Yes — news.upenn.edu has IPv6.

Has both IPv4 (A) and IPv6 (AAAA) addresses.

A
IPv6 readiness
Website, mail and DNS all work over IPv6.
Website over IPv6
news.upenn.edu has an AAAA record and answers on it.
✓ 2a0a:6c80::1 answers · 443
yes
www over IPv6
www.news.upenn.edu has an AAAA record and answers on it.
✓ 2a0a:6c80::1 answers · 443
yes
Mail servers (MX) have IPv6
No MX records, so mail goes to the domain's own address (implicit MX). It has an AAAA record.		yes
Nameservers have IPv6
6 of 8 nameservers checked have an AAAA record, so IPv6-only resolvers can look the domain up.
dns1.udel.edu ✗dns2.udel.edu ✗adns1.nnn.upenn.edu ✓adns2.nnn.upenn.edu ✓adns3.nnn.upenn.edu ✓adns4.upenn.edu ✓adns5.upenn.edu ✓adns6.upenn.edu ✓
yes
HTTPS over IPv6 · not part of the grade yet
Loads over IPv6 with a valid certificate after 1 redirect: HTTP 403.
https://news.upenn.edu/ via 2a0a:6c80::1 → 301https://penntoday.upenn.edu/ via 2a0a:6c80::1 → 403
works
 Load news.upenn.edu over IPv6 from up to six other places — a second opinion.

Nothing keeping you from an A

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news.upenn.edu  Has IPv6

A (IPv4)185.178.196.1
AAAA (IPv6)2a0a:6c80::1

www.news.upenn.edu  Has IPv6

A (IPv4)185.178.196.1
AAAA (IPv6)2a0a:6c80::1

Browsers on dual-stack networks will usually pick IPv6 here (the "Happy Eyeballs" algorithm races both and prefers v6).

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Checked 2026-11-03 07:02:30 UTC. Full DNS report: dns.pizza/domain/news.upenn.edu · Age, certificate and blocklists: how.is/news.upenn.edu · JSON: /api/v1/news.upenn.edu