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Website Overview
Limited stack disclosure and few obvious backend markers suggest a more restrained public footprint. That reduces easy fingerprinting clues but is not proof of overall security. 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 1995, this domain has about 31 years of history. That suggests continuity, although ownership and purpose may have changed. The registrar, CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., specializes in corporate domain and brand management, suggesting attention to domain asset protection. 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 Cloudflare, indicating managed DNS hosting. DNS and provider evidence indicate traffic passes through the Fastly CDN, which may support caching and traffic distribution. MX records point to the Google Workspace email service. The CNAME points to mt-rv.map.fastly.net, associated with Fastly.
TLS and Certificates
The certificate uses an RSA 2048-bit public key, offering broad client compatibility. 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 response lacks these common security headers: CSP, X-Content-Type-Options, Permissions-Policy, clickjacking protection. No X-Powered-By header was found, reducing one common source of backend fingerprinting information. 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
No obvious technology stack is exposed. This may reflect restrained information disclosure, although the underlying technologies remain unknown.
Search and Social Sharing
Twitter Card metadata is configured. JSON-LD includes Organization data, helping describe the organization as an entity. The title has 57 characters, within a common display range. A meta description is present, with 107 characters. No Generator meta tag is publicly exposed.
Hosting and Email
Pages, Search and Sharing
| Meta description | ZDNET news and advice keep professionals prepared to embrace innovation and ready to build a better future. |
|---|---|
| Canonical URL | https://www.zdnet.com/ |
| Language | English (default) |
| Twitter Card | summary_large_image |
Social Sharing Preview
11 fieldsrobots.txt (opens in a new tab)
15 rulesAll bots 0 allowed · 15 disallowed
/user/*/members//members/newsletters//members/alerts/add//search/*Xhr**/xhr**/ajax/**/fly/*/bundles/flyjs/**/libs/**/version!libs/*/.well-known/*/index.php/**?beta=**?ftag=*
msnbot 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
- Interval
Crawl delay 1 seconds
addsearchbot 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
ai2bot 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
ai2bot-deepresearcheval 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
ai2bot-dolma 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
aiwebindex 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
amazon-qbusiness 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
amazonbot 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
amazonbuyforme 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
amzn-searchbot 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
amzn-user 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
anchor browser 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
anthropic-ai 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
apifybot 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
apifywebsitecontentcrawler 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
applebot 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
applebot-extended 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
atlassian-bot 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
autorag 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
awariosmartbot 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
azureai-searchbot 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
big sur ai 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
bigsur.ai 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
brandwatch 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
bravebot 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
brightbot 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
bytespider 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
ccbot 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
channel3bot 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
chatglm-spider 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
chatgpt-user 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
claude-code 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
claude-searchbot 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
claude-user 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
claude-web 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
claudebot 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
code 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
cohere-ai 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
cohere-training-data-crawler 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
cotoyogi 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
crawl4ai 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
cursor 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
datenbank crawler 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
datenbank-crawler 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
deepseekbot 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
devin 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
diffbot 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
direqt anomura 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
duckassistbot 0 allowed · 0 disallowed
No matching rules.
