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Cloudflare Turnstile Captcha
Analyzed 9/5/2025Completed 12:31:49 AM
59
Security Score
MEDIUM RISK

AI Summary

The website patreon.com is currently inaccessible due to a Cloudflare security challenge page requiring human verification via Turnstile captcha. This prevents access to any actual website content, metadata, or business information. The domain is registered with MarkMonitor Inc. since 2013, indicating a mature and legitimate domain consistent with a major commercial business. However, no privacy policies, cookie policies, terms of service, contact information, or security policies are accessible in the provided content. The technical infrastructure includes Cloudflare protection, but no further technology stack details are available due to content blocking. Security posture cannot be fully assessed but the presence of Cloudflare WAF indicates a proactive security measure. Overall, the site is safe with no adult or explicit content detected, but the analysis is incomplete due to the WAF challenge.

Detected Technologies

Cloudflare Turnstile Captcha

🧠AI Business Intelligence

Technology stack, business insights, and market analysis powered by AI.

Business Intelligence

Market & Strategic Analysis

Due to the WAF challenge, no direct business intelligence data such as company name, description, market position, or services could be extracted. The domain age and registrar suggest a well-established technology company. No partner or subsidiary domains were identified. No contact or trust indicators are visible. The business sector is Technology based on domain and known brand association.

Security Posture Analysis

Comprehensive Security Assessment

The security posture is partially observable through the presence of Cloudflare WAF and Turnstile captcha, indicating active protection against automated threats and abuse. No security headers or SSL configuration details are available from the provided content. No vulnerabilities or incident response contacts are visible. The domain WHOIS data shows standard domain status flags enhancing domain security. Overall security score is low due to lack of accessible data but presence of WAF is a positive indicator.

Strategic Recommendations

Priority Actions for Security Improvement

1

Provide publicly accessible privacy, cookie, and terms of service pages to improve transparency and compliance.

Observations

AI-powered comprehensive website and business analysis.

AI-Enhanced Website Analysis

Cloudflare Detected

Page is a Cloudflare security challenge with Turnstile captcha verifying human visitor.

Analysis results may be incomplete. For accurate analysis, please contact guard@offseq.com

Business Insights

Technical Stack

Technologies:
Cloudflare Turnstile Captcha

Security Assessment

0

Analytics & Tracking

Advertising & Marketing

Website Quality Assessment

Key Observations

1

Website content is blocked by Cloudflare security challenge (Turnstile captcha).

🛡️Security Headers

HTTP security headers analysis and recommendations.

Security Headers

HTTP security headers analysis

65/100
Score

Weak Strict-Transport-Security configuration

LOW

Current value: "max-age=2592000"

Missing Content-Security-Policy header

HIGH

Controls resources the browser is allowed to load

Missing X-XSS-Protection header

MEDIUM

Legacy XSS protection (deprecated but still recommended)

Weak Referrer-Policy configuration

LOW

Current value: "same-origin"

👤GDPR Compliance

Privacy and data protection assessment under GDPR regulations.

GDPR Compliance

Privacy and data protection assessment

35/100
Score

No Privacy Policy found

HIGH

GDPR requires a clear and accessible privacy policy

No Cookie Policy found

HIGH

GDPR requires clear information about cookie usage

No Cookie Consent Banner found

HIGH

GDPR requires explicit consent for non-essential cookies

Third-party services without privacy policy

HIGH

Detected services: Cloudflare

GDPR Compliance Analysis

Privacy Policy0% confidence
Cookie Policy0% confidence
Contact Information Found90% confidence
phone

🛡️NIS2 Compliance

Network & Information Security Directive compliance assessment.

