OK
https://theintercept.com/
Austria
Country
Network
August 15, 2025, 04:27 PM UTC
Date & Time
Websites
Websites
Runtime: 1.4s
On August 15, 2025, 04:27 PM UTC, https://theintercept.com/ was accessible when tested on AS12605 in Austria.

Failures

HTTP Experiment
null
DNS Experiment
null
Control
null

DNS Queries

Resolver:
212.33.34.85
Query:
IN A theintercept.com
Engine:
system
Name
Class
TTL
Type
DATA
@
IN
A
192.0.66.199

TCP Connections

Connection to 192.0.66.199:443 succeeded.

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Response Headers
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Accept-Encoding
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HIT
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nosniff
X-Download-Options:
noopen
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deny
X-Hacker:
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master-only
X-Rq:
vie2 0 30 9980
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