OK
https://www.ned.org/
Norway
Country
Network
August 01, 2025, 03:29 PM UTC
Date & Time
Websites
Websites
Runtime: 669ms
On August 01, 2025, 03:29 PM UTC, https://www.ned.org/ was accessible when tested on AS29695 in Norway.

Failures

HTTP Experiment
null
DNS Experiment
null
Control
null

DNS Queries

Resolver:
162.158.221.44
Query:
IN A www.ned.org
Engine:
system
Name
Class
TTL
Type
DATA
@
IN
A
23.185.0.4

TCP Connections

Connection to 23.185.0.4:443 succeeded.

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URL
GET https://www.ned.org/
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bytes
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101058
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Date:
Fri, 01 Aug 2025 15:29:04 GMT
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