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95/100 SECURITY SCORE

Certificate Information

Subject
CN=howtogeek.com
Issuer
C=US, O=Let's Encrypt, CN=E7
Valid From
December 13, 2025
Valid Until
March 13, 2026 59 days
Public Key
ECDSA 256 bit (P-256) Adequate
Signature Algorithm
ECDSA-SHA384
SHA-256 Fingerprint
7B:EC:0A:73:6E:B8:98:B2:1F:AE:04:4B:91:6A:B4:DA:37:4B:1F:1C:97:8F:9D:23:60:D5:83:42:5E:AB:1E:89
Alternative Names

Security Configuration

TLS Protocols
TLS 1.2 TLS 1.3
Forward Secrecy
Supported (Modern clients use PFS)

HTTP Security Headers

Status
Strict-Transport-Security
Excellent
max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload
Content-Security-Policy
Basic
default-src
X-Frame-Options
Good
SAMEORIGIN
X-Content-Type-Options
Good
nosniff
Referrer-Policy
Good
no-referrer-when-downgrade
Permissions-Policy
Missing
Not configured
Recommendations
  • Improve CSP by adding more specific directives and removing 'unsafe-inline'
  • Consider adding Permissions-Policy to control browser features

CAA Records (Certificate Authority Authorization)

CAA Records
Configured (Restricts certificate issuance)
Current Issuer
Authorized (Matches CAA policy)
Recommendations
  • Consider using critical flag (flags=128) for stricter CAA enforcement
  • You have authorized 4 CAs - consider limiting to only the CAs you actively use
  • Consider adding 'iodef' records to receive notifications about unauthorized certificate issuance attempts

Subject Alternative Names

4 domains