Security Analysis Results

www.boston.com

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100%
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Scan Information

Last checked:August 3, 2025 16:09:30
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Page Information

Target URL
https://boston.com/
Page Title
Boston.com: Local breaking news, sports, weather, and things to do
www.boston.com faviconSite Favicon
Status
Active

Host Information

Domain
www.boston.com
Server
cloudflare
Country
United States
IP Address
104.18.18.63
ASN Information
13335
CLOUDFLARENET

Technologies

WordPress logo
WordPress
CMS
Elasticsearch logo
Elasticsearch
Search engines
MySQL logo
MySQL
Databases
PHP logo
PHP
Programming languages
Varnish logo
Varnish
Caching
Yoast SEO Premium logo
Yoast SEO Premium
SEO
+18 more technologies detected

SSL Certificate

HTTPS Enabled
Secure
Certificate Issuer
N/A
Valid From
2025-08-02 16:09:35
Valid Until
2026-08-03 16:09:35
Subject Name
www.boston.com

Performance Statistics

207
Total Requests
36
Domains
34
IP Addresses
3.63 MB
Transfer Size
Content Size10.79 MB

HTTP Headers

Age
1530
CF-Cache-Status
DYNAMIC
CF-Ray
9697148f4ea023c5-HNL
Connection
keep-alive
Content-Encoding
gzip
Content-Type
text/html; charset=UTF-8
Date
Sun, 03 Aug 2025 16:09:36 GMT
Server
cloudflare
Strict-Transport-Security
max-age=300
Transfer-Encoding
chunked
Vary
Accept-Encoding, Origin, Accept-Encoding, client-geo-region
Via
1.1 varnish, 1.1 varnish
content-security-policy
upgrade-insecure-requests
x-boston-geo-country
US
x-boston-geo-region
HI
x-boston-true-client-ip
104.28.152.103
x-cache
HIT, HIT
x-cache-hits
107, 0
x-distributor
yes
x-elasticpress-query
true
x-served-by
cache-bos4677-BOS, cache-hnl1850023-HNL
x-timer
S1754237376.975613,VS0,VE0
22 headers detected

Technology Stack Analysis

WordPress

WordPress

CMSBlogs

WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database. Features include a plugin architecture and a template system.

Elasticsearch

Elasticsearch

Search engines

Elasticsearch is a search engine based on the Lucene library. It provides a distributed, multitenant-capable full-text search engine with an HTTP web interface and schema-free JSON documents.

MySQL

MySQL

Databases

MySQL is an open-source relational database management system.

PHP

PHP

Programming languages

PHP is a general-purpose scripting language used for web development.

Varnish

Varnish

Caching

Varnish is a reverse caching proxy.

Yoast SEO Premium

Yoast SEO Premium

SEO

Yoast SEO Premium is a search engine optimisation plugin for WordPress and other platforms.

Yoast SEO

Yoast SEO

SEOWordPress plugins

Yoast SEO is a search engine optimisation plugin for WordPress and other platforms.

ElasticPress

ElasticPress

WordPress plugins

ElasticPress is a hosting service that connects your WordPress site to search hosting.

Typekit

Typekit

Font scripts

Typekit is an online service which offers a subscription library of fonts.

Teads

Teads

Advertising

Teads is a technology provider that sells ads on publisher websites.

Snowplow Analytics

Snowplow Analytics

AnalyticsIaaS

Snowplow is an open-source behavioral data management platform for businesses.

Piano

Piano

Personalisation

Piano is a enterprise SaaS company which specializing in advanced media business processes and ecommerce optimisation.

OneTrust

OneTrust

Cookie compliance

OneTrust is a cloud-based data privacy management compliance platform.

jQuery

jQuery

JavaScript libraries

jQuery is a JavaScript library which is a free, open-source software designed to simplify HTML DOM tree traversal and manipulation, as well as event handling, CSS animation, and Ajax.

ID5

ID5

Advertising

ID5 is a company that offers an identity solution for digital advertising, providing a Universal ID that enables privacy-compliant user recognition and tracking across websites without relying on personal information or third-party cookies.

HSTS

HSTS

Security

HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) informs browsers that the site should only be accessed using HTTPS.

Google Publisher Tag

Google Publisher Tag

Advertising

Google Publisher Tag (GPT) is an ad tagging library for Google Ad Manager which is used to dynamically build ad requests.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics

Analytics

Google Analytics is a free web analytics service that tracks and reports website traffic.

Google AdSense

Google AdSense

Advertising

Google AdSense is a program run by Google through which website publishers serve advertisements that are targeted to the site content and audience.

Funding Choices

Funding Choices

Cookie compliance

Funding Choices is a messaging tool that can help you comply with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and recover lost revenue from ad blocking users.

Facebook Pixel

Facebook Pixel

Analytics

Facebook pixel is an analytics tool that allows you to measure the effectiveness of your advertising.

Cloudflare

Cloudflare

CDN

Cloudflare is a web-infrastructure and website-security company, providing content-delivery-network services, DDoS mitigation, Internet security, and distributed domain-name-server services.

Amazon Advertising

Amazon Advertising

Advertising

Amazon Advertising (formerly AMS or Amazon Marketing Services) is a service that works in a similar way to pay-per-click ads on Google.

Ada

Ada

Live chat

Ada is an automated customer experience company that provides chat bots used in customer support.

