Technical Information
| HTTP Status Code | 200 |
| HTTP Version | HTTP/1.1 |
| HTTPS | ✔ Available |
| IP Address | 3.165.113.96 |
| Server Software | nginx/1.28.0 |
| CDN | CDN (Miss from cloudfront) |
| Compression | gzip |
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ℹ 🔵 Missing HSTS | HTTP Strict Transport Security is not configured. Recommended for HTTPS sites. |
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ℹ 🔵 Missing Content Security Policy | CSP is not configured. It helps prevent XSS attacks and content injection. |
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ℹ 🔵 Missing X-Frame-Options | The site can be embedded in iframes by third parties (clickjacking risk). |
HTTP Status Code 200
HTTP Version HTTP/1.1
HTTPS ✔ Available
IP Address 3.165.113.96
Server Software nginx/1.28.0
CDN CDN (Miss from cloudfront)
Compression gzip
ℹ 🔵 Missing HSTS HTTP Strict Transport Security is not configured. Recommended for HTTPS sites.
ℹ 🔵 Missing Content Security Policy CSP is not configured. It helps prevent XSS attacks and content injection.
ℹ 🔵 Missing X-Frame-Options The site can be embedded in iframes by third parties (clickjacking risk).
Redirect Chain
| # | URL | HTTP Status Code | Status |
| 1 | https://stripes.com:443 | 301 | HTTP/2 301 |
| 2 | https://www.stripes.com/ | 200 | HTTP/2 200 |
#1 URL https://stripes.com:443
HTTP Status Code 301
Status HTTP/2 301
#2 URL https://www.stripes.com/
HTTP Status Code 200
Status HTTP/2 200
Performance
| DNS Lookup | 8.4 ms |
| TCP Connect | 9.5 ms |
| TLS Handshake | 5 ms |
| Time To First Byte (TTFB) | 103 ms |
| Content Download | 2.7 ms |
| Total Response Time | 105.8 ms |
DNS Lookup 8.4 ms
TCP Connect 9.5 ms
TLS Handshake 5 ms
Time To First Byte (TTFB) 103 ms
Content Download 2.7 ms
Total Response Time 105.8 ms
Security
| HTTPS | ✔ Enabled |
| HSTS | ✘ Not configured |
| CSP | ⚠ Not configured |
| X-Frame-Options | ⚠ Not configured |
| X-Content-Type-Options | ⚠ Not configured |
| HTTP/2 | ⚠ HTTP/1.1 |
HTTPS ✔ Enabled
HSTS ✘ Not configured
CSP ⚠ Not configured
X-Frame-Options ⚠ Not configured
X-Content-Type-Options ⚠ Not configured
HTTP/2 ⚠ HTTP/1.1
SEO Quick Check
| Title | Stars and Stripes | The U.S. military's independent news source. |
| Meta Description | U.S. military news organization providing independent news and information to the military community across the globe. |
| Canonical | https://www.stripes.com/ |
| Robots Meta | index, follow |
| Open Graph Title | Stripes |
| Open Graph Image | /theme/images/socialmedia_image_default.jpeg |
| Twitter Card | summary_large_image |
| Twitter Image | /theme/images/socialmedia_image_default.jpeg |
Title Stars and Stripes | The U.S. military's independent news source. Meta Description U.S. military news organization providing independent news and information to the military community across the globe. Canonical https://www.stripes.com/ Robots Meta index, follow Open Graph Title Stripes Open Graph Image /theme/images/socialmedia_image_default.jpeg Twitter Card summary_large_image Twitter Image /theme/images/socialmedia_image_default.jpeg Detected Technologies
| Technology | jQuery Google Analytics Google Tag Manager Nginx |
Technology jQuery Google Analytics Google Tag Manager Nginx
HTTP Headers
| Content-type
| text/html; charset=UTF-8 |
| Date
| Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:51:44 GMT |
| Content-encoding
| gzip |
| Server
| nginx/1.28.0 |
| X-request-id
| 390dd1ee-feca-4576-9ff4-ee488c90c94d |
| Warning
| 299 - "Cached although the response headers indicate not to do it!" "Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:48:27 +0000" |
| Last-modified
| Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:22:52 GMT |
| X-cache-backend
| web1 |
| X-varnish
| 14322000 10415551 |
| Via
| 1.1 varnish (Varnish/5.2), 1.1 c638953b8f2f5aaf22f3f10794d5aeac.cloudfront.net (CloudFront) |
| X-cache-host
| Front:CUE-WebCACHEb.stripes.int Backend:web1 |
| Etag
| W/"22b81c2ae3ca929806611f2c0d9989ff:5" |
| Vary
| Accept-Encoding |
| X-cache
| Miss from cloudfront |
| X-amz-cf-pop
| CDG50-P3 |
| X-amz-cf-id
| qYrW8XumjZRCY85pCEuW8c8lo-i3KBAlaU_3a398DFPQF32-R2b4vg== |
| Age
| 197 |
Meta Tags
| Viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
| Robots | index, follow |
| Title | Stripes |
| DC.title | Stripes |
| Description | U.S. military news organization providing independent news and information to the military community across the globe. |
| DC.description | U.S. military news organization providing independent news and information to the military community across the globe. |
| Google-site-verification | Td4vrwQkiWditw20ABi0n1PBbJFmQGdiATKefwYb3bE |
| Msvalidate.01 | 4893DC9F9262E19721718A4A16818289 |
| Url | https://www.stripes.com/ |
| Fb:app_id | 165185360164551 |
| Fb:page_id | 45623437315 |
| Fb:admins | 100001735654878 |
Content-type text/html; charset=UTF-8
Date Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:51:44 GMT
Content-encoding gzip
Server nginx/1.28.0
X-request-id 390dd1ee-feca-4576-9ff4-ee488c90c94d
Warning 299 - "Cached although the response headers indicate not to do it!" "Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:48:27 +0000"
Last-modified Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:22:52 GMT
X-cache-backend web1
X-varnish 14322000 10415551
Via 1.1 varnish (Varnish/5.2), 1.1 c638953b8f2f5aaf22f3f10794d5aeac.cloudfront.net (CloudFront)
X-cache-host Front:CUE-WebCACHEb.stripes.int Backend:web1
Etag W/"22b81c2ae3ca929806611f2c0d9989ff:5"
Vary Accept-Encoding
X-cache Miss from cloudfront
X-amz-cf-pop CDG50-P3
X-amz-cf-id qYrW8XumjZRCY85pCEuW8c8lo-i3KBAlaU_3a398DFPQF32-R2b4vg==
Age 197
