vice.com
Paid content
Categories: News
VICE is a global media channel focusing on investigative journalism and enlightening videos about everything from world news, travel, art, drugs, politics, sports, fashion, sex, and super cute animals.
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Website Overview
Identifiable technologies and additional version or configuration signals make the service easier to fingerprint, which may help targeted scanners narrow their checks. An established domain and managed infrastructure suggest continuity of operations and may support dependable delivery, although neither guarantees service quality.
Domain and Registration
Registered in 1997, this domain has about 29 years of history. That suggests continuity, although ownership and purpose may have changed. Transfer-protection status is present, helping reduce the risk of unauthorized domain transfers. The domain uses the common .com extension, which is not an independent safety signal.
DNS and Email
The lowest TTL is 60 seconds, supporting rapid record changes at the cost of more frequent lookups. Nameservers are provided by Amazon Route 53, indicating managed DNS hosting. MX records point to the Google Workspace email service. SPF and DMARC are configured. DKIM status is unknown. TXT records include verification markers for Google, Apple, Atlassian, Meta. 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
X-Powered-By exposes backend information: WordPress VIP <https://wpvip.com>. The response lacks these common security headers: HSTS, CSP, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy. The x-cache 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 nginx without an exact version.
Technology Stack Analysis
The public page identifies WordPress 7.0.5, jQuery, Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, nginx, with exact versions exposed for 1 technologies. These details can narrow vulnerability checks, although exposure alone is not a vulnerability.
Search and Social Sharing
The meta description has 201 characters and may be shortened in search results. The Generator tag identifies WordPress 7.0.5, 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 title has 64 characters, within a common display range.
Hosting and Email
Pages, Search and Sharing
| Meta description | VICE is a global media channel focusing on investigative journalism and enlightening videos about everything from world news, travel, art, drugs, politics, sports, fashion, sex, and super cute animals. |
|---|---|
| Canonical URL | https://www.vice.com/ |
| Language | English (default) |
| Twitter Card | summary_large_image |
Social Sharing Preview
12 fieldsrobots.txt (opens in a new tab)
0 rulesAll bots 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
No matching rules.
Sitemaps
33- https://www.vice.com/sitemap.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vice.com/news-sitemap.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vice.com/sitemap-2026.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vice.com/sitemap-2025.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vice.com/sitemap-2024.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vice.com/sitemap-2023.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vice.com/sitemap-2022.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vice.com/sitemap-2021.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vice.com/sitemap-2020.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vice.com/sitemap-2019.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vice.com/sitemap-2018.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vice.com/sitemap-2017.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vice.com/sitemap-2016.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vice.com/sitemap-2015.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vice.com/sitemap-2014.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vice.com/sitemap-2013.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vice.com/sitemap-2012.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vice.com/sitemap-2011.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vice.com/sitemap-2010.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vice.com/sitemap-2009.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vice.com/sitemap-2008.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vice.com/sitemap-2007.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vice.com/sitemap-2006.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vice.com/sitemap-2005.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vice.com/sitemap-2004.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vice.com/sitemap-2003.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vice.com/sitemap-2002.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vice.com/sitemap-2001.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vice.com/sitemap-2000.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vice.com/sitemap-1999.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vice.com/sitemap-1991.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vice.com/sitemap-1980.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vice.com/sitemap-1970.xml(opens in a new tab)
