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Security report for publicdomainregistry.com

PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com · Other · N/a

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

70/100

Risk levelMedium

0–100, higher is better. How it is calculated

The website publicdomainregistry.com is currently inaccessible due to a Cloudflare Turnstile security challenge page that blocks direct content access. The domain is registered to PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com since 2003, indicating a mature and legitimate business entity. However, no business descriptive content, policies, or contact information is available on the landing page due to the security mechanism. The technical infrastructure relies on Cloudflare for CDN and security services, but no further technical or CMS details are discernible. Security posture cannot be fully assessed because of the blocked content, but the domain registration data is consistent and trustworthy. Overall, the site appears to be protected by modern WAF technology, but this limits external analysis.

Scanned

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
35/ 100 · High
Checks completed
7of 7

NIS2 Art. 21(2)

  1. (a) Risk analysis and security policies: Not visible from outside
  2. (b) Incident handling: One indicator
  3. (c) Business continuity, backups and crisis management: Not visible from outside
  4. (d) Supply chain security: Not visible from outside
  5. (e) Secure acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling: Partly checked
  6. (f) Assessing the effectiveness of security measures: Not visible from outside
  7. (g) Cyber hygiene and security training: Not visible from outside
  8. (h) Cryptography and encryption: Partly checked
  9. (i) HR security, access control and asset management: One indicator
  10. (j) Multi-factor authentication and secured communications: Not visible from outside

This scan rated NIS2 with an earlier keyword method that is no longer shown; rescan for the per-article view. Risk management, continuity, supply chain, training, MFA, management oversight (Art. 20) and incident reporting (Art. 23) need internal evidence, and Guard cannot tell whether NIS2 applies to this organisation.

GDPR is indicative only, based on publicly visible signals: Articles 7, 12, 13 and 32 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive. Not a certification or legal assessment.

Priority findings

6 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. Security headers

    Security headers are instructions your web server sends to every visitor’s browser. Missing ones leave visitors more exposed to attacks such as clickjacking and injected scripts.

    • High

      Missing Content-Security-Policy header

      Controls resources the browser is allowed to load

      What to do: Implement a Content-Security-Policy appropriate for your application

      • ASVS V3.4.3
      • OWASP Secure Headers: OWASP Secure Headers Project recommends Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; form-action 'self'; base-uri 'self'; object-src 'none';…

  2. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • High

      No Privacy Policy found

      GDPR requires a clear and accessible privacy policy

      What to do: Add a comprehensive privacy policy page and link to it prominently

    • High

      No Cookie Policy found

      GDPR requires clear information about cookie usage

      What to do: Add a dedicated cookie policy explaining cookie usage and purposes

    • High

      No Cookie Consent Banner found

      GDPR requires explicit consent for non-essential cookies

      What to do: Implement a cookie consent banner that appears on first visit

    • High

      Third-party services without privacy policy

      Detected services: Cloudflare

      What to do: Document all third-party data sharing in your privacy policy

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  • Security score drift

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Results by check

Each check with its score, findings and the evidence it collected.

How this score is calculated

The security score runs 0–100, higher is better. It is the plain average of the security checks that completed in this scan, each counted equally. A check that could not run is left out: it counts neither as a pass nor as a fail.

Counted in this score

SSL/TLS
75
Security headers
65
Email security
70
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
70

Not counted

  • NIS2 outside view: Re-weights evidence from the TLS, email, DNS, network and hygiene checks, so counting it would count that evidence twice. Shown on its own.
  • OffSeq Observations: An AI reading of the site, useful context but not reproducible evidence. Shown on its own.

Findings that cap the score at 49

Each of these is serious on its own, so while any is present the site cannot rate better than high risk, however good the other checks are.

  • The certificate is not trusted by browsers
  • The website is not served over HTTPS
  • A database, remote desktop, file-sharing or Telnet service is reachable from the internet
  • The page loads a script from a compromised source
  • The domain registration has expired
  • SPF authorises every server to send mail as the domain

Partial scans

When the site blocks Guard or most checks cannot run, the score covers only the checks that ran (usually DNS and email), is capped at 75 and is shown as partial, without a risk level.

Risk levels

  • Critical0–25
  • High26–49
  • Medium50–75
  • Low76–100

Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

The domain is owned by PDR Ltd., a known registrar entity, suggesting the business operates in domain registration or related services. The lack of accessible content prevents detailed insights into market positioning, business model, or customer segments. The domain age supports a stable presence in the market. No partner or subsidiary domains were identified. The business likely targets customers seeking domain registration services, but this cannot be confirmed from the blocked content.

Security posture

The presence of Cloudflare Turnstile indicates a proactive security posture to mitigate automated threats and abuse. However, no security headers or explicit SSL configuration details were available for review. The domain status clientTransferProhibited is a positive indicator against unauthorized transfers. No vulnerabilities or incident response information is publicly visible. The security posture is likely adequate but cannot be fully validated due to content blocking.

Recommendations

  1. Consider providing a publicly accessible landing page with basic business and contact information to improve transparency and trust.
  2. Publish privacy, cookie, and terms of service policies to enhance compliance and user confidence.
  3. Implement visible security headers and document security policies to demonstrate security maturity.
  4. Provide clear contact channels including security and incident response contacts for improved incident management.
  5. Balance security challenge mechanisms with user experience to avoid blocking legitimate visitors and enable external assessments.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Cloudflare detected. Page is a Cloudflare Turnstile security challenge page blocking direct content access. These observations may be incomplete. For a fuller analysis, contact guard@offseq.com.

Business

Company
PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com
Content quality
poor

Technology

Stack
Cloudflare Turnstile, Cloudflare CDN

Analytics and tracking

Site quality

Design
poor
User experience
poor
Content relevance
poor
Navigation
poor
Professionalism
poor
Trustworthiness
low

Key observations

  1. Website content is blocked by Cloudflare Turnstile security challenge.
  2. No visible business content, policies, or contact information on the landing page.
  3. No metadata such as Open Graph or JSON-LD structured data found.
  4. No forms or data collection fields detected beyond the security challenge.
  5. No emails, phone numbers, or social media links found in the HTML content.
  6. Only external link is to cloudflare.com for security and performance.
  7. No security headers or explicit SSL configuration details available from provided data.
  8. WHOIS data indicates a legitimate, long-registered domain with clientTransferProhibited status.
  9. Due to WAF blocking, detailed content and security analysis is not possible.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses Cloudflare services including Turnstile CAPTCHA for bot mitigation and CDN for performance and security. No CMS or backend technologies are identifiable from the HTML content. The page is minimal and serves only as a security checkpoint, indicating a modern security-first approach but limiting content delivery. Performance and SEO cannot be assessed due to lack of content. The technical stack is minimal and focused on security rather than content presentation.
Standards and sources

Reference chips under each finding point to the standard, regulation or specification the finding relates to. They are taken from the official datasets below and mapped conservatively: a finding with no defensible link shows none. NIS2 and GDPR references mark where a finding is relevant evidence, not a compliance verdict. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690 binds digital infrastructure and digital service providers; for other entities it is the most detailed public reading of the Article 21 measures. WCAG, EN 301 549, European Accessibility Act and Web Accessibility Directive references name the requirement an automated accessibility rule relates to; they are not a conformance verdict.

Retrieved 2026-10-25

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 70/100Medium30 findingsView report
  2. 70/100 −4Medium29 findingsView report
  3. 74/100Medium23 findingsView report
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