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Rwanda
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AS14593
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November 23, 2024, 06:24 AM UTC
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On November 23, 2024, 06:24 AM UTC, http://www.voanews.com/ was accessible when tested on AS14593 in Rwanda.

Failures

HTTP Experiment
null
DNS Experiment
null
Control
null

DNS Queries

Resolver:
172.217.34.20
Query:
IN A www.voanews.com
Engine:
system
Name
Class
TTL
Type
DATA
@
IN
A
23.201.240.248
Query:
IN AAAA www.voanews.com
Engine:
system
Name
Class
TTL
Type
DATA
@
IN
AAAA
2600:1416:7000:4bb::131b
@
IN
AAAA
2600:1416:7000:48e::131b

TCP Connections

Connection to 23.201.240.248:80 succeeded.
Connection to 2600:1416:7000:4bb::131b:80 succeeded.
Connection to 2600:1416:7000:48e::131b:80 succeeded.

HTTP Requests

URL
GET https://www.voanews.com/
Response Headers
Cache-Control:
must-revalidate, max-age=92
Content-Language:
en
Content-Security-Policy:
frame-ancestors 'none'
Content-Type:
text/html; charset=utf-8
Date:
Sat, 23 Nov 2024 06:24:00 GMT
Expires:
Sat, 23 Nov 2024 06:25:32 GMT
Onion-Location:
https://www.voanews5aitmne6gs2btokcacixclgfl43cv27sirgbauyyjylwpdtqd.onion/
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
Response Body

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<head>
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<script type="text/javascript">
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var cacheBuster = "284";
var appBaseUrl = "/";
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var isLoggingEnabled = false;
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const params = new URLSearchParams(url.search);
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window.history.replaceState(null, '', url.toString());
} else {
window.addEventListener('load', function() {
const links = window.document.links;
for (let i = 0; i < links.length; i++) {
links[i].href = '#';
links[i].target = '_self';
}
})
}
var pwaEnabled = false;
var swCacheDisabled;
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<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
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<meta name="apple-itunes-app" content="app-id=632618796" />
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