August 19, 2022 at 8:24:02 PM UTC
VERIFY
Websites
Runtime: 2.6s
On August 19, 2022 at 8:24:02 PM UTC, https://www.irrawaddy.com/ was accessible when tested on AS4788 in Malaysia.
Failures
HTTP Experiment
null
DNS Experiment
null
Control
null
DNS Queries
Resolver:
202.188.1.176
Query:
IN A www.irrawaddy.com
Engine:
system
Name
Class
TTL
Type
DATA
Answer IP Info
@
IN
A
104.20.57.165
AS13335 (Cloudflare, Inc.)
@
IN
A
104.20.58.165
AS13335 (Cloudflare, Inc.)
Query:
IN AAAA www.irrawaddy.com
Engine:
system
Name
Class
TTL
Type
DATA
Answer IP Info
@
IN
AAAA
2606:4700:10::6814:3aa5
AS13335 (Cloudflare, Inc.)
@
IN
AAAA
2606:4700:10::6814:39a5
AS13335 (Cloudflare, Inc.)
TCP Connections
104.20.58.165:443: succeeded
104.20.57.165:443: succeeded
2606:4700:10::6814:39a5:443: succeeded
2606:4700:10::6814:3aa5:443: succeeded
HTTP Requests
URL
GET https://www.irrawaddy.com/
Response Headers
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