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November 13, 2024, 10:06 AM UTC
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On November 13, 2024, 10:06 AM UTC, https://www.voanews.com/ was accessible when tested on AS9009 in Malta.

Failures

HTTP Experiment
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DNS Experiment
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Control
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DNS Queries

Resolver:
176.125.230.130
Query:
IN A www.voanews.com
Engine:
system
Name
Class
TTL
Type
DATA
@
IN
A
23.50.149.147
Query:
IN AAAA www.voanews.com
Engine:
system
Name
Class
TTL
Type
DATA
@
IN
AAAA
2a02:26f0:de:2b1::131b
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IN
AAAA
2a02:26f0:de:281::131b

TCP Connections

Connection to 2a02:26f0:de:2b1::131b:443 was blocked.
Connection to 2a02:26f0:de:281::131b:443 was blocked.
Connection to 23.50.149.147:443 succeeded.

HTTP Requests

URL
GET https://www.voanews.com/
Response Headers
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must-revalidate, max-age=64
Content-Language:
en
Content-Security-Policy:
frame-ancestors 'none'
Content-Type:
text/html; charset=utf-8
Date:
Wed, 13 Nov 2024 10:06:39 GMT
Expires:
Wed, 13 Nov 2024 10:07:43 GMT
Onion-Location:
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Pragma:
no-cache
Set-Cookie:
AKA_A2=A; expires=Wed, 13-Nov-2024 11:06:39 GMT; path=/; domain=voanews.com; secure; HttpOnly
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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