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· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
90
GRADE
A
FIX
1
REVIEW
3
PASS
5
INFO
0
Probed from Madrid, Spain
200 OK
Checks
9
5 PASS 3 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.

B
DNS Records
1 A records, 28 ms lookup
REVIEW
1 A records, 28 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 132.148.77.44
Info::
Single A record — no DNS redundancy
Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Warning::
CNAME record at zone apex
A CNAME at the zone apex can break MX and NS records. Use ALIAS/ANAME or A records instead.
Got: 44.77.148.132.host.secureserver.net
Info::
No NS records found
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: 28 ms
Got: 28 ms
A132.148.77.44
AAAA
CNAME44.77.148.132.host.secureserver.net
NS
MX
TXT
SPF v=spf1 include:secureserver.net -all
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 28 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

A CNAME at the zone apex can break MX and NS records. Use ALIAS/ANAME or A records instead.

Why this matters

CNAME at the apex (example.com) breaks every other apex record (MX, TXT, NS) — DNS-protocol violation per RFC 1034.

Learn more

RFC 1034 forbids CNAME alongside other records at the same name. Some DNS providers offer ALIAS / ANAME / flattened-CNAME records that work around this — use those instead. Otherwise apex-level CNAME breaks email (no MX), domain ownership verification (no TXT), and more.

Source: RFC 1034

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.

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

Certificate validity

235
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
A+
Redirect Chain
No redirects — direct access
PASS
No redirects — direct access
Info::
No redirects — direct access
Got: https://www.virginia.edu

https://www.virginia.edu

656 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://www.virginia.edu200656 msHTTP/1.1nginx
A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 28 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 28 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 152 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 28 entries
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap
robots.txt 200 OK
Size 152 B Sitemaps referenced 1 User-agents * Blocking No — crawling allowed
# Allow all crawlers access to everything
User-agent: *
Disallow:

# Point to your sitemap if you have one
Sitemap: https://www.virginia.edu/sitemap.xml
A+
URL Variants
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
PASS
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
Info::
HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS

www / non-www

200https://www.virginia.edu/
https://virginia.edu/

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://www.virginia.edu/ https://www.virginia.edu/

Consistent

A+
Domain Intelligence
virginia.edu — 40 years, 8 months old, hosted on GoDaddy
PASS
virginia.edu — 40 years, 8 months old, hosted on GoDaddy
Info::
Domain registered until Jul 31, 2028 (2 years, 3 months remaining)
Info::
Hosting: GoDaddy
Got: AS398101
Domain expiry

776 days

July 31, 2028

SSL certificate

235 days

Issued by Internet2

Domain age

40 years, 8 months

Registered March 19, 1986

DNSSEC

Status unknown

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

GoDaddy

ASN AS398101

132.148.77.44

Registrar

Registrar unknown

Lock status unknown 3 NS records
Expiry timeline
Today
+1 year
Domain expiry SSL expiry Danger zone (≤30 days)
Registrar
Created March 19, 1986 (40 years, 8 months ago)
Expires July 31, 2028 (2 years, 3 months)
Last Updated June 6, 2025
Name Servers uvaarpa.virginia.edu, eip-01-aws.net.virginia.edu, nom.virginia.edu
Registrant University of Virginia
Hosting
IP Address 132.148.77.44
ASN AS398101 (GO-DADDY-COM-LLC - GoDaddy.com, LLC, US)
Provider GoDaddy
Data source: whois (0.9s)
A
HTTP Probe Timing
Total 661 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
160 ms
TCP Connect TCP Connect — time to establish a TCP connection to the server.
163 ms
TLS Handshake TLS Handshake — time to complete the HTTPS encryption handshake.
166 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
661 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
662 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 160 ms TCP Connect 163 ms TLS Handshake 166 ms Server Processing 172 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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