hk-pic1.xyz
Mixed
Results vary across hk-pic1.xyz: of 3 URLs tested, 2 are blocked and 1 loads normally. The Great Firewall resets the connection. 80 tests have been run under this domain since 2017-10-25, the most recent on 2026-08-23.
The two are filtered by different means — an unencrypted request by the address and keywords it carries in the clear, an encrypted one by the server name in its TLS handshake — so one working while the other does not is normal.
The site itself
http://hk-pic1.xyzBlockedhttps://hk-pic1.xyzNot blockedPages and subdomains (1)
http://hk-pic1.xyz/forum.phpBlockedAbout hk-pic1.xyz and the Great Firewall
Results vary across hk-pic1.xyz: of 3 URLs tested, 2 are blocked and 1 loads normally. The Great Firewall resets the connection. 80 tests have been run under this domain since 2017-10-25, the most recent on 2026-08-23.
Plain HTTP and HTTPS differ here: http://hk-pic1.xyz is blocked, https://hk-pic1.xyz is not blocked. The two are filtered by different means — an unencrypted request by the address and keywords it carries in the clear, an encrypted one by the server name in its TLS handshake — so one working while the other does not is normal.
A VPN or another circumvention tool routes the request outside mainland China, past the filtering that blocks hk-pic1.xyz. 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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