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Infrastructure

· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
85
GRADE
B
FIX
0
REVIEW
4
PASS
5
INFO
0
Probed from Sao Paulo, Brazil
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
5 PASS 4 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

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.thesaurus.com/
200https://thesaurus.com/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://thesaurus.com/ https://www.thesaurus.com/

Consistent

B
TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations
40 days until leaf cert expires — 3 issues to address
REVIEW

Certificate validity

40
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
B
CDN & Delivery
Cloudflare
REVIEW
Cloudflare
Info::
Site is served via Cloudflare CDN (edge: GRU)
Got: cf-ray: 9f0068ac9fe85f28-GRU
CDN Detected: Cloudflare
Provider Cloudflare Evidence cf-ray: 9f0068ac9fe85f28-GRU
A+
DNS Records
2 A records, 49 ms lookup
PASS
2 A records, 49 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 2 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 104.18.34.167, 172.64.153.89
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
4 nameserver(s) configured
Got: ns-1293.awsdns-33.org, ns-1738.awsdns-25.co.uk, ns-208.awsdns-26.com, ns-792.awsdns-35.net
Info::
No MX records — email not configured via DNS
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: 49 ms
Got: 49 ms
A104.18.34.167, 172.64.153.89
AAAA
CNAME
NSns-1293.awsdns-33.org, ns-1738.awsdns-25.co.uk, ns-208.awsdns-26.com, ns-792.awsdns-35.net
MX
TXT
MS=ms80338196
apple-domain-verification=nj6FwkHbBjzb9-UxdyUXeP7FF2oM9mvfAgeVWsh7_AY
facebook-domain-verification=l603frfyds9zp53cw1j4t8rup7s6xw
google-site-verification=DLu1Js46XMS-px52kkEC5A8tn60ic7gGqdLD8TuONtI
google-site-verification=DqlZdBGbWe_03j1wzAPs2rJZkomS3VHcidI4ubtKGvY
google-site-verification=LTWZThfIGrhYISnCNejXDKyaS2jVfKlHbURwNazkJvQ
google-site-verification=WBN-TwLhlhgan3FWtX5K0LfAjpzB8liQBLZnonJq6rc
google-site-verification=f98-cnPjvOzQCrGovTGa1TTaMgrJgPps76e7tbShAAw
google-site-verification=v-BgQckYSdyUAQ2qDCw1odtSb2rsnYOMQYrJrKxb6yU
kh4lqmk46b4vdwd2lv1hx47sbx0mb2gw
SPF v=spf1 include:aspmx.sailthru.com -all
yahoo-verification-key=ycaectp2GBVxrYsMMsjmQjExxkzAHGSRhygbQtow5NI=
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 49 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), 122 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 122 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://thesaurus.com → https://www.thesaurus.com/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect

https://thesaurus.com

37 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.thesaurus.com/

85 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://thesaurus.com30137 msHTTP/1.1cloudflare
2https://www.thesaurus.com/20085 msHTTP/1.1cloudflare

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
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 565 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 4 entries
Info::
Sitemap index with 4 child sitemaps
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap
robots.txt 200 OK
Size 565 B Sitemaps referenced 1 User-agents deepcrawl, seerbot/1.0, Applebot-Extended, *, AmazonAdBot, GPTBot, CCBot Blocking No — crawling allowed

# Production version 2025-12-08
User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: deepcrawl
Disallow: /

User-agent: seerbot/1.0
Disallow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Disallow: /

User-agent: *
Disallow: /5480.iac.
Disallow: /go/
Disallow: /audio.html/
Disallow: /houseads/
Disallow: /askhome/
Disallow: /23219321/iac.
Disallow: /t2opt/
Disallow: /*,*
Disallow: /browse-2/

Allow: /

# Allow ad scanning
Allow: /ads.txt
Allow: /app-ads.txt

User-agent: AmazonAdBot
Crawl-Delay: 60

Sitemap: https://www.thesaurus.com/sitemap_index.xml
A
Domain Intelligence
thesaurus.com — via 101domain GRS Limited, 31 years, 4 months old, hosted on Cloudflare
PASS
thesaurus.com — via 101domain GRS Limited, 31 years, 4 months old, hosted on Cloudflare
Warning::
Domain expires in 37 days
Consider enabling auto-renewal to prevent accidental expiration.
Got: Expires May 29, 2026
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: 101domain GRS Limited
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

EXPIRED

May 29, 2026

SSL certificate

40 days

Issued by Google Trust Services

Domain age

31 years, 4 months

Registered May 30, 1995

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Cloudflare

ASN AS13335

172.64.153.89

Registrar

101domain GRS Limited

Unlocked 4 NS records
Expiry timeline
Today
+1 year
Domain expiry SSL expiry Danger zone (≤30 days)
Recommended actions
  • Domain has EXPIRED — renew immediately to avoid total site outage
  • Enable DNSSEC to protect visitors from DNS spoofing
  • Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) to block unauthorized domain transfers
Registrar 101domain GRS Limited
Created May 30, 1995 (31 years, 4 months ago)
Expires May 29, 2026 (1 months)
Last Updated July 3, 2024
Name Servers ns-1293.awsdns-33.org, ns-1738.awsdns-25.co.uk, ns-208.awsdns-26.com, ns-792.awsdns-35.net
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 172.64.153.89
ASN AS13335 (CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US)
Provider Cloudflare
Data source: rdap (0.7s)

Consider enabling auto-renewal to prevent accidental expiration.

Why this matters

Domain expiry approaching — renew immediately and ensure auto-renew + alerting are configured.

Source: ICANN renewal policy

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 66 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
43 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.
9 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
66 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
67 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 43 ms TCP Connect 1 ms TLS Handshake 9 ms Server Processing 14 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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