Registration details RDAP / WHOIS
| Registrar | Amazon Registrar, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Registered | 1997-05-28 |
| Expires | 2029-05-14 |
| Domain status | client transfer prohibited |
| Nameservers | ns-1136.awsdns-14.org、ns-1767.awsdns-28.co.uk、ns-409.awsdns-51.com、ns-851.awsdns-42.net |
| DNSSEC | unsigned |
DNS records
| Type | Name | Value | TTL | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | savageplatform.go-vip.net | 192.0.66.177 | 2809 | — |
| AAAA | savageplatform.go-vip.net | 2a04:fa87:fffd::c000:42b1 | 3068 | — |
| MX | vice.com | aspmx.l.google.com | 60 | 1 |
| MX | vice.com | alt1.aspmx.l.google.com | 60 | 5 |
| MX | vice.com | alt2.aspmx.l.google.com | 60 | 5 |
| MX | vice.com | alt3.aspmx.l.google.com | 60 | 10 |
| MX | vice.com | alt4.aspmx.l.google.com | 60 | 10 |
| NS | vice.com | ns-1136.awsdns-14.org | 86400 | — |
| NS | vice.com | ns-1767.awsdns-28.co.uk | 86400 | — |
| NS | vice.com | ns-409.awsdns-51.com | 86400 | — |
| NS | vice.com | ns-851.awsdns-42.net | 86400 | — |
| TXT | vice.com | MS=ms12990789 | 300 | — |
| TXT | vice.com | MS=ms60645384 | 300 | — |
| TXT | vice.com | MS=ms95705199 | 300 | — |
| TXT | vice.com | _globalsign-domain-verification=FkYUUSU-u5X_D3giiaw10eou45Hypdwsy_sylh2zJu | 300 | — |
| TXT | vice.com | _globalsign-domain-verification=FvLwtclLqbuRNqYYejsQKQvAfmnbAsdS6mnPWYJ68i | 300 | — |
| TXT | vice.com | _globalsign-domain-verification=Fw09cFhmPL_-Bfg6BV5_NkyDEkXJfmQd4uPViX560A | 300 | — |
| TXT | vice.com | _globalsign-domain-verification=_RbDCFzr-yfROGxWkkSAsoiMH5OQA3bf87X1mVB00o | 300 | — |
| TXT | vice.com | _globalsign-domain-verification=cvzudUSBhMY8hRS7IP7p9RJPtfz6pOiqiZnxw4TS3B | 300 | — |
| TXT | vice.com | apple-domain-verification=BOrbQ950ceBMRT6K | 300 | — |
| TXT | vice.com | atlassian-domain-verification=hskXXsfAYScT3KMiq7xVqeq8pA3Dkwaz5RTPEUtEYuz0g/axlajsLpjGfnxq71ua | 300 | — |
| TXT | vice.com | d71d927b-d9b1-486d-942d-a63b998cd054 | 300 | — |
| TXT | vice.com | facebook-domain-verification=p28ly5dk7y0h9ifoyy14yc3uy9q51m | 300 | — |
| TXT | vice.com | google-site-verification=0XoBNy3wbp30QiCvylLOm6zYj9kZKVq-MH_VSk9N7YI | 300 | — |
| TXT | vice.com | google-site-verification=2vnKISMVuTAXioui9BB5JRYgkvsjsrNQuTBD6vRdUZI | 300 | — |
| TXT | vice.com | google-site-verification=8z8GM9dXL1-EpntXBKm21ItbggUCYcYCdlFItk_eBmA | 300 | — |
| TXT | vice.com | google-site-verification=BuA_rxCVfUoocrJPi9jJBNM-uNdkk7bMiF-pZP_yB1Y | 300 | — |
| TXT | vice.com | google-site-verification=JiCNjfV_KQ9u6p3NdMgJK1bVZmG32BEoMVA8mDJBwNE | 300 | — |
| TXT | vice.com | google-site-verification=TratwkuDvIfbfsNT4KG8-YejFfBiW6p4oOcXRxLH3r4 | 300 | — |
| TXT | vice.com | google-site-verification=UacLp_IBYg9IKcXHq6L2GB9XSn15AIQ0Oq75QZP8J5Y | 300 | — |
| TXT | vice.com | google-site-verification=btBMb52eXk6iENlWHf2enS6PXiqmlvh8EKOmYqtcKJI | 300 | — |
| TXT | vice.com | google-site-verification=hmGbIbCrcAR4XY7Pu4PrIOlGhLl8MZ108lr2-5kqguM | 300 | — |
| TXT | vice.com | google-site-verification=lcQiAPONhDm_181jNSi6XpgY0idwd8qpTQH5_q4hQx4 | 300 | — |
| TXT | vice.com | google-site-verification=v4Zf8BcP9sjIEkb-rLGU3Ac5H9n1PXQGKR1CLzxXCxw | 300 | — |
| TXT | vice.com | hdm3c44cjhiav30som77bfj86k | 300 | — |
| TXT | vice.com | klaviyo-site-verification=W3ywb2 | 300 | — |
| TXT | vice.com | mk2fh9vmhx7h82rb8fqq1v4fxqtb3dcm | 300 | — |
| TXT | vice.com | site24x7-signals-domain-verification=203dd32b60ef01a9ed6d5f0a2d533127 | 300 | — |
| TXT | vice.com | t2dzyyjjk58zxx4trb2rkmzsq3pm7yt3 | 300 | — |
| TXT | vice.com | v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:amazonses.com include:servers.mcsv.net include:_spf-1.vice.com include:_spf-2.vice.com include:_spf-3.vice.com -all | 300 | — |
| TXT | vice.com | zone-ownership-verification-dec629f1cd5e9c0b33ea86958a7648d4d3b07a9fd759332730b3780beaef412b | 300 | — |
| CNAME | www.vice.com | savageplatform.go-vip.net | 3600 | — |
| DMARC | _dmarc.vice.com | v=DMARC1;p=reject;pct=100; | 300 | — |
TLS and certificates
| Assessment | Normal configuration |
|---|---|
| Supported protocols | TLSv1.2、TLSv1.3 |
| Negotiated protocol | TLSv1.3 |
| Certificate subject | vice.com |
| Issuer | Let's Encrypt |
| Valid until | 2026-12-09T12:58 · Remaining when checked: 79 days |
| Verification details | Certificate trust: Passed · Hostname match: Passed |
HTTP response headers
| Header | Value |
|---|---|
| content-type | text/html; charset=UTF-8 |
| cache-control | no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0, no-store |
| server | nginx |
| x-frame-options | SAMEORIGIN |
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