Enabled
Hosting
IP Address 13.248.211.240
ASN AS16509 (AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US)
Provider AWS
Data source: rdap (0.3s)

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

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 7 ms TCP Connect 9 ms TLS Handshake 121 ms Server Processing 62 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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