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September 19, 2024, 09:56 PM UTC
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On September 19, 2024, 09:56 PM UTC, http://www.voanews.com/ was accessible when tested on AS328638 in South Africa.

Failures

HTTP Experiment
null
DNS Experiment
null
Control
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DNS Queries

Resolver:
154.47.30.251
Query:
IN A www.voanews.com
Engine:
system
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Class
TTL
Type
DATA
@
IN
A
23.42.0.72
Query:
IN AAAA www.voanews.com
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TTL
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DATA
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IN
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2600:1416:7000:4bb::131b
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IN
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2600:1416:7000:48e::131b

TCP Connections

Connection to 2600:1416:7000:4bb::131b:80 was blocked.
Connection to 2600:1416:7000:48e::131b:80 was blocked.
Connection to 23.42.0.72:80 succeeded.

HTTP Requests

URL
GET https://www.voanews.com/
Response Headers
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must-revalidate, max-age=16
Content-Language:
en
Content-Security-Policy:
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Content-Type:
text/html; charset=utf-8
Date:
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Expires:
Thu, 19 Sep 2024 21:57:04 GMT
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Pragma:
no-cache
Set-Cookie:
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max-age=31536000
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nosniff
X-Ua-Compatible:
IE=edge
X-Xss-Protection:
1; mode=block
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