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Certificate Information
Subject
CN=*.arstechnica.com
Issuer
C=US, O=Amazon, CN=Amazon RSA 2048 M03
Valid From
July 27, 2025
Valid Until
August 23, 2026
293 days
Public Key
RSA
2048 bit
Adequate
Signature Algorithm
SHA256-RSA
SHA-256 Fingerprint
33:37:41:78:AF:07:30:5E:E5:09:4E:8A:FF:B6:3D:20:B3:21:AA:25:70:AF:F1:7C:C3:0C:DE:02:AF:DB:DE:F1
Alternative Names
Security Configuration
TLS Protocols
TLS 1.2
Forward Secrecy
Limited
(Check cipher configuration)
Warnings
- • TLS 1.3 is not supported (recommended)
HTTP Security Headers
Status
Strict-Transport-Security
Missing
Not configured
Content-Security-Policy
Basic
default-src; child-src; connect-src; +8 more
X-Frame-Options
Good
SAMEORIGIN
X-Content-Type-Options
Good
nosniff
Referrer-Policy
Missing
Not configured
Permissions-Policy
Missing
Not configured
Recommendations
- • Add Strict-Transport-Security header with max-age of at least 1 year
- • Improve CSP by adding more specific directives and removing 'unsafe-inline'
- • Add Referrer-Policy header (recommended: strict-origin-when-cross-origin)
- • Consider adding Permissions-Policy to control browser features
CAA Records (Certificate Authority Authorization)
CAA Records
Not Configured
(Any CA can issue certificates)
CAA Issues
- • No CAA records configured - any CA can issue certificates
Recommendations
- • Implement CAA records to restrict which CAs can issue certificates for your domain
- • This adds an extra layer of security against unauthorized certificate issuance
- • Example: Add CAA record 'example.com. CAA 0 issue "letsencrypt.org"'
- • Consider adding 'iodef' record to receive security incident reports