NIS2 Compliance

Network & Information Security Directive

2/100
Score

No information security framework found

HIGH

NIS2 requires documented cybersecurity and information security measures

No vulnerability disclosure policy

MEDIUM

NIS2 encourages coordinated vulnerability disclosure

No security policy documentation found

HIGH

NIS2 requires documented cybersecurity governance and risk management

No incident response procedures found

HIGH

NIS2 requires documented incident response and business continuity plans

No business continuity planning found

MEDIUM

NIS2 emphasizes operational resilience and business continuity

No security contact information

HIGH

NIS2 requires clear incident reporting channels

No vulnerability reporting mechanism

MEDIUM

Clear vulnerability reporting supports coordinated disclosure

No NIS2 reference found

LOW

Consider explicitly mentioning NIS2 compliance efforts

Critical sector without clear security compliance

HIGH

Detected sectors: energy, transport, digital

📧Email Security

SPF, DKIM, and DMARC validation and email security assessment.

Email Security

SPF, DKIM, and DMARC validation

85/100
Score

No BIMI Record

LOW

BIMI displays brand logos in email clients

No MTA-STS Policy

MEDIUM

MTA-STS enforces TLS for email delivery

No TLS-RPT Record

LOW

TLS-RPT provides reporting for email TLS issues

SPF
Sender Policy Framework
DKIM
DomainKeys Identified Mail
DMARC
Domain-based Message Authentication
MX Records
Mail Exchange Records
BIMI
Brand Indicators
MTA-STS
Mail Transfer Agent Security
TLS-RPT
TLS Reporting
DNSSEC
DNS Security
SPF Details
Record:
v=spf1 mx include:_u.patreon.com._spf.dmarclb.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:helpscoutemail.com ~all
DKIM Selectors Found
Selector:google(1416-bit rsa)
Selector:k1(1296-bit rsa)
Selector:email(1416-bit rsa)
Selector:s1(1440-bit rsa)
DMARC Details
Policy:quarantine
Subdomain Policy:quarantine
Aggregate Reports:dmarc@patreon.com

🏆SSL/TLS Security

Certificate validity and encryption analysis.

SSL/TLS Security

Certificate validity and encryption analysis

75/100
Score

SSL Certificate Expires Within 90 Days

MEDIUM

SSL certificate expires in 85 days

Weak SSL Key Length

HIGH

SSL certificate uses 256-bit key, which is considered weak

Partial SSL/TLS Assessment

LOW

Completed 2 of 4 security checks due to time constraints

Certificate Details

Subject:patreon.com
Issuer:WE1
Valid Until:11/29/2025 (85 days)
SANs:patreon.com, *.patreon.com, *.smoketests.patreon.com

OCSP Status

OCSP Stapling Disabled

📊DNS Health

DNS configuration and security assessment.

DNS Health

DNS configuration and security assessment

85/100
Score

DNSSEC Not Enabled

MEDIUM

DNSSEC is not configured for this domain

CAA Records Not Configured

LOW

Certificate Authority Authorization (CAA) records not found

DNS Records

A Records:104.16.24.14, 104.16.25.14
AAAA Records:2606:4700::6810:190e, 2606:4700::6810:180e
Name Servers:
sharon.ns.cloudflare.comDNS only
will.ns.cloudflare.comDNS only
MX Records:
10: aspmx.l.google.com
20: alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
20: alt2.aspmx.l.google.com
30: aspmx2.googlemail.com
30: aspmx3.googlemail.com

DNSSEC Status

DNSSEC Not Enabled

Network Security

Port scanning and network exposure analysis.

Network Security

Port scanning and network exposure analysis

100/100
Score

Good Network Security Posture

LOW

No unnecessary services detected on common risky ports

🔧Technical Analysis

Detailed technical findings and analysis from AI assessment.

Technical Analysis

Comprehensive security assessment findings

Additional Findings

The website is protected by Cloudflare, using Turnstile captcha for bot mitigation. No CMS or other frameworks are detectable due to content blocking. Hosting is via Cloudflare's network. Performance and mobile optimization cannot be assessed. The HTML is valid but minimal, serving only the challenge page. No analytics or marketing tools are detected. Technical debt or modernization opportunities cannot be evaluated without full content access.
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