June 3, 2021 at 2:04:24 PM UTC
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On June 3, 2021 at 2:04:24 PM UTC, https://www.adventist.org/ was accessible when tested on AS39232 in Azerbaijan.

Failures

HTTP Experiment
null
DNS Experiment
null
Control
null

DNS Queries

Resolver:
81.21.80.23
Query:
IN A www.adventist.org
Engine:
system
Name
Class
TTL
Type
DATA
Answer IP Info
@
IN
A
104.18.6.229
AS13335 (Cloudflare, Inc.)
@
IN
A
104.18.7.229
AS13335 (Cloudflare, Inc.)

TCP Connections

104.18.6.229:443: succeeded
104.18.7.229:443: succeeded

HTTP Requests

URL
GET https://www.adventist.org/
Response Headers
Age:
10018
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Cf-Apo-Via:
cache
Cf-Cache-Status:
HIT
Cf-Ray:
6599787f584e500c-WAW
Cf-Request-Id:
0a73c9a39b0000500c1e9c1000000001
Content-Type:
text/html; charset=UTF-8
Date:
Thu, 03 Jun 2021 14:04:27 GMT
Expect-Ct:
max-age=604800, report-uri="https://report-uri.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/beacon/expect-ct"
Expires:
Thu, 03 Jun 2021 18:04:27 GMT
Last-Modified:
Thu, 03 Jun 2021 07:50:14 GMT
Server:
cloudflare
Strict-Transport-Security:
max-age=15552000; preload
Vary:
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X-Content-Type-Options:
nosniff
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SAMEORIGIN
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1; mode=block
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