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https://www.premiumtimesng.com/
Websites
Runtime: 5.8s
On September 19, 2024, 03:37 PM UTC, https://www.premiumtimesng.com/ was accessible when tested on AS37340 in Nigeria.
Failures
HTTP Experiment
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DNS Experiment
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Control
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DNS Queries
Resolver:
173.194.171.214
Query:
IN A www.premiumtimesng.com
Engine:
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IN
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185.200.104.137
TCP Connections
Connection to 185.200.104.137:443 succeeded.
HTTP Requests
URL
GET https://www.premiumtimesng.com/
Response Headers
Content-Security-Policy:frame-ancestors 'self';Content-Type:text/html; charset=UTF-8Date:Thu, 19 Sep 2024 15:37:51 GMTLink:<https://www.premiumtimesng.com/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/", <https://www.premiumtimesng.com/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/467328>; rel="alternate"; type="application/json", <https://www.premiumtimesng.com/b/29oo>; rel=shortlinkServer:nginxStrict-Transport-Security:max-age=31622401;Vary:accept,content-type,Accept-EncodingX-Content-Type-Options:nosniffX-Frame-Options:sameoriginX-Xss-Protection:1; mode=block
Response Body
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