afrinic.net

We performed a comprehensive analysis of afrinic.net on 2026-07-02. The website returned an HTTP 200 status code with a server response time of 19375ms. The page is served over HTTP/2 protocol with Gzip compression enabled, achieving approximately 60.0% size reduction. The total page weight is 58 KB. The website uses a secure HTTPS connection with a valid SSL certificate issued by DigiCert Inc (OV type). The connection is encrypted using TLS 1.3 with the TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 cipher suite and sha256WithRSAEncryption signature algorithm. The certificate covers 2 domain(s) (Subject Alternative Names) and expires on 2026-10-23, which is 113 days from now. The security headers analysis reveals a score of 55/100 (moderate). The following security headers are properly configured: Content-Security-Policy, Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS), and X-Content-Type-Options. However, the site is missing X-Frame-Options, Referrer-Policy, and Permissions-Policy, which could expose the site and its users to cross-site scripting (XSS), clickjacking, and other web-based attacks. Our technology detection scan identified 9 technologies across 8 categories powering afrinic.net. The detected stack includes Bootstrap, Vite, Google Analytics 4, Matomo, Google Tag Manager, Google Fonts, YouTube Embed, jQuery, and Font Awesome. Based on our comprehensive analysis of domain age, SSL configuration, email authentication, security headers, and blacklist status, afrinic.net receives an overall trust score of 77/100, classified as "Likely Safe".

After conducting a thorough safety and legitimacy analysis, afrinic.net receives a trust score of 77/100, which places it in the "Likely Safe" category. This score is calculated by evaluating multiple factors including SSL certificate validity, domain registration history, email authentication protocols, security header configuration, and blacklist status across major threat intelligence databases. The analysis identified several positive trust signals: a valid HTTPS connection protecting data in transit, HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security) enforcement preventing protocol downgrade attacks, a valid SSL certificate issued by DigiCert Inc with 113 days until expiration, SPF (Sender Policy Framework) email authentication preventing email spoofing, DMARC email authentication with a quarantine policy, DNSSEC providing authenticated DNS responses, and a well-established domain registered for over 27.2 years, indicating long-term commitment and legitimacy. Areas of concern include: no X-Frame-Options header, which could allow the site to be embedded in malicious iframes (clickjacking), missing Referrer-Policy, potentially leaking URL information to third parties, and the domain's WHOIS information is hidden behind a privacy service, making it harder to verify the owner's identity. While these issues don't necessarily indicate malicious intent, they represent areas where the website's security posture could be improved. We checked afrinic.net against 8 major blacklist databases including Google Safe Browsing, Phishtank, Urlhaus, Openphish, Dnsfilter, Spamhaus Dbl, Surbl, and Virustotal. The domain passed all 8 checks with a clean status, meaning it has not been flagged for phishing, malware distribution, spam, or other malicious activities by any of the tested threat intelligence providers. The domain is registered through Gandi SAS based in ZA, with a registration date of 1999-04-14 and expiration date of 2028-04-14.

Our technology detection engine scanned afrinic.net and identified 9 distinct technologies across 8 categories. This analysis is performed by examining HTTP response headers, HTML source code patterns, JavaScript library fingerprints, CSS framework signatures, and DNS records. CSS Framework: Bootstrap — provides the styling and responsive layout system for afrinic.net. Build Tool: Vite — bundles and optimizes the JavaScript and CSS assets for afrinic.net. Analytics: Google Analytics 4 and Matomo — tracks visitor behavior and provides traffic insights for afrinic.net. Tag Manager: Google Tag Manager — manages marketing and analytics tags without code changes for afrinic.net. Fonts: Google Fonts — delivers web fonts for typography for afrinic.net. Video: YouTube Embed — provides video hosting and playback for afrinic.net. JavaScript Library: jQuery — provides utility functions and DOM manipulation for afrinic.net. Icon Set: Font Awesome — provides additional functionality for afrinic.net. We also extracted the following tracking identifiers: Google Analytics 4 Measurement ID G-H0GMQFDPXY and Google Tag Manager container GTM-N8QGHBV. These IDs can be used to identify other websites operated by the same organization.

afrinic.net delivers its homepage in 19375ms (server response time), which is considered slow by industry standards. The total page weight is 58 KB, and we detected 248 resource requests loading assets from 10 third-party domains. A high number of third-party domains can significantly impact page load time due to additional DNS lookups and TLS handshakes required for each domain. The website uses Gzip compression for text-based assets, achieving an estimated 60.0% reduction in transfer size. This reduces bandwidth usage and improves page load times, especially for visitors on slower connections. Asset minification status: 5 out of 19 CSS files and 7 out of 19 JavaScript files are minified. Minifying the remaining 26 unminified file(s) could further reduce page weight by 10-30% for those assets. Minification is a best practice that reduces download sizes without affecting functionality. From an environmental perspective, each page view of afrinic.net produces approximately 0.03g of CO₂, earning a carbon rating of A. This places the website among the cleanest on the web, demonstrating efficient use of server resources and optimized content delivery. For reference, the average web page produces about 0.5g of CO₂ per page view. The page weight of 58 KB is the primary factor in this calculation. Core Web Vitals data from the Chrome User Experience Report (CrUX) is not available for afrinic.net. This typically means the site doesn't have enough real-world Chrome user traffic to generate statistically significant field data, or the domain is not included in the CrUX dataset. Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS) are important Google ranking factors that measure real user experience.

