Website reputation report

carlalexander.ca

Last checked 7 hours ago · Point-in-time assessment

76/100Technical Safety ScoreIndependent technical assessment, not a visitor rating
● Evidence is limited

What is this website?

A place to learn about advanced programming topics using WordPress

No listed local patterns observedHomepage-only analysis is not a malware clearance. Read the scope and findings below.

76/100Safety Score
70%Evidence Confidence
Trust Radar evidence profile Eight evidence dimensions from zero to one hundred. Exact values surround the chart. Threat Intelligence55 Domain History92 Infrastructure91 Website Security95 Security Hygiene80 Transparency47 Reputation50 Operational Stability85
Trust RadarEight observed factors. Select one to inspect its evidence.

How to read this report

Safety Score evaluates observed signals. Evidence Confidence measures how complete, direct, fresh, and consistent those signals are.

No automated scan can guarantee that a website is safe.

Current report context

What changed since the last scan

  • No earlier report to compare
What this scan could verify · 6 observed, 0 unavailable
DNS observed
Registration lookup observed
Network observed
TLS observed
Website response observed
Website content observed

Unavailable and unperformed checks are not clean results. The detailed evidence below remains the source for each conclusion.

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Independent evidence brief

What we observed about carlalexander.ca

Updated Oct 17, 2026

The latest scan examined 9 public pages on carlalexander.ca. Website descriptions below come from the site itself. Registration, connection and threat findings were checked separately.

Purpose and visible content

On its homepage, the site says: A place to learn about advanced programming topics using WordPress

Registrar and domain history

Registered on May 28, 2012. Registrar: Go Get Canada Domain Registrar Ltd..

Recorded expiry date: May 28, 2027. Registry data can change.

Connection and hosting evidence

The checked homepage returned HTTP 200 in about 1000 ms.

A valid TLS certificate was observed, expiring Dec 17, 2026.

Threat checks and score context

External malware-provider coverage was unavailable. The report does not treat this missing check as a clean result.

Safety Score: 76/100. Evidence Confidence: 70%. These measure different things.

Community reviews of carlalexander.ca

No approved reviews yet ☆☆☆☆☆

Visitor experiences are separate from the independent technical Safety Score.

Visitor opinions remain separate from the technical Safety Score.

Public content profile

Pages reviewed on carlalexander.ca

9 of up to 10 pages

We sampled public pages from this website to understand its subject and contact paths. The titles and short descriptions below come from the website itself. They are not endorsements or independent safety findings.

Hashtags found on the website: #Carl2016 . These are site-supplied labels, not search rankings.

The Man in the Arena by Carl AlexanderA place to learn about advanced programming topics using WordPress Why I’m building a WordPress serverless DevOps platform | The Man in the ArenaBack in first year of college, my campus residence had a terrible internet connection. So I used a Windows server back at home to download games and movies on… Articles | The Man in the ArenaLatest posts: The Man in the Arena… Discover the world of object-oriented programming | The Man in the ArenaWhen I learned object-oriented programming, I didn’t quite know what I was doing. I’d never touched PHP or knew what a WordPress plugin was. I just assumed that’… Discover object-oriented programming using WordPresshttps://carlalexander.ca/object-oriented-programming-wordpress/ Newsletter | The Man in the ArenaAre you trying to level up your PHP skills? It’s not easy, isn’t it? You want to get better, but advanced concepts feel out of reach. Most of your attempts end… What I’m doing now | The Man in the ArenaThis is my now page. It’s a place where you can read about what I’m doing these days. The goal is to update it 3-4 times a year. I did all the flagship… The work no one sees | The Man in the ArenaI gave a talk on neurodiversity at Decoupled Days 2026. This is the companion article that I wrote for it. If you’re just looking for the slides, click here. 2025 in review: Going through the middle passage | The Man in the ArenaAs I start writing this year in review, the first thing that comes to my mind is this holiday memory I have (and many other nerds have 🤣) from my youth: Going…

Public page evidence

Topics and keywords observed on carlalexander.ca

12 phrases

These phrases were extracted locally from sampled public page metadata. They are observations, not search-volume or ranking estimates.

man inTitle, H1, Meta description8 sampled pages
arenaTitle, H1, Meta description8 sampled pages
object oriented programmingTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
wordpressTitle, H1, Meta description5 sampled pages
yearH1, Meta description3 sampled pages
thatH1, Meta description3 sampled pages
doingTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
justH1, Meta description3 sampled pages
daysH1, Meta description2 sampled pages
firstH1, Meta description2 sampled pages
discoverTitle, H12 sampled pages
readH1, Meta description2 sampled pages

At a glance

Key findings

✓

Report is current

The displayed evidence comes from the published immutable scan.

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Confidence is separate

Unavailable evidence is shown as missing and never counted as clean.

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Fully explainable

Why this score?

