January 12, 2022 at 6:05:16 PM UTC
VERIFY
Websites
Runtime: 1.8s
On January 12, 2022 at 6:05:16 PM UTC, http://www.ned.org/ was accessible when tested on AS8376 in Jordan.
Failures
HTTP Experiment
null
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null
Control
null
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Resolver:
194.165.130.234
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IN A www.ned.org
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@
IN
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23.185.0.4
AS54113 (Fastly)
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23.185.0.4:80: succeeded
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URL
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