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Infrastructure

· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
83
GRADE
B
FIX
0
REVIEW
5
PASS
4
INFO
0
Probed from Sao Paulo, Brazil
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
4 PASS 5 REVIEW
B
Redirect Chain
1 redirect(s), 1787 ms total
REVIEW
1 redirect(s), 1787 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://vic.gov.au → https://www.vic.gov.au/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect
Warning::
Redirect overhead: 1787 ms total
Got: 1787 ms

https://vic.gov.au

573 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.vic.gov.au/

1213 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://vic.gov.au301573 msHTTP/1.1
2https://www.vic.gov.au/2001213 msHTTP/1.1

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

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.vic.gov.au/
200https://vic.gov.au/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://vic.gov.au/ → https://vic.gov.au/

Consistent

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

Certificate validity

193
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

  • Add includeSubDomains to the HSTS directive
  • Add the preload directive and submit to hstspreload.org once max-age + includeSubDomains are in place
  • Enable OCSP stapling on your TLS server to remove a CA roundtrip and protect user privacy
B
CDN & Delivery
Varnish
REVIEW
Varnish
Info::
Site is served via Varnish CDN
Got: via: 1.1 varnish-7bfb4cf6db-gprtw (Varnish/7.2)
CDN Detected: Varnish
Provider Varnish Evidence via: 1.1 varnish-7bfb4cf6db-gprtw (Varnish/7.2)
A+
DNS Records
1 A records, 5 ms lookup
PASS
1 A records, 5 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 103.107.226.226
Info::
Single A record — no DNS redundancy
Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
5 nameserver(s) configured
Got: a.au, q.au, r.au, s.au, t.au
Info::
2 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: 5 ms
Got: 5 ms
A103.107.226.226
AAAA—
CNAME—
NSa.au, q.au, r.au, s.au, t.au
MX
10 mxa-001fc401.gslb.pphosted.com
10 mxb-001fc401.gslb.pphosted.com
TXT
_tdrbagj9p33mkbk092csn6lryh7cmny
h2r06m8w4wsgn0ct7twtpsgqx27qvkr6
xm0x920mfpwxch276br1j9rsxrz4692h
fastly-domain-delegation-0hIS17fZ-738614-20240209
dtm-domain-verification=yONcD7eO95tamqv6WNUH50WlLC3TGW7CYJZCM0_vz-I
google-site-verification=J9rgdRhWaugAYvX91KVvW39mnYc-BlkXwj1yIDwA8jQ
google-site-verification=llSvVFa1f_tTpfT9zChdso-lVkPo9jfQs9KnpRD8mtE
SPF v=spf1 include:spf-001fc401.pphosted.com include:smtp.dpc.vic.gov.au ~all
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 5 ms

Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.

Why this matters

Single A record means a single point of failure — if that IP goes down, your site is unreachable until DNS TTL expires.

Learn more ▾

Add multiple A records for round-robin failover, or use a managed DNS provider with health-checked failover (Route 53, Cloudflare, NS1). Short TTL (60-300s) lets clients recover faster on outages.

Source: SRE practice / DNS architecture

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+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 5 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 5 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 169 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 5 entries
Info::
Sitemap index with 5 child sitemaps
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap
robots.txt 200 OK
Size 169 B Sitemaps referenced 1 User-agents *, SemrushBot Blocking No — crawling allowed
User-agent: SemrushBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: *
Crawl-delay: 2
Disallow: /oauth/*
Disallow: /preview/*
Disallow: /share-link
Sitemap: https://www.vic.gov.au/sitemap.xml
sitemap.xml 200 OK
Type Sitemap Index URLs 5 entries Valid XML Yes
Child Sitemaps:
A+
Domain Intelligence
vic.gov.au — via auDA Internal (9999), hosted on SECTIONIO-AS-AP SQUIXA PTY LIMITED, AU
PASS
vic.gov.au — via auDA Internal (9999), hosted on SECTIONIO-AS-AP SQUIXA PTY LIMITED, AU
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: SECTIONIO-AS-AP SQUIXA PTY LIMITED, AU
Got: AS136133
Domain expiry

Unknown

SSL certificate

193 days

Issued by Amazon

Domain age

Unknown

DNSSEC

Enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

SECTIONIO-AS-AP SQUIXA PTY LIMITED, AU

ASN AS136133

103.107.226.226

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 March 19, 2024
Name Servers t.au, r.au, q.au, s.au, a.au
DNSSEC Enabled
Hosting
IP Address 103.107.226.226
ASN AS136133 (SECTIONIO-AS-AP SQUIXA PTY LIMITED, AU)
Provider SECTIONIO-AS-AP SQUIXA PTY LIMITED, AU
Data source: rdap (0.7s)

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

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 3 ms TCP Connect 186 ms TLS Handshake 196 ms Server Processing 188 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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