The authoritative DNS domain used by Akamai to direct user traffic. When a user visits a customer's site (like Apple or Microsoft), their DNS query is often aliased (CNAME) to an 'akadns.net' subdomain, which dynamically returns the IP address of the closest high-performance edge server.
- Parent Company
- Akamai Technologies, Inc.
- Specialization
- Global Traffic Management
- Hosting Provider
- Apple Inc.
- Registered
- May 12, 1999