crosswordsolver.org

Readiness by lane

Green: crosswordsolver.org. Thin bar: Puzzles & Video Games peer median.

Priority fixes for crosswordsolver.org

Ordered by impact and by how common each practice is among peers.

1. Priority 1 · Harden

   TLS 1.3 negotiated

   Observed: The TLS connection negotiated TLSv1.2.

   Why it matters: TLS 1.3 removes legacy cipher suites and completes the handshake in fewer round trips, so it is both safer and faster for new connections.

   What to do: Enable TLS 1.3 on your CDN or server. Keep TLS 1.2 available for older clients unless you have checked your audience.

   90% of Puzzles & Video Games peers do this. Limit: Certificate and protocol were observed from one vantage point; CDNs can present different certificates by region.

   Guide: HTTPS and TLS Guide for Website Owners

2. Priority 2 · Enable

   XML sitemap discoverable

   Observed: No sitemap was listed in robots.txt or found at /sitemap.xml.

   What to do: Generate an XML sitemap of canonical URLs, reference it in robots.txt and submit it in Google Search Console.

   60% of Puzzles & Video Games peers do this.

   Guide: XML Sitemap Guide: Include Only URLs You Stand Behind

3. Priority 3 · Harden

   HSTS kept for at least a year

   Observed: The homepage response did not include a Strict-Transport-Security header.

   What to do: Send Strict-Transport-Security on HTTPS responses. Start with a short max-age (for example 300 seconds), confirm every subdomain works over HTTPS, then raise it in steps to 31536000. Add includeSubDomains only when all subdomains are HTTPS. HSTS preload is optional and hard to undo; hstspreload.org itself does not recommend it by default.

   23% of Puzzles & Video Games peers do this.

   Guide: HTTPS and TLS Guide for Website Owners

4. Priority 4 · Harden

   DMARC policy enforces quarantine or reject

   Observed: The DMARC policy for crosswordsolver.org was p=none, which asks receivers to take no action on failing mail.

   What to do: Publish DMARC with p=none and a reporting address first, fix any legitimate senders that fail SPF or DKIM alignment, then move to quarantine and finally reject.

   21% of Puzzles & Video Games peers do this.

   Guide: A Practical Website Health Check for Owners

What crosswordsolver.org already does well

Practices fewer than half of Puzzles & Video Games peers use.

• Structured data presentJSON-LD structured data found.35% of peers
• Static files cached for 30 days or moreLong-lived caching on static files.44% of peers

What we saw

Homepage checked

https://www.crosswordsolver.org/

Homepage response

HTTP 200

TLS

TLSv1.2, HTTP/2

Certificate

Amazon, 197-day validity, expiring 2027-02-06

DNS operators

Amazon Route 53

DMARC policy

p=none

Homepage HTML

33 KB, gzip

Images on homepage

0

Limits: homepage only, one location, one moment. Header checks reflect the homepage response; other pages may differ.

Stack and providers

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