Sitemaps
6- https://www.zdnet.com/sitemaps/news.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.zdnet.com/sitemaps/topics.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.zdnet.com/sitemaps/article/index.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.zdnet.com/sitemaps/gallery/index.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.zdnet.com/sitemaps/video/index.xml(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.zdnet.com/sitemaps/review/index.xml(opens in a new tab)
Registration details RDAP / WHOIS
| Registrar | CSC Corporate Domains, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Registered | 1995-04-27 |
| Expires | 2029-04-28 |
| Domain status | client transfer prohibited |
| Nameservers | aria.ns.cloudflare.com、owen.ns.cloudflare.com |
| DNSSEC | unsigned |
DNS records
| Type | Name | Value | TTL | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | mt-rv.map.fastly.net | 199.232.194.154 | 60 | — |
| A | mt-rv.map.fastly.net | 199.232.198.154 | 60 | — |
| AAAA | mt-rv.map.fastly.net | 2a04:4e42:4c::666 | 60 | — |
| AAAA | mt-rv.map.fastly.net | 2a04:4e42:4d::666 | 60 | — |
| MX | zdnet.com | smtp.google.com | 60 | 1 |
| NS | zdnet.com | aria.ns.cloudflare.com | 86400 | — |
| NS | zdnet.com | owen.ns.cloudflare.com | 86400 | — |
| TXT | zdnet.com | MS=ms65532728 | 300 | — |
| TXT | zdnet.com | adobe-idp-site-verification=b6e27597198dfc9921fbe2ad78e9a76012bb17d0ddb65389e600ecb80de9a555 | 300 | — |
| TXT | zdnet.com | amazonses:kWgTT8gEghPg1NxciZwhrB3xu+jSMwW8T80qgRg5Kyw= | 300 | — |
| TXT | zdnet.com | amazonses:tf7PxlKrP5loKZqpIoiHCfuwRc9LWPN35B8KBlvXYvU= | 300 | — |
| TXT | zdnet.com | anthropic-domain-verification-4sn0p2=1S8SKrvmazJTSpSOW0ZEUoQHj | 300 | — |
| TXT | zdnet.com | atlassian-domain-verification=QUsZX4LdPWTYZgx09JhShFot27EJnUl/5CyxXFsiGebXl2QD8Fh3zzfkYZJe42Ic | 300 | — |
| TXT | zdnet.com | canva-site-verification=Dq2WPizCkBmFzG8pX1jdkQ | 300 | — |
| TXT | zdnet.com | facebook-domain-verification=qxzu4bw9l67g1b59xbja9fqgyetsfq | 300 | — |
| TXT | zdnet.com | figma-domain-verification=4f7cdfa45ca39f617dd7ba7b165e1bfd5e9b5e1ec18b849c6098dfdc4a4cfa64-1740511309 | 300 | — |
| TXT | zdnet.com | google-site-verification=0MpBgJlty0QJTSbL0NsxKSMQao7AtbMttqQqLBpnuqo | 300 | — |
| TXT | zdnet.com | google-site-verification=OEcQCk6m6XyHagDu-7BnHevLzPmjK8VLrehu0rHHPGs | 300 | — |
| TXT | zdnet.com | google-site-verification=VvA5ip4lC7mt45ap9Ra_PNfXXe3OgEsWiV3ZySfTRKI | 300 | — |
| TXT | zdnet.com | google-site-verification=pYonWwLh0y5UIPReObylCHtCWHGz9YmWq9OI0NnlEOk | 300 | — |
| TXT | zdnet.com | gpu99tm7bpjr5ffe6j6lff9c6g | 300 | — |
| TXT | zdnet.com | knowbe4-site-verification=f250b2a70f1bef3a0d3e9e990a25ada0 | 300 | — |
| TXT | zdnet.com | qb5l10tv3ifansmtg2j67ls4vm | 300 | — |
| TXT | zdnet.com | tollbit-domain-verification=ed765eec87445a9c7fc97d88202a4e247d115ec1dcce8b2855644de232baa795 | 300 | — |
| TXT | zdnet.com | v=spf1 mx ip4:64.30.227.218 ip4:64.30.226.54/31 ip4:74.125.148.0/22 ip4:216.239.125.28/23 ip4:202.73.54.176/28 ip4:58.65.7.128/28 ip4:62.108.138.0/28 ip4:216.239.114.214/23 ip4:216.239.114.222/23 include:_spf.google.com include:spf-00262c01.pphosted.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com -all | 300 | — |
| TXT | zdnet.com | workplace-domain-verification=q8l8dtiG9ONhEmL8nIvj0Z5L2D5A3i | 300 | — |
| CNAME | www.zdnet.com | mt-rv.map.fastly.net | 300 | — |
| DMARC | _dmarc.zdnet.com | v=DMARC1;p=reject;rua=mailto:[email protected]; | 300 | — |
TLS and certificates
| Assessment | Normal configuration |
|---|---|
| Supported protocols | TLSv1.2、TLSv1.3 |
| Negotiated protocol | TLSv1.3 |
| Certificate subject | *.zdnet.com |
| Issuer | Let's Encrypt |
| Valid until | 2026-10-30T01:48 · Remaining when checked: 60 days |
| Verification details | Certificate trust: Passed · Hostname match: Passed |
HTTP response headers
| Header | Value |
|---|---|
| content-type | text/html; charset=UTF-8 |
| cache-control | max-age=300, must-revalidate |
| server | nginx |
| strict-transport-security | max-age=300;includeSubdomains |
| referrer-policy | no-referrer-when-downgrade |
Identified technologies
Technology stack: Unknown
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