Infrastructure - https://syfy.com BeaverCheck Audit

C

IPv6 Readiness

Action

No IPv6 support

REVIEW

No IPv6 support

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

URL Variants

www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS

REVIEW

www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS

Both www and non-www versions serve content

Got: Both variants return 200 Expected: One variant 301-redirects to the other

HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS

www / non-www

200https://www.syfy.com/

200https://syfy.com/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

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

Consistent

B

TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations

93 days until leaf cert expires — 3 issues to address

REVIEW

Certificate validity

93

days left

0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

Submit your domain to hstspreload.org to be added to the Chrome preload list
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

Akamai

REVIEW

Akamai

Site is served via Akamai CDN

Got: server header

CDN Detected: Akamai

Provider Akamai Evidence server header

A+

DNS Records

2 A records, 10 ms lookup

PASS

2 A records, 10 ms lookup

Resolves to 2 IPv4 address(es)

Got: 23.48.224.70, 23.48.224.72

No IPv6 (AAAA) records

4 nameserver(s) configured

Got: pdns129.ultradns.com, pdns129.ultradns.biz, pdns129.ultradns.net, pdns129.ultradns.org

4 mail exchanger(s) configured

CAA records not checked

CAA record lookup requires a specialized DNS resolver. This check will be available in a future update.

SPF record present in TXT

DNS resolution time: 10 ms

Got: 10 ms

A	23.48.224.70, 23.48.224.72
AAAA	—
CNAME	—
NS	pdns129.ultradns.com, pdns129.ultradns.biz, pdns129.ultradns.net, pdns129.ultradns.org
MX	10 mxb-00a17301.gslb.pphosted.com 10 mxa-00a17301.gslb.pphosted.com 20 mx0b-00a17301.pphosted.com 20 mx0a-00a17301.pphosted.com
TXT	google-site-verification=95MrgqYjDy4NdO9ZgEAT0WFMmJvHu_LlMuoj0sr1Qpg MS=ms18479535 amazonses:iFyQVdm/zMyoHthrBXyJ8Eyre8mqWd7nv5+2dBErgLU= SPF v=spf1 include:%{ir}.%{v}.%{d}.spf.has.pphosted.com ~all google-site-verification=-TyOyMsKQ2M_S8lrcMO31HTiWkVPWqmk--ve6dsJgVY _hz2repdeer036l5ztt76qg1el2i8c0a _opv9vtlbjsyr3388rz5txl17lsi0vt1 z2csjkwbyzmzm20n2wzn7lsw3r1qyx4t amazonses:OUWEMHOP3/jigY9mG2oCvpbF0oDhfxeYdbvZLPTxCzM= dropbox-domain-verification=smf3exzg2w5v amazonses:Q/TtbdLlaBNMD44Rd91oWdl+duBAS+TObg4rMM7N2sg=
CAA	Lookup not available with standard resolver

Resolved in 10 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), 206 ms total

PASS

1 redirect(s), 206 ms total

Single redirect

Got: https://syfy.com → https://www.syfy.com/ (301)

WWW normalization redirect

https://syfy.com

25 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.syfy.com/

181 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#	URL	Status	Time	Protocol	Server
1	https://syfy.com	301	25 ms	HTTP/1.1	AkamaiGHost
2	https://www.syfy.com/	200	181 ms	HTTP/1.1	Apache

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+

Crawlability

robots.txt present, sitemap with 4 URLs

PASS

robots.txt present, sitemap with 4 URLs

robots.txt is present

Got: 3189 bytes

sitemap.xml is present

sitemap.xml is valid XML

sitemap.xml contains 4 entries

robots.txt references sitemap

robots.txt 200 OK

Size 3189 B Sitemaps referenced 6 User-agents ClaudeBot, cohere-ai, FacebookBot, img2dataset, magpie-crawler, omgilibot, cohere-training-data-crawler, FriendlyCrawler, omgili, Ai2Bot-Dolma, Bytespider, Claude-Web, GPTBot, ICC-Crawler, Meta-ExternalAgent, *, anthropic-ai, CCBot, Crawlspace, Diffbot, Google-Extended, AI2Bot, Applebot-Extended Blocking No — crawling allowed