afrinic.net resolves to the IPv4 address 196.216.3.4 and also supports IPv6 (2001:42d0:0:250::4), demonstrating modern network infrastructure readiness. The domain has 1 A record(s) configured. The domain name system is managed by 6 name servers: afrinic.authdns.ripe.net, ns1.afrinic.net, ns2.afrinic.net, ns3.afrinic.net, ns4.apnic.net, and rirns.arin.net. Having 6 name servers provides good redundancy — if one fails, the others can continue serving DNS queries. The choice of name servers often indicates the DNS hosting provider or CDN service being used. Email for afrinic.net is handled by afrinic.net with 2 MX records configured: mx1.afrinic.net and mx2.afrinic.net. Multiple MX records provide failover redundancy — if the primary mail server is unavailable, email will be routed to the next available server. SPF (Sender Policy Framework) is configured, which specifies which mail servers are authorized to send email on behalf of this domain. This helps prevent email spoofing and improves email deliverability. DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance) is configured with a quarantine policy — a moderate setting, directing unauthorized emails to spam/junk folders. DKIM was not detected. Without DKIM, recipients cannot cryptographically verify that emails claiming to be from this domain are authentic. DNSSEC is enabled for afrinic.net, providing an additional layer of security by cryptographically signing DNS records. This prevents DNS cache poisoning and man-in-the-middle attacks that could redirect visitors to malicious websites. The domain is registered through Gandi SAS (ZA). It was first registered on 1999-04-14 and is set to expire on 2028-04-14, making it 27.2 years old. Our subdomain enumeration scan discovered 3 active subdomains for afrinic.net: blog.afrinic.net, mail.afrinic.net, and www.afrinic.net. Active subdomains can reveal the organization's infrastructure, including development environments, API endpoints, and third-party service integrations.

The homepage of afrinic.net contains 750 words of visible text content. This is a moderate amount of content. The page is structured with 9 H2 headings, 9 H3 headings, 0 H4 headings. The page includes 17 images. 6 images (35%) are missing alt text attributes, which is a significant concern for both accessibility and SEO. Screen readers rely on alt text to describe images to visually impaired users, and search engines use alt text to understand image content. Only 65% of images have proper alt text — we recommend adding descriptive alt attributes to all images. The link structure consists of 154 internal links pointing to other pages on the same domain and 34 external links pointing to third-party websites. The high number of internal links suggests a well-interconnected site structure, which helps search engines discover and crawl all pages efficiently. There are 19 external JavaScript files, 19 CSS stylesheets, and 1 iframes on the page. The site implements the following web standards and features: robots.txt (controls search engine crawling behavior) and Schema.org structured data (GeoCoordinates, LocalBusiness, OpeningHoursSpecification, Organization, PostalAddress, SearchAction, and WebSite). Notable missing features: XML Sitemap. Adding these could improve search engine discoverability and rich result eligibility. The website has social media presence across 6 platforms: Facebook (@afrinic), Twitter (@afrinic), Instagram (@afrinic), Linkedin (@afrinic), Youtube (@AFRINIC), and Pinterest (@afrinic). An active social media presence is a positive trust indicator and helps build brand awareness and customer engagement.

The title tag for afrinic.net is too long at 105 characters: "AFRINIC the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for Africa - AFRINIC - Regional Int...". At 105 characters, the title will likely be truncated in Google search results (recommended: 50-60 characters). Consider shortening it while keeping the most important keywords at the beginning. The meta description is 176 characters (slightly long): "AFRINIC is responsible for the allocation and management of Internet numbers (IPv4, IPv6 & ASNs) resources according to ...". Google typically displays up to 155-160 characters of the meta description in search results. A compelling meta description with a clear call-to-action can significantly improve click-through rates from search results. The canonical url is correctly set to https://afrinic.net/, preventing duplicate content issues, the page language is declared as en-gb, the meta robots directive is set to index, follow, and a favicon is configured. Open Graph meta tags are configured with 2/4 recommended fields: OG title ("AFRINIC the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for Africa..."), OG type (website). These tags control how the page appears when shared on Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social media platforms that support the Open Graph protocol. A Twitter Card of type summary is configured, which controls how links appear when shared on Twitter/X. The "summary" type displays a large image preview, which typically generates higher engagement rates than the basic card type. The site implements Schema.org structured data with the following types: GeoCoordinates, LocalBusiness, OpeningHoursSpecification, Organization, PostalAddress, SearchAction, and WebSite. Structured data helps search engines understand the page content and can enable rich results (featured snippets, knowledge panels, star ratings) in Google search results, which can significantly increase click-through rates. The meta keywords tag contains 8 terms including ipv4, ipv6, asn, internet, and africa. Note: Google has officially confirmed that it does not use the meta keywords tag as a ranking signal. However, some other search engines (Bing, Yandex) may still reference it.