Technical Information
| HTTP Status Code | 200 |
| HTTP Version | HTTP/1.1 |
| HTTPS | ✔ Available |
| IP Address | 104.245.148.236 |
| Server Software | Microsoft-IIS/10.0 |
| Compression | gzip |
|
ℹ 🔵 Missing Content Security Policy | CSP is not configured. It helps prevent XSS attacks and content injection. |
HTTP Status Code 200
HTTP Version HTTP/1.1
HTTPS ✔ Available
IP Address 104.245.148.236
Server Software Microsoft-IIS/10.0
Compression gzip
ℹ 🔵 Missing Content Security Policy CSP is not configured. It helps prevent XSS attacks and content injection.
Redirect Chain
| # | URL | HTTP Status Code | Status |
| 1 | https://samford.edu:443 | 301 | HTTP/2 301 |
| 2 | https://www.samford.edu/ | 200 | HTTP/2 200 |
#1 URL https://samford.edu:443
HTTP Status Code 301
Status HTTP/2 301
#2 URL https://www.samford.edu/
HTTP Status Code 200
Status HTTP/2 200
Performance
| DNS Lookup | 5.2 ms |
| TCP Connect | 121.8 ms |
| TLS Handshake | 247.3 ms |
| Time To First Byte (TTFB) | 541.1 ms |
| Content Download | 0.4 ms |
| Total Response Time | 541.4 ms |
DNS Lookup 5.2 ms
TCP Connect 121.8 ms
TLS Handshake 247.3 ms
Time To First Byte (TTFB) 541.1 ms
Content Download 0.4 ms
Total Response Time 541.4 ms
Security
| HTTPS | ✔ Enabled |
| HSTS | ✔ max-age=31536000 |
| CSP | ⚠ Not configured |
| X-Frame-Options | ✔ SAMEORIGIN |
| X-Content-Type-Options | ✔ nosniff |
| Referrer Policy | strict-origin-when-cross-origin |
| Permissions Policy | ✔ Configured |
| HTTP/2 | ⚠ HTTP/1.1 |
HTTPS ✔ Enabled
HSTS ✔ max-age=31536000
CSP ⚠ Not configured
X-Frame-Options ✔ SAMEORIGIN
X-Content-Type-Options ✔ nosniff
Referrer Policy strict-origin-when-cross-origin
Permissions Policy ✔ Configured
HTTP/2 ⚠ HTTP/1.1
SEO Quick Check
| Title | Samford University - Top-Ranked Private University |
| Meta Description | Discover Samford University, a top-ranked Christian institution in Homewood, a suburb of Birmingham, AL. Explore our academic excellence, vibrant student life, and commitment to faith and service. |
Title Samford University - Top-Ranked Private University
Meta Description Discover Samford University, a top-ranked Christian institution in Homewood, a suburb of Birmingham, AL. Explore our academic excellence, vibrant student life, and commitment to faith and service.
Detected Technologies
| Technology | Google Analytics Google Tag Manager PHP |
Technology Google Analytics Google Tag Manager PHP
HTTP Headers
| Cache-control
| private |
| Content-type
| text/html; charset=utf-8 |
| Content-encoding
| gzip |
| Vary
| Accept-Encoding |
| Server
| Microsoft-IIS/10.0 |
| Permissions-policy
| accelerometer=(self), autoplay=(self "https://fresnel.vimeocdn.com" "https://www.google.com" "https://lensflare.vimeo.com" "https://player.castr.com" "https://player.vimeo.com" "https://www.vimeo.com" "https://youtu.be" "https://youtube.com" "https://www.youtube.com"), camera=(self), fullscreen=(self "https://fresnel.vimeocdn.com" "https://www.google.com" "https://lensflare.vimeo.com" "https://player.castr.com" "https://player.vimeo.com" "https://www.vimeo.com" "https://youtu.be" "https://youtube.com" "https://www.youtube.com"), geolocation=(self), gyroscope=(self), magnetometer=(self), microphone=(self), payment=(self), usb=(self) |
| Referrer-policy
| strict-origin-when-cross-origin |
| Strict-transport-security
| max-age=31536000 |
| X-frame-options
| SAMEORIGIN |
| X-xss-protection
| 1; mode=block |
| X-content-type-options
| nosniff |
| Public-key-pins
| pin-sha256="kDwZ7tdQugDnLlnFbwF9oIKce5F6h1epOTSthSl73iE="; pin-sha256="b1JA6+4svjmZnxGjAiQY3RS0A9FtjKLCWaRlVmCPM28="; pin-sha256="x4QzPSC810K5/cMjb05Qm4k3Bw5zBn4lTdO/nEW/Td4="; pin-sha256="lCppFqbkrlJ3EcVFAkeip0+44VaoJUymbnOaEUk7tEU="; max-age=60; includeSubDomains; |
| Date
| Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:36:44 GMT |
| Content-length
| 14239 |
| Set-cookie
| www-ssl=ffffffff090822f445525d5f4f58455e445a4a42378b;expires=Thu, 23-Jul-2026 10:33:10 GMT;path=/;secure;httponly |
Meta Tags
| Apple-mobile-web-app-capable | yes |
| Mobile-web-app-capable | yes |
| Theme-color | #c1c6c8 |
| Description | Discover Samford University, a top-ranked Christian institution in Homewood, a suburb of Birmingham, AL. Explore our academic excellence, vibrant student life, and commitment to faith and service. |
| Keywords | higher education, alabama colleges and universities, christian university |
Cache-control private
Content-type text/html; charset=utf-8
Content-encoding gzip
Vary Accept-Encoding
Server Microsoft-IIS/10.0
Permissions-policy accelerometer=(self), autoplay=(self "https://fresnel.vimeocdn.com" "https://www.google.com" "https://lensflare.vimeo.com" "https://player.castr.com" "https://player.vimeo.com" "https://www.vimeo.com" "https://youtu.be" "https://youtube.com" "https://www.youtube.com"), camera=(self), fullscreen=(self "https://fresnel.vimeocdn.com" "https://www.google.com" "https://lensflare.vimeo.com" "https://player.castr.com" "https://player.vimeo.com" "https://www.vimeo.com" "https://youtu.be" "https://youtube.com" "https://www.youtube.com"), geolocation=(self), gyroscope=(self), magnetometer=(self), microphone=(self), payment=(self), usb=(self)
Referrer-policy strict-origin-when-cross-origin
Strict-transport-security max-age=31536000
X-frame-options SAMEORIGIN
X-xss-protection 1; mode=block
X-content-type-options nosniff
Public-key-pins pin-sha256="kDwZ7tdQugDnLlnFbwF9oIKce5F6h1epOTSthSl73iE="; pin-sha256="b1JA6+4svjmZnxGjAiQY3RS0A9FtjKLCWaRlVmCPM28="; pin-sha256="x4QzPSC810K5/cMjb05Qm4k3Bw5zBn4lTdO/nEW/Td4="; pin-sha256="lCppFqbkrlJ3EcVFAkeip0+44VaoJUymbnOaEUk7tEU="; max-age=60; includeSubDomains;
Date Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:36:44 GMT
Content-length 14239
Set-cookie www-ssl=ffffffff090822f445525d5f4f58455e445a4a42378b;expires=Thu, 23-Jul-2026 10:33:10 GMT;path=/;secure;httponly