#
# robots.txt
#
# This file is to prevent the crawling and indexing of certain parts
# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!
# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
# you save bandwidth and server resources.
#
# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt
# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
#
# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

User-agent: *
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /core/*.css$
Allow: /core/*.css?
Allow: /core/*.js$
Allow: /core/*.js?
Allow: /core/*.gif
Allow: /core/*.jpg
Allow: /core/*.jpeg
Allow: /core/*.png
Allow: /core/*.svg
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
Allow: /profiles/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.svg
# Directories
Disallow: /core/
Disallow: /profiles/
# Files
Disallow: /README.txt
Disallow: /web.config
# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register
Disallow: /user/password
Disallow: /user/login
Disallow: /user/logout
Disallow: /bravo-insider/ajax/logout
Disallow: /bravo-insider/ajax/login
Disallow: /media/oembed
Disallow: /*/media/oembed
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /index.php/admin/
Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/
Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips
Disallow: /index.php/node/add/
Disallow: /index.php/search/
Disallow: /index.php/user/password
Disallow: /index.php/user/register
Disallow: /index.php/user/login
Disallow: /index.php/user/logout
Disallow: /index.php/bravo-insider/ajax/logout
Disallow: /index.php/bravo-insider/ajax/login
Disallow: /index.php/media/oembed
Disallow: /index.php/*/media/oembed

# Ads, see https://bravotv.atlassian.net/browse/BO-537
Allow: /ads.txt
Disallow: /ads

# Disallow AI bots
User-agent: AI2Bot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Ai2Bot-Dolma
Disallow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Disallow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Disallow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Disallow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Disallow: /

User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler
Disallow: /

User-agent: Crawlspace
Disallow: /

User-agent: Diffbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: FacebookBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: FriendlyCrawler
Disallow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Disallow: /

User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: ICC-Crawler
Disallow: /

User-agent: img2dataset
Disallow: /

User-agent: magpie-crawler
Disallow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Disallow: /

User-agent: omgili
Disallow: /

User-agent: omgilibot
Disallow: /

# Additional directives
Sitemap: https://www.syfy.com/sitemaps/googlenews/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.syfy.com/sitemaps/sitemap_blog/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.syfy.com/sitemaps/sitemap_cast/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.syfy.com/sitemaps/sitemap_gallery/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.syfy.com/sitemaps/sitemap_video/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.syfy.com/sitemap.xml

sitemap.xml 200 OK

Type URL Set URLs 4 entries Valid XML Yes

Sample URLs:

A+

Domain Intelligence

syfy.com — via MarkMonitor Inc., 27 years, 3 months old, hosted on Akamai

PASS

syfy.com — via MarkMonitor Inc., 27 years, 3 months old, hosted on Akamai

Domain registered until Jun 4, 2027 (1 years, 1 months remaining)

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.

Registrar: MarkMonitor Inc.

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.

Hosting: Akamai

Got: AS20940

Domain expiry

353 days

June 4, 2027

SSL certificate

93 days

Issued by DigiCert Inc

Domain age

27 years, 3 months

Registered June 4, 1999

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Akamai

ASN AS20940

23.49.248.15

Registrar

MarkMonitor Inc.

Unlocked 9 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 MarkMonitor Inc.

Created June 4, 1999 (27 years, 3 months ago)

Expires June 4, 2027 (1 years, 1 months)

Last Updated May 3, 2025

Name Servers asia2.akam.net, asia3.akam.net, aus1.akam.net, eur3.akam.net, eur4.akam.net, ns1-102.akam.net, ns1-161.akam.net, use3.akam.net, usw1.akam.net

DNSSEC Not enabled

Hosting

IP Address 23.49.248.15

ASN AS20940 (AKAMAI-ASN1, NL)

Provider Akamai

Data source: rdap (0.1s)

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 37 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown

PASS

DNS Lookup

6 ms

TCP Connect

2 ms

TLS Handshake

5 ms

Time to First Byte

38 ms

Total Time

38 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 6 ms TCP Connect 2 ms TLS Handshake 5 ms Server Processing 25 ms Content Transfer 0 ms