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November 09, 2024, 11:38 PM UTC
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On November 09, 2024, 11:38 PM UTC, https://www.voanews.com/ was accessible when tested on AS28669 in Brazil.

Failures

HTTP Experiment
null
DNS Experiment
null
Control
null

DNS Queries

Resolver:
172.253.230.28
Query:
IN A www.voanews.com
Engine:
system
Name
Class
TTL
Type
DATA
@
IN
A
23.42.128.235
Query:
IN AAAA www.voanews.com
Engine:
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TTL
Type
DATA
@
IN
AAAA
2600:1419:4e00:982::131b
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IN
AAAA
2600:1419:4e00:98b::131b

TCP Connections

Connection to 2600:1419:4e00:982::131b:443 was blocked.
Connection to 2600:1419:4e00:98b::131b:443 was blocked.
Connection to 23.42.128.235:443 succeeded.

HTTP Requests

URL
GET https://www.voanews.com/
Response Headers
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must-revalidate, max-age=21
Content-Language:
en
Content-Security-Policy:
frame-ancestors 'none'
Content-Type:
text/html; charset=utf-8
Date:
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 23:38:34 GMT
Expires:
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 23:38:55 GMT
Onion-Location:
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Pragma:
no-cache
Strict-Transport-Security:
max-age=31536000
X-Content-Type-Options:
nosniff
X-Ua-Compatible:
IE=edge
X-Xss-Protection:
1; mode=block
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links[i].target = '_self';
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