aub.edu.lb

We performed a comprehensive analysis of aub.edu.lb on 2026-06-29. The website returned an HTTP 200 status code with a server response time of 6274ms. The page is served over HTTP/1.1 protocol with Gzip compression enabled, achieving approximately 60.0% size reduction. The total page weight is 88 KB. The website uses a secure HTTPS connection with a valid SSL certificate issued by Hellenic Academic and Research Institutions CA (DV type). The connection is encrypted using TLS 1.2 with the ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 cipher suite and sha256WithRSAEncryption signature algorithm. The certificate covers 7 domain(s) (Subject Alternative Names) and expires on 2026-12-06, which is 160 days from now. The security headers analysis reveals a score of 50/100 (moderate). The following security headers are properly configured: Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options. However, the site is missing Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS), 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 11 technologies across 8 categories powering aub.edu.lb. The detected stack includes Bootstrap, Google Analytics 4, Hotjar 5221015, Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, Cloudflare, StackPath, YouTube Embed, jQuery, and Font Awesome. Based on our comprehensive analysis of domain age, SSL configuration, email authentication, security headers, and blacklist status, aub.edu.lb receives an overall trust score of 71/100, classified as "Likely Safe".

After conducting a thorough safety and legitimacy analysis, aub.edu.lb receives a trust score of 71/100, 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, a valid SSL certificate issued by Hellenic Academic and Research Institutions CA with 160 days until expiration, SPF (Sender Policy Framework) email authentication preventing email spoofing, DMARC email authentication with a none policy, and a well-established domain registered for over 27.7 years, indicating long-term commitment and legitimacy. Areas of concern include: missing Referrer-Policy, potentially leaking URL information to third parties, the domain's WHOIS information is hidden behind a privacy service, making it harder to verify the owner's identity, and DNSSEC is not enabled, leaving DNS queries vulnerable to spoofing attacks. While these issues don't necessarily indicate malicious intent, they represent areas where the website's security posture could be improved. We checked aub.edu.lb 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 TERRANET based in IE, with a registration date of 1998-11-12 and expiration date of 2027-11-12.

Our technology detection engine scanned aub.edu.lb and identified 11 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 aub.edu.lb. Analytics: Google Analytics 4 and Hotjar (version 5221015) — tracks visitor behavior and provides traffic insights for aub.edu.lb. Tag Manager: Google Tag Manager — manages marketing and analytics tags without code changes for aub.edu.lb. Advertising: Meta Pixel and LinkedIn Insight Tag — handles advertising pixel tracking and conversion measurement for aub.edu.lb. CDN: Cloudflare and StackPath — accelerates content delivery by caching assets at edge locations worldwide for aub.edu.lb. Video: YouTube Embed — provides video hosting and playback for aub.edu.lb. JavaScript Library: jQuery — provides utility functions and DOM manipulation for aub.edu.lb. Icon Set: Font Awesome — provides additional functionality for aub.edu.lb. We also extracted the following tracking identifiers: Google Analytics 4 Measurement ID G-SWFTK13CJR, Google Tag Manager container GTM-KZDZDJJ, Meta (Facebook) Pixel ID 931079318679606, and Hotjar Site ID 5221015. These IDs can be used to identify other websites operated by the same organization.

aub.edu.lb delivers its homepage in 6274ms (server response time), which is considered slow by industry standards. The total page weight is 88 KB, and we detected 225 resource requests loading assets from 16 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: 0 out of 1 CSS files and 8 out of 21 JavaScript files are minified. Minifying the remaining 14 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 aub.edu.lb produces approximately 0.04g 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 88 KB is the primary factor in this calculation. Core Web Vitals data from the Chrome User Experience Report (CrUX) is not available for aub.edu.lb. 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.

aub.edu.lb resolves to the IPv4 address 40.127.138.74, but does not support IPv6. IPv6 adoption is increasingly important as IPv4 address space becomes exhausted, and some ISPs and regions are transitioning to IPv6-only connectivity. The domain has 1 A record(s) configured. The domain name system is managed by 5 name servers: ash.northeurope.cloudapp.azure.com, lava.aub.edu.lb, magma.aub.edu.lb, rose.aub.edu.lb, and zeina.aub.edu.lb. Having 5 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 aub.edu.lb is handled by Microsoft 365 with 1 MX records configured: aub-edu-lb.mail.protection.outlook.com. 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 none policy — a monitoring-only setting that doesn't enforce any action on unauthorized emails. DKIM was not detected. Without DKIM, recipients cannot cryptographically verify that emails claiming to be from this domain are authentic. DNSSEC is not enabled for aub.edu.lb. While not critical for most websites, DNSSEC adds an important security layer by ensuring DNS responses haven't been tampered with during transit. Enabling DNSSEC is recommended for domains handling sensitive data or financial transactions. The domain is registered through TERRANET (IE). It was first registered on 1998-11-12 and is set to expire on 2027-11-12, making it 27.7 years old. Our subdomain enumeration scan discovered 2 active subdomains for aub.edu.lb: api.aub.edu.lb and www.aub.edu.lb. Active subdomains can reveal the organization's infrastructure, including development environments, API endpoints, and third-party service integrations.

The homepage of aub.edu.lb contains 846 words of visible text content. This is a moderate amount of content. The page is structured with 10 H2 headings, 0 H3 headings, 11 H4 headings. The page includes 15 images. 2 images (13%) 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 87% of images have proper alt text — we recommend adding descriptive alt attributes to all images. The link structure consists of 126 internal links pointing to other pages on the same domain and 44 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 21 external JavaScript files, 1 CSS stylesheets, and 1 iframes on the page. The site implements the following web standards and features: XML Sitemap (helps search engines discover all pages), robots.txt (controls search engine crawling behavior), and Schema.org structured data (ContactPoint and Organization). We detected the following payment methods accepted on aub.edu.lb: Discover. Offering multiple payment options including credit cards and digital wallets improves customer trust and can increase conversion rates. The website has social media presence across 4 platforms: Facebook (@aub.edu.lb), Twitter (@AUB_Lebanon), Instagram (@aub_lebanon), and Linkedin (@american-university-of-beirut). An active social media presence is a positive trust indicator and helps build brand awareness and customer engagement.

The title tag for aub.edu.lb is well-optimized at 35 characters: "American University of Beirut | AUB". The length falls within the ideal range for Google search results, ensuring the full title is displayed without truncation. The meta description is 186 characters (slightly long): "American University of Beirut provides world-class research and higher education to more than 8000 students, founded in ...". 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://aub.edu.lb/pages/default.aspx, preventing duplicate content issues, the page language is declared as en-us, and a favicon is configured. No Open Graph tags are configured. When someone shares a link to aub.edu.lb on social media, the platform will have to guess the title, description, and image — often producing unattractive or inaccurate previews. Adding OG tags is essential for social media marketing. The site implements Schema.org structured data with the following types: ContactPoint and Organization. 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 25 terms including AUB, American University of Beirut, education, graduate studies, and medicine. 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.