buff.ly
Mixed
Results vary across buff.ly: of 5 URLs tested, 1 is blocked, 1 is disrupted some of the time and 3 load normally. The site itself, https://buff.ly, loads normally. The Great Firewall blocks the connection outright and resets the connection. 175 tests have been run under this domain since 2013-12-09, the most recent on 2026-07-26.
The site itself
http://buff.lyNot blockedhttps://buff.lyas of 2026Not blockedPages and subdomains (3)
http://buff.ly/1lUQkSGas of 2026Blockedhttp://buff.ly/1xIFQ1BIntermittenthttp://buff.ly/1WUIeKZNot blockedAbout buff.ly and the Great Firewall
Results vary across buff.ly: of 5 URLs tested, 1 is blocked, 1 is disrupted some of the time and 3 load normally. The site itself, https://buff.ly, loads normally. The Great Firewall blocks the connection outright and resets the connection. 175 tests have been run under this domain since 2013-12-09, the most recent on 2026-07-26.
A VPN or another circumvention tool routes the request outside mainland China, past the filtering that blocks buff.ly. GreatFire runs GreatFire VPN; the Analyzer also tests the domains of many VPN and proxy providers, so you can check whether one is reachable before relying on it.
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