ucsd.edu
Mixed
Results vary across ucsd.edu: of 13 URLs tested, 2 are blocked, 4 are disrupted some of the time, 6 load normally and 1 has no conclusive recent result. The Great Firewall blocks the connection outright. 321 tests have been run under this domain since 2012-05-11, the most recent on 2026-09-18.
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://ucsd.eduIntermittenthttps://ucsd.eduNot blockedhttp://www.ucsd.eduBlockedhttps://www.ucsd.eduIntermittentPages and subdomains (9)
http://vpn.ucsd.eduNot enough datahttp://edtech.ucsd.eduas of 2026Not blockedhttp://canvas.ucsd.eduBlockedhttp://podcast.ucsd.eduas of 2026Not blockedhttp://students.ucsd.eduIntermittenthttps://students.ucsd.eduas of 2026Not blockedhttps://studentorg.ucsd.edu/Home/Details/5421as of 2026Not blockedhttps://cns.ucsd.edu/cns-researchers-identify-potential-network-security-risks-of-modern-automobiles/as of 2026Not blockedhttp://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/feature/tenzin_gyatso_his_holiness_the_14th_dalai_lama_to_speak_at_uc_san_diegoIntermittentAbout ucsd.edu and the Great Firewall
Results vary across ucsd.edu: of 13 URLs tested, 2 are blocked, 4 are disrupted some of the time, 6 load normally and 1 has no conclusive recent result. The Great Firewall blocks the connection outright. 321 tests have been run under this domain since 2012-05-11, the most recent on 2026-09-18.
Plain HTTP and HTTPS differ here: http://ucsd.edu is intermittent, https://ucsd.edu 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 ucsd.edu. 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.
Elsewhere on the site
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