August 19, 2022 at 6:40:38 PM UTC
VERIFY
Websites
Websites
Runtime: 4s
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On August 19, 2022 at 6:40:38 PM UTC, https://www.adventist.org/ was accessible when tested on AS327885 in Tanzania.

Failures

HTTP Experiment
null
DNS Experiment
null
Control
null

DNS Queries

Resolver:
172.253.12.132
Query:
IN A www.adventist.org
Engine:
system
Name
Class
TTL
Type
DATA
Answer IP Info
@
IN
A
172.64.153.133
AS13335 (Cloudflare, Inc.)
@
IN
A
104.18.34.123
AS13335 (Cloudflare, Inc.)
Query:
IN AAAA www.adventist.org
Engine:
system
Name
Class
TTL
Type
DATA
Answer IP Info
@
IN
AAAA
2606:4700:4400::ac40:9985
Unknown AS
@
IN
AAAA
2606:4700:4400::6812:227b
Unknown AS

TCP Connections

2606:4700:4400::6812:227b:443: failed (unknown_failure: dial tcp [scrubbed]: connect: no route to host)
2606:4700:4400::ac40:9985:443: failed (unknown_failure: dial tcp [scrubbed]: connect: no route to host)
172.64.153.133:443: succeeded
104.18.34.123:443: succeeded

HTTP Requests

URL
GET https://www.adventist.org/
Response Headers
Age:
1329
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Cache-Control:
public, max-age=3600
Cf-Apo-Via:
tcache
Cf-Cache-Status:
HIT
Cf-Edge-Cache:
cache,platform=wordpress
Cf-Ray:
73d504e369f29cf5-JNB
Content-Type:
text/html; charset=UTF-8
Date:
Fri, 19 Aug 2022 18:40:41 GMT
Expect-Ct:
max-age=604800, report-uri="https://report-uri.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/beacon/expect-ct"
Expires:
Fri, 19 Aug 2022 19:40:41 GMT
Ki-Cache-Type:
None
Ki-Cf-Cache-Status:
BYPASS
Ki-Edge:
v=17.7
Ki-Edge-O2o:
yes
Last-Modified:
Fri, 19 Aug 2022 18:18:32 GMT
Link:
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Nel:
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Pragma:
no-cache
Report-To:
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Server:
cloudflare
Strict-Transport-Security:
max-age=15552000; preload
Vary:
Accept-Encoding
X-Content-Type-Options:
nosniff
X-Edge-Location-Klb:
1
X-Kinsta-Cache:
MISS
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Resolver IP
172.253.12.132
Resolver Network Name
Google LLC
Measurement UID
20220819184043.312586_TZ_webconnectivity_c6be60b7ea111c5c
Report ID
20220819T183153Z_webconnectivity_TZ_327885_n1_qhtOySic7eKqL5Bx
Platform
macos
Software Name
ooniprobe-desktop-unattended (3.10.0-beta.3)
Measurement Engine
ooniprobe-engine (3.10.0-beta.3)

Raw Measurement Data

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