Versioned weights
Threat IntelligenceWeight 25%
55/100

Threat providers were unavailable. The neutral uncertainty baseline is not a clean verdict.

Domain HistoryWeight 10%
92/100

Domain registration age and expiry were checked.

InfrastructureWeight 10%
91/100

Observed DNS records and network address were checked.

Website SecurityWeight 15%
95/100

Observed certificate validity and TLS protocol were checked.

Security HygieneWeight 15%
80/100

Observed security header values were checked for basic protective settings. Empty values, disabled HSTS and unrecognized values receive no credit. This is not a complete browser-policy validation.

TransparencyWeight 5%
47/100

Observed site metadata and About page were checked. Publisher-supplied details are not independently verified.

ReputationWeight 5%
50/100

Popularity is weak context, not proof of safety. Unranked sites use a neutral baseline.

Operational StabilityWeight 15%
85/100

Observed HTTP status and final connection scheme were checked.

Server-side analysis

Automated security checks

Local antivirus and phishing checks

ClamAV · homepage HTMLNo signature match in the sampled HTML
Engine version1.5.4
Signature database date (UTC)2026-10-17T06:25:46+00:00
HTML bytes submitted67,054
Phishing.Database · exact hostnameNot listed in this snapshot
Feed downloaded (UTC)2026-10-17T12:00:06+00:00
Hosts in local snapshot386,082

Sampled scripts and pages

Resource analysis incomplete

6 resources checked · 7 script links observed on the homepage. Partial resource coverage.

ClamAV inspects the fetched homepage HTML on our server. New scans also sample up to four linked scripts and two collected internal pages, with size and time limits. Scripts are not executed. Other downloads, private server files and logged-in pages remain outside this check. A signature match needs investigation and can be a false positive. No match is not a whole-site safety guarantee.

Exact hostname lookup uses a downloaded Phishing.Database snapshot. It does not send this domain to an external lookup API or mark sibling subdomains as harmful. Not listed does not mean safe. Snapshot age is download age, not proof that every entry was recently revalidated.

Homepage HTML only · Eight local rule families · local-security-v2

Checks use the fetched page and redirect chain. Scripts are not executed, forms are not submitted, and linked files are not downloaded. This is not a malware clearance.

Page resource inventory

Linked scripts7
Inline scripts3
Embedded frames0
External script hosts1

Counts describe the sampled HTML, not every resource loaded by the browser. External resources are common and are not automatically harmful.

No listed local patterns observed. The limited rule set cannot detect every threat or behavior.

External threat intelligence

Provider coverageNot checked

Local checks do not query external reputation databases. An unavailable check is never a clean result.

Registration

Domain information

Public RDAP observation
Canonical domaincarlalexander.ca
RegistrarGo Get Canada Domain Registrar Ltd.
RegisteredMay 28, 2012
Domain age14 years
ExpiresMay 28, 2027
Registry statusesclient transfer prohibited
Report statePublished

Infrastructure

Network & hosting

Observed endpoint, not legal location
IP address3.174.46.115
Autonomous systemUnavailable
Network organizationUnavailable
Observed countryUnavailable
CDNAmazon CloudFront
Web application firewallNot detected

At a glance

Infrastructure summary

Observed during this scan

A compact view of the connection, DNS and security surface. These observations describe what the scanner could verify at scan time and do not prove ownership or ongoing availability.

HTTP response200 · https://carlalexander.ca/
Endpoint3.174.46.115
NetworkUnavailable
CDN and WAFAmazon CloudFront · Not detected
DNS surface15 records · 4 nameservers · 5 mail exchangers
Protection signals4 security headers · 2 technologies · DNSSEC unknown

Page telemetry

Observed page statistics

Safe metadata only

These counters describe the fetched response and sampled HTML. Script counts describe references in the markup, not a complete browser network log. Cookie counts cover observed response headers.

Response size67,054 bytes
HTTP check duration1,000 ms
Cookies observedUnavailable
Script resources7 · 1 external hosts
Frames and sampled checks0 frames · 6 resources checked

Encrypted transport

TLS certificate

Valid when observed
StatusValid when observed
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuercountryName=US, organizationName=Amazon, commonName=Amazon RSA 2048 M04
Valid fromJun 3, 2026
Valid untilDec 17, 2026
Certificate names*.carlalexander.ca · *.ymirsites.com · carlalexander.ca

Resolution

DNS footprint

DNSKEY status unknown

DNSKEY presence does not verify the DNSSEC signature chain. Missing records can mean no record was returned or the lookup was unavailable.

