SSL Certificate Analysis for smithsoianmag.com - Security Grade & TLS Configuration

Certificate Information

Subject

CN=schimelmitzotorrino.com

Issuer

C=US, O=Let's Encrypt, CN=R13

Valid From

December 24, 2025

Valid Until

March 24, 2026 43 days

Public Key

RSA 4096 bit Strong

Signature Algorithm

SHA256-RSA

SHA-256 Fingerprint

4A:79:05:19:67:E8:BB:2A:62:3B:AD:B6:2F:31:83:45:E3:08:77:B7:62:31:39:1A:9F:38:BA:B8:98:64:CC:48

Alternative Names

74 domains

Security Configuration

TLS Protocols

TLS 1.2 TLS 1.3

Forward Secrecy

Supported (Modern clients use PFS)

HTTP Security Headers

Status

Strict-Transport-Security

Missing

Not configured

Content-Security-Policy

Missing

Not configured

X-Frame-Options

Missing

Not configured

X-Content-Type-Options

Missing

Not configured

Referrer-Policy

Missing

Not configured

Permissions-Policy

Missing

Not configured

Recommendations

• Add Strict-Transport-Security header with max-age of at least 1 year
• Add Content-Security-Policy header to prevent XSS attacks
• Add X-Frame-Options: DENY or SAMEORIGIN to prevent clickjacking
• Add X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
• 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