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mg.co.za

The Mail & Guardian is a quality investigative and comment news publication, based on a culture of editorial independence and excellence.

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Category
News
Language
English
Paid-content signal
No paid content foundObserved
Registered
Unknown
Hosting
CloudflareInferred
HTTPS certificate trusted
PassedObserved
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The Mail & Guardian is a quality investigative and comment news publication, based on a culture of editorial independence and excellence.
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Unknown.
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Primary language: English.
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Website Overview

Page metadata, canonical configuration and social previews work together to provide more consistent search and sharing presentation.

Domain and Registration

Unknown

DNS and Email

Nameservers are provided by Cloudflare, indicating managed DNS hosting. MX records point to the Google Workspace email service. No CNAME was found; the observed records resolve directly to addresses. SPF and DMARC are configured. DKIM status is unknown. TXT records include verification markers for Google. Such markers may also remain after a service stops being used.

TLS and Certificates

The public key uses EC with 256 bits. The server supplied a complete certificate chain. No organization name is present in the certificate; the available fields are consistent with domain validation. The certificate was issued by Let's Encrypt, commonly associated with automated certificate services. The certificate's total validity is about 89 days, consistent with a short renewal cycle.

HTTP and Browser Security

The checked browser-security headers were not detected, leaving fewer explicit browser-side safeguards. No X-Powered-By header was found, reducing one common source of backend fingerprinting information. The cf-ray response header indicates a CDN or caching proxy in the delivery path. No obvious internal addresses or debug information were found in the headers. The Server header identifies cloudflare without an exact version.

Technology Stack Analysis

The public page identifies NewsTeam, Next.js, Google Analytics, Cloudflare without precise versions, leaving fewer clues for version-specific scanning.

Search and Social Sharing

The Generator tag identifies NewsTeam, making the publishing system easier to fingerprint. Twitter Card metadata is configured. JSON-LD includes Organization data, helping describe the organization as an entity. The page declares 1 language or regional alternatives using hreflang. The title has 44 characters, within a common display range.

Hosting and Email

DNSCloudflare
HostingCloudflare
EmailGoogle Workspace
Approximate IP geolocation (inferred; a CDN or proxy may differ from the origin server) Location unknown Inferred 104.20.23.238

Registration details

RDAP / WHOIS

Unknown

DNS records

DNS

TypeNameValueTTLPriority
Amg.co.za104.20.23.238142—
Amg.co.za172.66.149.92142—
AAAAmg.co.za2606:4700:10::6814:17ee300—
AAAAmg.co.za2606:4700:10::ac42:955c300—
MXmg.co.zaaspmx.l.google.com3001
MXmg.co.zaalt1.aspmx.l.google.com3005
MXmg.co.zaalt2.aspmx.l.google.com3005
MXmg.co.zaalt3.aspmx.l.google.com30010
MXmg.co.zaalt4.aspmx.l.google.com30010
NSmg.co.zamatt.ns.cloudflare.com86400—
NSmg.co.zazara.ns.cloudflare.com86400—
TXTmg.co.za_globalsign-domain-verification=1qNwvTrnfWSyToTMRe-GuEe2yrr1o9v_M7TXOF7hGm120—
TXTmg.co.zaca3-13076e882d394771bb6d63c49bebfa44120—
TXTmg.co.zaca3-92db08a782d84e51b2b9da5cc5fc0d0f120—
TXTmg.co.zagoogle-site-verification=9gIBgefgMmPumOFzL6DMmCjpBtDx3Kw-pMKC_roa438120—
TXTmg.co.zagoogle-site-verification=WRMGq1Xoqf7X5FPgykGntBSkzRN8H87CC2eZe3yhh9g120—
TXTmg.co.zagoogle-site-verification=wOEQAY6BjcoYIAkjK3zTYGKvSDDPd3Dzp5vX6j-CfRI120—
TXTmg.co.zav=spf1 ip4:178.79.135.41 ip4:154.127.124.62 ip4:85.10.215.139 ip4:173.213.232.88 ip4:164.160.25.137 ip4:159.122.224.198 ip6:2a01:7e00::f03c:91ff:fec2:525b include:_spf.google.com include:eversrv.com include:spf.mandrillapp.com include:servers.mcsv.net a mx -all120—
DMARC_dmarc.mg.co.zav=DMARC1; p=none;300—
DMARC_dmarc.mg.co.zav=DMARC1; p=none; ri=14400; rua=mailto:[email protected],mailto:[email protected]; ruf=mailto:[email protected],mailto:[email protected]; fo=1300—

TLS and certificates

TLS / SSL

AssessmentNormal configuration
Supported protocolsTLSv1.2、TLSv1.3
Negotiated protocolTLSv1.3
Certificate subjectmg.co.za
IssuerLet's Encrypt
Valid until2026-12-18T07:45 · Remaining when checked: 87 days
Verification detailsCertificate trust: Passed · Hostname match: Passed

HTTP response headers

HTTP

HeaderValue
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
content-languageen
cache-controlpublic, max-age=0, s-maxage=120, stale-while-revalidate=259200
servercloudflare

Identified technologies

NewsTeamNext.jsGoogle AnalyticsCloudflare

Pages, Search and Sharing

Meta descriptionThe Mail & Guardian is a quality investigative and comment news publication, based on a culture of editorial independence and excellence.
Canonical URLhttps://mg.co.za/
LanguageEnglish (default)
Twitter Cardsummary_large_image
All bots 1 allowed · 1 disallowed
  • Allow/
  • Disallow/_next/
google-extended 1 allowed · 0 disallowed
  • Allow/

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