A3.174.46.115TTL —
A3.174.46.117TTL —
A3.174.46.37TTL —
A3.174.46.46TTL —
NSns-1440.awsdns-52.orgTTL —
NSns-1860.awsdns-40.co.ukTTL —
NSns-314.awsdns-39.comTTL —
NSns-659.awsdns-18.netTTL —
MX1 aspmx.l.google.comTTL —
MX10 alt3.aspmx.l.google.comTTL —
MX10 alt4.aspmx.l.google.comTTL —
MX5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.comTTL —
MX5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.comTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=8x5kSmg0mRkDd1cbjtIE2McQEjH1_KabtVe6sH9ZLuUTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=Qkt3V8XFBxhza54TYZZNs8dURuCrKRYKMWgup54g2fATTL —

DNS observations · no external lookup API

Domain email protection

Exact-host SPF and DMARC observations help the owner investigate email impersonation risks. They are separate from website malware checks and do not change the Safety Score.

SPFNo matching record returned for this exact hostname
DMARCNo matching record returned for this exact hostname

What to do next

Review the records with your mail administrator. Inventory legitimate senders and test SPF and DKIM alignment before enforcing a stricter DMARC policy. Fix duplicate records and investigate overly permissive SPF rules.

This bounded check does not send email, probe SMTP, evaluate recursive SPF includes, verify DKIM signatures or apply organizational-domain DMARC inheritance. A missing subdomain record does not prove that no inherited protection exists. A DNS timeout is unknown, not an absent record. A policy record is not proof that messages authenticate successfully.

Responsible disclosure

security.txt

RFC 9116 observation

No readable security.txt file was observed at the standard locations. This is informational and is not evidence of malware.

Browser protections

Security headers

4 observed
referrer-policypresent same-origin
strict-transport-securitypresent max-age=15768000; includeSubDomains; preload
x-content-type-optionspresent nosniff
x-frame-optionspresent SAMEORIGIN

Response headers

Cookie protections

Passive observation

No Set-Cookie header was observed on the sampled homepage response. Other pages may set cookies separately.

Detected stack

Technologies

WooCommerce 90% WordPress 95%

Versions are shown only when publicly exposed by the page or response headers. An observed version is not, by itself, proof of a vulnerability.

JavaScript library advisories

JavaScript advisory analysis could not be completed or no eligible script files were sampled. No clean result is implied.

Recommended maintenance checks

WordPressKeep WordPress core, themes and plugins updated. Remove unused plugins and review administrator accounts.

Publisher supplied

Public contact details

These details were observed on the website, not independently verified as an active support channel.

Structured facts

Website identity & response

Public page metadata
Page titleThe Man in the Arena by Carl Alexander
First headingWelcome! Don’t let the seductive CarlBoard™ to the left fool you. This isn’t where you’ll find such classics as Carl’s guide to great coding or 1001 0100 1010 0101 1101 0110 1001! Instead, this is where you can find most of the articles published on this site. I’ve tried to group them by topic or series. This should make it easier to find what you need when you need to refer to an article. Programming Programming is such a large part of the site that I’ve divided it into sub-topics. For most of you, this is
DescriptionA place to learn about advanced programming topics using WordPress
Canonical URLhttps://carlalexander.ca/
Final URLhttps://carlalexander.ca/
HTTP response200 · text/html; charset=UTF-8 · 1000 ms
Languageen
Structured typesOrganization · WebPage · WebSite
Page page detectedhttps://carlalexander.ca/wordpress-serverless-platform/
missing100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
en100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors wildcard origin100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors credentials with wildcard100% evidence confidence
15768000100% evidence confidence
15100% evidence confidence
4100% evidence confidence
5100% evidence confidence
unavailable100% evidence confidence
Dns consistency.cname present100% evidence confidence
4100% evidence confidence
Local headers.permissions policy present100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence

Connection path

Redirect chain

0 recorded hops

No redirect hop was recorded for the sampled homepage.

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Compared with the previous scan

What changed

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Explainable matching

Digital fingerprint

fingerprint-v1
azure-orbit-path-695

Comparable components help find technically related websites. A match does not prove common ownership.

DnsHashed private comparison value
TechnologiesHashed private comparison value

Material changes only

Change history

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No meaningful changes recorded yet.

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Visual evidence

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Questions about carlalexander.ca

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Is carlalexander.ca safe to visit?

The latest Safety Score is 76/100 with 70% Evidence Confidence. This is a point-in-time assessment of observed technical signals, not a guarantee. Check the exact address and avoid entering payment details if anything looks unusual.

Did the scan detect malware on carlalexander.ca?

ClamAV found no signature match in the sampled homepage HTML. External scripts, downloads and private server files were not checked. This is not a whole-site malware clearance.

When was carlalexander.ca registered?

The public registry record shows May 28, 2012. Registration details may be privacy-protected or updated later.

Did carlalexander.ca have a valid TLS certificate?

The scanner observed a valid TLS certificate using TLSv1.3. A valid certificate alone does not establish that the site is safe.

Can a paid listing change this website's score?

No. Premium placement and owner-supplied pages are labelled separately. Technical evidence, the Safety Score and moderation decisions remain independent.

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