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Who hosts apple.com?
Answer
www.apple.com sits behind Akamai, which hides the server that really hosts it.
Checked 2 hours ago from Cloudflare ZRH in 335 ms. This is a saved result.
The site is behind a proxy and its pages do not reveal the platform underneath.
What needs attention
Prioritized observations from this check. Review changes with whoever manages the website.
- Improve
Review browser security headers
Content-Security-Policy, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy did not meet the conservative header checks. This is not a complete security audit.
Next step: Review these headers with the site developer and test policy changes before enforcing them.
Evidence by layer
The company operating a network and the company selling the hosting can be different.
- CDN / proxy
- AkamaiStrong evidence
Network operators
Akamai
Network ownership alone does not confirm the retail hosting provider.
How we know
- DNS alias www-apple-com.v.aaplimg.com → www.apple.com.edgekey.net
- DNS alias www.apple.com.edgekey.net → e6858.dsce9.akamaiedge.net
- 23.36.157.47 belongs to AS16625 (Akamai), reverse DNS a23-36-157-47.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com
- 2a02:26f0:8d00:697::1aca belongs to AS20940 (Akamai), reverse DNS g2a02-26f0-8d00-0697-0000-0000-0000-1aca.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com
Servers
The addresses the name points to and the networks that own them.
www.apple.com (where the site redirects)
www.apple.com→www-apple-com.v.aaplimg.com→www.apple.com.edgekey.net→e6858.dsce9.akamaiedge.net
- 23.36.157.47Akamai
- 2a02:26f0:8d00:697::1acaAkamai
- 2a02:26f0:8d00:68b::1aca
apple.com (the address you entered)
- 17.253.144.10Apple Inc.
- 2620:149:af0::10Apple Inc.
Reachable over IPv6.
Website
What the site answered when we visited its home page.
- Status
- 200 OK
- Address
- https://www.apple.com/
- Page title
- Apple
- HTTPS
- Yes
- HTTP/3
- Not advertised
- Response time
- 73 ms from Cloudflare ZRH
Redirects (1)
- 301https://apple.com/
- 200https://www.apple.com/
Security headers
- Strict-Transport-Security
- Content-Security-Policy (too weak)
- Clickjacking protection
- X-Content-Type-Options
- Referrer-Policy (too weak)
- Permissions-Policy
DNS
Who answers for the domain name, and its records.
- DNS provider
- Self-hosted name servers
- Name servers
- a.ns.apple.com
b.ns.apple.com
c.ns.apple.com
d.ns.apple.com - Zone
- apple.com
- DNSSEC
- Not signed
- Certificates
- iodef mailto:contact_pki@apple.com
issue pki.apple.com
issuewild pki.apple.com
All DNS records (38)
| Type | Name | Value | TTL |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | apple.com | 17.253.144.10 | 823 |
| AAAA | apple.com | 2620:149:af0::10 | 239 |
| NS | apple.com | a.ns.apple.com | 39223 |
| NS | apple.com | b.ns.apple.com | 39223 |
| NS | apple.com | c.ns.apple.com | 39223 |
| NS | apple.com | d.ns.apple.com | 39223 |
| MX | apple.com | 10 mx-in.g.apple.com | 3600 |
| MX | apple.com | 20 mx-in-ma.apple.com | 3600 |
| MX | apple.com | 20 mx-in-rn.apple.com | 3600 |
| MX | apple.com | 20 mx-in-sg.apple.com | 3600 |
| MX | apple.com | 20 mx-in-hfd.apple.com | 3600 |
| MX | apple.com | 20 mx-in-vib.apple.com | 3600 |
| TXT | apple.com | _eht2v8yfz1agpq7o4zdkkz3k0k86fyr | 2269 |
| TXT | apple.com | _khcec23xgc5b2lb981hup1csjb4cdnz | 2269 |
| TXT | apple.com | 77a4a6de-da14-449c-83c4-85366e0f55f9 | 2269 |
| TXT | apple.com | apple-domain-verification=X5Jt76bn3Dnmgzjj | 2269 |
| TXT | apple.com | lucidlink-verification=SCDW9V44GJHAVXKFS6ZY6EZ2YR | 2269 |
