developer-cdn.apple.com.akadns.net

{
  "domain": "akadns.net",
  "confidence": "high",
  "category": {
    "purpose": "dns_infrastructure",
    "specialization": "Global Traffic Management"
  },
  "identity": {
    "headline": "Akamai Global Traffic Management (GTM) infrastructure",
    "summary": "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.",
    "operator": "Akamai Technologies",
    "parent_entity": "Akamai Technologies, Inc.",
    "topics": [
      "dns resolution",
      "traffic management",
      "load balancing",
      "internet infrastructure",
      "backend services"
    ]
  },
  "functions": {
    "is_ugc_platform": false,
    "is_file_host": false,
    "is_url_shortener": false,
    "is_public_idp": false,
    "is_crypto_platform": false,
    "allows_user_subdomains": false,
    "is_form_builder": false,
    "is_document_host": false
  },
  "facts": {
    "registered_date": "1999-05-12T00:00:00Z",
    "rank": 24,
    "hosting_provider": "APPLE-AUSTIN - Apple Inc."
  }
}