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OK
http://www.ned.org/
Myanmar (Burma)
AS138168 MyanmarAPN Company Limited
Websites
Websites
Web Connectivity Test 
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On October 17, 2021 at 4:35:27 PM UTC, http://www.ned.org/ was accessible when tested on AS138168 in Myanmar (Burma).

Failures

HTTP Experiment
null
DNS Experiment
null
Control
null

DNS Queries

Resolver:
172.217.43.136
Query:
IN A www.ned.org
Engine:
system
Name
Class
TTL
Type
DATA
Answer IP Info
@
IN
A
23.185.0.4
AS54113 (Fastly)
Query:
IN AAAA www.ned.org
Engine:
system
Name
Class
TTL
Type
DATA
Answer IP Info
@
IN
AAAA
2620:12a:8001::4
AS54113 (Fastly)
@
IN
AAAA
2620:12a:8000::4
AS54113 (Fastly)

TCP Connections

2620:12a:8000::4:80: failed (unknown_failure: dial tcp [scrubbed]: connect: network is unreachable)
2620:12a:8001::4:80: failed (unknown_failure: dial tcp [scrubbed]: connect: network is unreachable)
23.185.0.4:80: succeeded

HTTP Requests

URL
GET https://www.ned.org/
Response Headers
Accept-Ranges:
bytes
Age:
74952
Cache-Control:
public, max-age=86400
Content-Length:
74871
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frame-ancestors
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text/html; charset=UTF-8
Date:
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 16:35:28 GMT
Link:
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Server:
nginx
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max-age=300
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Via:
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HIT, HIT
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2, 1
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DENY
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