| TXT | apple.com | cerner-client-id=22dd1d8a-5e8b-4e1e-80ef-39bcdfd42798 | 2269 |
| TXT | apple.com | cerner-client-id=ce3abf18-ee87-43b9-9927-9eb24b4bac4a | 2269 |
| TXT | apple.com | ValidationTokenValue=77a4a6de-da14-449c-83c4-85366e0f55f9 | 2269 |
| TXT | apple.com | miro-verification=2494d255c4c50b1e521650a0659cbf3fa08b0072 | 2269 |
| TXT | apple.com | facebook-domain-verification=n6cqjfucq6plswmtfbwnbbeu1qiq3v | 2269 |
| TXT | apple.com | v=spf1 include:_spf.apple.com include:_spf-txn.apple.com ~all | 2269 |
| TXT | apple.com | adobe-idp-site-verification=6bd5e74c-a3a0-4781-b2e1-e95399b5e11c | 2269 |
| TXT | apple.com | webexdomainverification.8C462=b728ec3f-dfc9-42f9-92cb-9ba8853cbee8 | 2269 |
| TXT | apple.com | yahoo-verification-key=Ay+djyw0qWQgXKWGA/jstjYryTMrKb+PBXI5l8u5/jw= | 2269 |
| TXT | apple.com | google-site-verification=8M6XjQCzydT62jk8HY3VXPAG-nKDllTRV-JpA3-Ktyw | 2269 |
| TXT | apple.com | google-site-verification=L5kkMdiFI8npvb6KlHui84fJaCw5G64DWhaDRIAT4_c | 2269 |
| TXT | apple.com | google-site-verification=zBSq1mG5ssu2If-C17UAz_MzSZDcx03MVxmeDwMNc5w | 2269 |
| TXT | apple.com | Dynatrace-site-verification=7d881a7c-c13f-4146-9d27-2731459e2509__iqls0105tagglcsaul0m16ibrf | 2269 |
| TXT | apple.com | cisco-ci-domain-verification=6f3bfb849796a518061f8e8c4356f687a138502d86db742791685059176547dd | 2269 |
| TXT | apple.com | atlassian-domain-verification=mLabq99iaT8kquJechF6l31FAYoNUe3WB7tLpLFUiUYVJCse9SKq83hOJzFkwqrh | 2269 |
| TXT | apple.com | atlassian-domain-verification=qZD4TfnCAoAjCFQgafhoKQpOs9tviekNK4wYE4a5eK3XoRP06hXAvEp8SLU0v7fI | 2269 |
| TXT | apple.com | json:eyJ3aHkiOiJUaGlzIGlzIHRvIHRydW5jYXRlIFVEUCByZXNwb25zZXMgZm9yIFRYVCBxdWVyaWVzIHRvIGFwcGxlLmNvbSIsInBhZGRpbmciOiJpZW4wYWVHaGF0aG9oNmhhaHZpZWphaTNlYXkwYWh2YWhjaGFocXVhZWxlZTBZdWw0cGhpZXRoMHNvNXZpZXllZWNvaDRpZThzaGVlcGllVDNwYWVjaGVpVjZqb2h3aWVwaG82In0K | 2269 |
| TXT | apple.com | json:eyJ3aHkiOiJUaGlzIGlzIHRvIHRydW5jYXRlIFVEUCByZXNwb25zZXMgZm9yIFRYVCBxdWVyaWVzIHRvIGFwcGxlLmNvbSIsInBhZGRpbmciOiJxdWFoMGVpamFhNGVlajh0aWVkYWlnaG9jZWljaGFlOGVUb3ppZTVmdTVhaFRoMldlaU00aWsyaHVxdThpZXBoaWVxdW9oc2hlaXBhZWdoOUthZWw3b2NoaWVuZ2llem9lc2g1In0K | 2269 |
| CAA | apple.com | 0 iodef "mailto:contact_pki@apple.com" | 299 |
| CAA | apple.com | 0 issue "pki.apple.com" | 299 |
| CAA | apple.com | 0 issuewild "pki.apple.com" | 299 |
Well protected against spoofing: SPF plus an enforced DMARC policy.
- Mailbox provider
- Own mail server (mx-in.g.apple.com)
- Mail servers
- 10 mx-in.g.apple.com
20 mx-in-ma.apple.com
20 mx-in-rn.apple.com
20 mx-in-sg.apple.com
20 mx-in-hfd.apple.com
20 mx-in-vib.apple.com - Allowed senders
- Only servers listed in the SPF record
- SPF
- Mail from other servers is marked as suspicious.
- DMARC
- Spoofed mail goes to spam.
- MTA-STS
- Not enabled
SPF and DMARC records
v=spf1 include:_spf.apple.com include:_spf-txn.apple.com ~all
v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; sp=reject; rua=mailto:d@rua.agari.com; ruf=mailto:d@ruf.agari.com;
Domain registration
- Registrar
- Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE
- Registered
- 19 Feb 1987 (39 years ago)
- Paid until
- 20 Feb 2027 (in 115 days)
- Last changed
- 9 Feb 2026
- Status
- Deletion lock (registrar)Transfer lock (registrar)Update lock (registrar)Deletion lock (registry)Transfer lock (registry)Update lock (registry)
- DNSSEC at registry
- No
- Source
- rdap.verisign.com
Connected services
Verification records in DNS show the domain is linked to these accounts.
AppleMeta BusinessAdobeCisco WebexGoogle Search ConsoleCiscoAtlassian
Observed changes
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