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yahoo.com

87 out of 10020 passed5 to improve
Checked 2 days ago· Grading…

HTTPS & TLS

100/100A+
  • HTTPS certificateDigiCert Inc10/10

    HTTPS with a valid certificate from DigiCert Inc.

  • Certificate expiry364/4

    The certificate is valid for another 36 days.

  • TLS versionTLS 1.34/4

    Negotiates TLS 1.3, the current protocol: faster handshakes, forward secrecy always.

  • Old protocols3/3

    Refuses the retired TLS 1.0 and 1.1.

  • Key strengthECDSA P-2562/2

    A strong key: ECDSA P-256.

  • HTTP → HTTPS3013/3

    http:// redirects straight to https://.

  • HSTS1 year4/4

    HSTS tells browsers to use HTTPS only, for 1 year.

  • HTTP/2 and HTTP/3HTTP/22/2

    HTTP/2.

DNS

79/100B
  • DNSSEC0/3

    Not signed with DNSSEC: a forged DNS answer for the domain cannot be told from the real one.

  • Name servers54/4

    5 name servers for the domain.

  • Name servers answer5/55/5

    Every name server answers for the domain, with the same version of the zone.

  • CAA recordsglobalsign.com, digicert.com, sectigo.com2/2

    CAA records name the authorities allowed to issue its certificates.

Email

86/100A
  • MTA-STStesting1/2

    MTA-STS is in testing mode: failures are reported, not prevented.

  • DKIM

    No DKIM key at the common selectors; it may use one that cannot be guessed.

  • SPFredirect4/5

    SPF follows another domain's policy (redirect=).

  • DMARCreject7/7

    DMARC tells receivers to reject mail that fakes the domain (p=reject).

  • TLS reporting0.5/0.5

    TLS reporting: senders report failed encrypted deliveries.

Web & network

69/100C
  • Content Security Policypartial1.5/3

    A Content Security Policy is sent, but it does not limit scripts.

  • Permissions-Policy0/0.5

    No Permissions-Policy: embedded content may ask for camera, microphone or location.

  • RPKIunknown1/4

    The route to the website is not covered by RPKI, so a hijack of it cannot be told apart.

  • X-Content-Type-Options2/2

    X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff stops browsers guessing file types.

  • Framing2/2

    Other sites cannot frame its pages (clickjacking protection).

  • Referrer-Policyno-referrer-when-downgrade0.5/0.5

    Referrer-Policy limits what other sites learn about where visitors came from.

  • IPv64/4

    www.yahoo.com is reachable over IPv6 as well as IPv4.

Dependencies

100/100A+
  • DNS providersSelf-hosted5/5

    DNS is served from 4 separate networks.

  • One company for everything5/5

    The website, DNS and email do not all hang on one company.

Who runs it

Website
YAHOO
DNS
Self-hosted
Email
yahoodns.net

Routes

  • 188.125.94.0/24AS10310RPKI unknown
  • 2a00:1288:84::/48AS203219RPKI unknown

Name servers

  • ns1.yahoo.comAS10880
  • ns2.yahoo.comAS7280
  • ns3.yahoo.comAS23879
  • ns4.yahoo.comAS36646
  • ns5.yahoo.comAS10880

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What is graded
HTTPS & TLS · 25%

A valid certificate (an invalid one means F), its expiry against its lifetime, TLS 1.3, no TLS 1.0/1.1 (else at most B), http:// sent straight to https://, HSTS, HTTP/2.

DNS · 20%

At least two name servers that all answer and agree, DNSSEC, CAA records, and a registration that is not about to expire.

Email · 20%

SPF, a DMARC policy that rejects forgeries (none means at most B), MTA-STS and TLS reporting for domains that take mail, DKIM at common selectors.

Web & network · 20%

Content Security Policy, nosniff, framing protection, Referrer- and Permissions-Policy, IPv6, and an RPKI-valid route (invalid means at most C).

Dependencies · 15%

DNS from more than one provider, and the website, DNS and email not all with one company.

A+ 95–100 · A 85–94 · B 75–84 · C 65–74 · D 50–64 · F below 50

yahoo.com: A (87/100) · Infrastructure report card · SkyCISA Atlas