Deep SSL/TLS Vulnerability Test
This report provides a deep analysis of the SSL/TLS configuration of news.ycombinator.com. It checks for protocol support, cipher strength, and known vulnerabilities.
Scan Results
Start 2026-02-20 09:20:58 -->> 209.216.230.207:443 (news.ycombinator.com) <<-- Further IP addresses: 2606:7100:1:67::26 rDNS (209.216.230.207): news.ycombinator.com. Service detected: HTTP Testing for server implementation bugs No bugs found. Testing HTTP header response @ "/" HTTP Status Code 200 OK HTTP clock skew 0 sec from localtime Strict Transport Security 365 days=31556900 s, just this domain Public Key Pinning -- Server banner nginx Application banner -- Cookie(s) (none issued at "/") Security headers X-Frame-Options: DENY X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline' https://www.google.com/recaptcha/ https://www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/ https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/; frame-src 'self' https://www.google.com/recaptcha/; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'; img-src 'self' https://account.ycombinator.com; frame-ancestors 'self' X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block Referrer-Policy: origin Cache-Control: private; max-age=0 Reverse Proxy banner -- Testing vulnerabilities Secure Renegotiation (RFC 5746) supported (OK) Secure Client-Initiated Renegotiation not vulnerable (OK) CRIME, TLS (CVE-2012-4929) not vulnerable (OK) BREACH (CVE-2013-3587) potentially NOT ok, "gzip" HTTP compression detected. - only supplied "/" tested Can be ignored for static pages or if no secrets in the page POODLE, SSL (CVE-2014-3566) not vulnerable (OK) TLS_FALLBACK_SCSV (RFC 7507) Downgrade attack prevention supported (OK) SWEET32 (CVE-2016-2183, CVE-2016-6329) not vulnerable (OK) FREAK (CVE-2015-0204) not vulnerable (OK) DROWN (CVE-2016-0800, CVE-2016-0703) not vulnerable on this host and port (OK) no RSA certificate, thus certificate can't be used with SSLv2 elsewhere LOGJAM (CVE-2015-4000), experimental not vulnerable (OK): no DH EXPORT ciphers, no DH key detected with <= TLS 1.2 BEAST (CVE-2011-3389) TLS1: ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA VULNERABLE -- but also supports higher protocols TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2 (likely mitigated) LUCKY13 (CVE-2013-0169), experimental potentially VULNERABLE, uses obsolete cipher block chaining ciphers with TLS, see server prefs. Winshock (CVE-2014-6321), experimental not vulnerable (OK) - ARIA, CHACHA or CCM ciphers found RC4 (CVE-2013-2566, CVE-2015-2808) no RC4 ciphers detected (OK) Done 2026-02-20 09:21:43 [ 53s] -->> 209.216.230.207:443 (news.ycombinator.com) <<--
About this Scan
This scan uses testssl.sh to check for:
- Protocols: SSLv2, SSLv3, TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, TLS 1.2, TLS 1.3
- Vulnerabilities: Heartbleed, POODLE, FREAK, Logjam, DROWN, etc.
- Cipher Suites: Weak ciphers, perfect forward secrecy (PFS) support.