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September 21, 2025, 12:14 PM UTC
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On September 21, 2025, 12:14 PM UTC, https://citizenlab.ca/ was accessible when tested on 328961 in South Africa.

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HTTP Experiment
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DNS Queries

Resolver:
172.253.249.216
Query:
IN A citizenlab.ca
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172.67.170.9
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2606:4700:3032::ac43:aa09
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Connection to 2606:4700:3032::ac43:aa09:443 was blocked.
Connection to 2606:4700:3037::6815:3709:443 was blocked.
Connection to 104.21.55.9:443 succeeded.
Connection to 172.67.170.9:443 succeeded.

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