April 7, 2021 at 11:09:04 PM UTC
VERIFY
Websites
Websites
Runtime: 920ms
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On April 7, 2021 at 11:09:04 PM UTC, https://www.adventist.org/ was accessible when tested on AS8400 in Serbia.

Failures

HTTP Experiment
null
DNS Experiment
null
Control
null

DNS Queries

Resolver:
172.68.152.70
Query:
IN A www.adventist.org
Engine:
system
Name
Class
TTL
Type
DATA
Answer IP Info
@
IN
A
104.18.7.229
AS13335 (Cloudflare, Inc.)
@
IN
A
104.18.6.229
AS13335 (Cloudflare, Inc.)
Query:
IN AAAA www.adventist.org
Engine:
system
Name
Class
TTL
Type
DATA
Answer IP Info
@
IN
AAAA
2606:4700::6812:7e5
AS13335 (Cloudflare, Inc.)
@
IN
AAAA
2606:4700::6812:6e5
AS13335 (Cloudflare, Inc.)

TCP Connections

2606:4700::6812:6e5:443: failed (unknown_failure: dial tcp [scrubbed]: connect: network is unreachable)
2606:4700::6812:7e5:443: failed (unknown_failure: dial tcp [scrubbed]: connect: network is unreachable)
104.18.6.229:443: succeeded
104.18.7.229:443: succeeded

HTTP Requests

URL
GET https://www.adventist.org/
Response Headers
Alt-Svc:
h3-27=":443"; ma=86400, h3-28=":443"; ma=86400, h3-29=":443"; ma=86400
Cache-Control:
public, max-age=3600
Cf-Apo-Via:
origin,miss
Cf-Cache-Status:
EXPIRED
Cf-Ray:
63c6ebf29be80f9a-VIE
Cf-Request-Id:
095031cba000000f9a56346000000001
Content-Type:
text/html; charset=UTF-8
Date:
Wed, 07 Apr 2021 23:09:06 GMT
Expect-Ct:
max-age=604800, report-uri="https://report-uri.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/beacon/expect-ct"
Expires:
Thu, 08 Apr 2021 00:09:06 GMT
Last-Modified:
Wed, 07 Apr 2021 17:53:03 GMT
Server:
cloudflare
Set-Cookie:
__cfduid=df065aabea5e50206c2541c152c5fb1da1617836946; expires=Fri, 07-May-21 23:09:06 GMT; path=/; domain=.www.adventist.org; HttpOnly; SameSite=Lax; Secure
Strict-Transport-Security:
max-age=15552000; preload
Vary:
Accept-Encoding
X-Content-Type-Options:
nosniff
X-Frame-Options:
SAMEORIGIN
X-Xss-Protection:
1; mode=block
Response Body
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<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="x-ua-compatible" content="ie=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<meta name='robots' content='index, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1' />

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