Website Cookies 6

FCNEC

.boston.com

Value
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Expires:8/3/2026

__eoi

.boston.com

Secure None
Value
ID=5ee2163b64598c86:T=1754237378:RT=1754237378:S=AA-AfjZN6BOj31n9nGz1W61XE_E7
Expires:1/30/2026

_gcl_au

.boston.com

Value
1.1.1107504914.1754237378
Expires:11/1/2025

_fbp

.boston.com

Lax
Value
fb.1.1754237377570.591267314798830990
Expires:11/1/2025

__gpi

.boston.com

Secure None
Value
UID=0000124e9a197580:T=1754237378:RT=1754237378:S=ALNI_MZ75TmfEM9e_SHUQOvLuK0n4zdxLg
Expires:8/28/2026

__gads

.boston.com

Secure None
Value
ID=99639892715e4baa:T=1754237378:RT=1754237378:S=ALNI_MbwZb-3I1hB_AUdbK-ONblMBvNI6g
Expires:8/28/2026

External Links 18

Advertise

www.bostonglobemedia.com

Analyze
Target URL
https://www.bostonglobemedia.com/

Classified Ads

advertising.bostonglobemedia.com

Analyze
Target URL
https://advertising.bostonglobemedia.com/

Careers

www.bostonglobemedia.com

Analyze
Target URL
https://www.bostonglobemedia.com/opportunities/

Obituaries

www.legacy.com

Analyze
Target URL
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/bostonglobe/browse

Games

games.boston.com

Analyze
Target URL
https://games.boston.com/

Download for iOS

apps.apple.com

Analyze
Target URL
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/boston-com/id361786318

Download the Boston App

play.google.com

Analyze
Target URL
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thoughtbot.boston_com_news&hl=en_US&gl=US

The Boston Globe Logo

www.bostonglobe.com

Analyze
Target URL
https://www.bostonglobe.com/

NIH grant restoration: Researchers remain in limbo

www.bostonglobe.com

Analyze
Target URL
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/03/metro/nih-grant-cuts-restored/?s_campaign=bdc:globewell:trending

Why isn’t the WNBA on board with potential Sun move to Boston?

www.bostonglobe.com

Analyze
Target URL
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/03/sports/tara-sullivan-connecticut-sun-boston/?s_campaign=bdc:globewell:trending

Interesting story lines from the MLB trade deadline frenzy

www.bostonglobe.com

Analyze
Target URL
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/02/sports/major-league-baseball-trade-deadline/?s_campaign=bdc:globewell:trending

How I’ve turned every weekend in Boston into a staycation

www.bostonglobe.com

Analyze
Target URL
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/01/arts/boston-newbie-staycation/?s_campaign=bdc:globewell:trending

Readers' favorite picks in Boston's best eateries, bakeries

www.bostonglobe.com

Analyze
Target URL
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/01/magazine/reader-picks-best-sandwiches/?s_campaign=bdc:globewell:trending

Follow Boston.com on Instagram (Opens in a New Tab)

www.instagram.com

Analyze
Target URL
https://www.instagram.com/boston/

Follow Boston.com on Twitter (Opens in a New Tab)

x.com

Analyze
Target URL
https://x.com/BostonDotCom

Like Boston.com on Facebook (Opens in a New Tab)

www.facebook.com

Analyze
Target URL
https://www.facebook.com/boston

Tell Us What You Think

www.research.net

Analyze
Target URL
https://www.research.net/r/7W87PRW

ADVERTISE

www.bostonglobemedia.com

Analyze
Target URL
https://www.bostonglobemedia.com/advertise/

Requested Domains 36

11164343.fls.doubleclick.net

Unknown Type
No category information available

aax.amazon-adsystem.com

Unknown Type
No category information available

ad.doubleclick.net

Unknown Type
No category information available

apps.bostonglobe.com

Unknown Type
No category information available

aswpsdkus.com

Unknown Type
No category information available

bdc2020.o0bc.com

Unknown Type
No category information available

bf0b898ae9d6162de8e6a874e00cae0d.safeframe.googlesyndication.com

Unknown Type
No category information available

boston.com

Unknown Type
No category information available

bostondotcom.ada.support

Unknown Type
No category information available

buy.tinypass.com

Unknown Type
No category information available

c.amazon-adsystem.com

Unknown Type
No category information available

cdn.cookielaw.org

Unknown Type
No category information available

cdn.id5-sync.com

Unknown Type
No category information available

cdn.prod.uidapi.com

Unknown Type
No category information available

config.aps.amazon-adsystem.com

Unknown Type
No category information available

connect.facebook.net

Unknown Type
No category information available

ep1.adtrafficquality.google

Unknown Type
No category information available

ep2.adtrafficquality.google

Unknown Type
No category information available

fonts.googleapis.com

Unknown Type
No category information available

fonts.gstatic.com

Unknown Type
No category information available

fundingchoicesmessages.google.com

Unknown Type
No category information available

id5-sync.com

Unknown Type
No category information available

js-agent.newrelic.com

Unknown Type
No category information available

oa.openxcdn.net

Unknown Type
No category information available

p.teads.tv

Unknown Type
No category information available

p.typekit.net

Unknown Type
No category information available

pagead2.googlesyndication.com

Unknown Type
No category information available

rollout.ada.support

Unknown Type
No category information available

securepubads.g.doubleclick.net

Unknown Type
No category information available

static.ada.support

Unknown Type
No category information available

td.doubleclick.net

Unknown Type
No category information available

use.typekit.net

Unknown Type
No category information available

www.boston.com

Subdomain
Categories
News & MediaEntertainment

www.facebook.com

Unknown Type
No category information available

www.google.com

Unknown Type
No category information available

www.googletagmanager.com

Unknown Type
No category information available
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