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by pred_ 3769 days ago
All that site returns here is

    FCC Federal Communications Commission
    Security Violation

    Your request looked malicious and has been blocked.
    You can use your browser's Back button to return to the previous page.
    If you have questions, please contact the FCC at 1-888-225-5322
    If you think that you have reached this page due to an error on our part, please contact let us know.
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Lucky you, I'm straight up blocked. From multiple IPs even, chrome throws "ERR_CONNECTION_RESET" on 4G.

And here's "curl" from my server

  * Hostname was NOT found in DNS cache
  *   Trying 192.104.54.190...
  * Connected to apps.fcc.gov (192.104.54.190) port 443 (#0)
  * successfully set certificate verify locations:
  *   CAfile: none
    CApath: /etc/ssl/certs
  * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Client hello (1):
  * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Server hello (2):
  * SSLv3, TLS handshake, CERT (11):
  * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Server key exchange (12):
  * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Server finished (14):
  * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Client key exchange (16):
  * SSLv3, TLS change cipher, Client hello (1):
  * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Finished (20):
  * SSLv3, TLS change cipher, Client hello (1):
  * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Finished (20):
  * SSL connection using DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384
  * Server certificate:
  *        subject: C=US; ST=District of Columbia; L=Washington; 1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=US; O=Federal Communications Commission; businessCategory=Government Entity; serialNumber=06 19 1934; CN=apps.fcc.gov
  *        start date: 2015-09-13 15:38:08 GMT
  *        expire date: 2016-09-14 00:27:01 GMT
  *        subjectAltName: apps.fcc.gov matched
  *        issuer: C=US; O=Entrust, Inc.; OU=See www.entrust.net/legal-terms; OU=(c) 2014 Entrust, Inc. - for authorized use only; CN=Entrust Certification Authority - L1M
  *        SSL certificate verify ok.
  > GET /oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&calledFromFrame=N&application_id=Ti%2FYleaJNSl%2BTR5mL5C0WQ%3D%3D&fcc_id=2ABCB-RPI32 HTTP/1.1
  > User-Agent: curl/7.35.0
  > Host: apps.fcc.gov
  > Accept: */*
  >
  * SSL read: error:00000000:lib(0):func(0):reason(0), errno 104
  * Closing connection 0
  curl: (56) SSL read: error:00000000:lib(0):func(0):reason(0), errno 104
Is it being slashdotted and responding like it is a DoS attack maybe?
It worked for me.

If someone were to call the FCC regarding this and write about their experience, I would definitely read that article ;) The phone number is right there!

Copy/paste the URL in a new tab, it blocks connections with the referer [sic] header set to HN.