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Comment by gerdesj | Hacker News Reader

  $ host www.police.uk
  www.police.uk is an alias for fallback.soh.police.uk.
  fallback.soh.police.uk has address 104.18.28.214
  fallback.soh.police.uk has address 104.18.29.214

  $ host police.uk
  police.uk has address 51.104.28.64

Could someone outside the UK use the above and explain what they experience. Then we can get to the bottom of this. Its a bit late here for me to ask remote customers if I can use their gear to diagnose this.

Let's keep it real please!

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└─[0] < > ~ host www.police.uk 8:41

www.police.uk is an alias for fallback.soh.police.uk.

fallback.soh.police.uk has address 104.18.29.214

fallback.soh.police.uk has address 104.18.28.214

└─[0] < > ~ host police.uk 8:41 police.uk has address 51.104.28.64

I'm in southeast asia and the website is blocked

Within the UK:

$ host www.police.uk www.police.uk is an alias for fallback.soh.police.uk. fallback.soh.police.uk has address 104.18.29.214 fallback.soh.police.uk has address 104.18.28.214

https://www.police.uk/ is a police force landing page

From USA:

  :~$ host police.uk
  police.uk has address 51.104.28.64
  :~$ host www.police.uk
  www.police.uk is an alias for fallback.soh.police.uk.
  fallback.soh.police.uk has address 104.18.28.214
  fallback.soh.police.uk has address 104.18.29.214

Site blocked for me here.

I’m outside the UK, can’t access the website, and those two commands return the same result you posted.

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