23.221.236.79
Intelligence Briefing: IP 23.221.236.79/32
Ownership records identified the address as belonging to Akamai Technologies, Inc. (ASN 20940) within the AKAMAI netblock 23.192.0.0/11. The host functioned as a CDN Web Server with open ports 80/TCP and 443/TCP. Server banners identified as AkamaiGHost, utilizing a TLS certificate issued by DigiCert Global G3 TLS ECC SHA384 2020 CA1 for domain a248.e.akamai.net.
Reputation assessment returned a Low Risk status with a risk score of 25. The address is not classified as a known attacker, spam source, or Tor exit node, with a blacklist count of 0. However, the subnet 23.221.236.79/24 exhibited an abuse density of 0.2667, containing 28 threat siblings out of 104 active siblings. Control plane analysis indicated 1 DNSBL listing out of 8 total lists.
A contradiction was observed in geolocation validation, where claimed coordinates in Boston, US conflicted with RTT physics measurements showing a 16ms latency against a minimum possible 113.3ms for the reported distance. Behavioral analysis recorded no active attacks or honeypot hits. The analysis concluded with a recommendation to monitor due to signal contradictions, assigning a severity of low.
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🏢 Ownership & Registration
| Organization | Akamai Technologies, Inc. |
| ASN | AS20940 |
| Network Name | AKAMAI |
| CIDR Block | 23.192.0.0/11 |
| RIR | ARIN |
| Country | United States |
| Abuse Contact | Available via RDAP |
🌐 DNS Intelligence
| PTR | a23-221-236-79.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com |
| Forward Confirmed | Yes — FCrDNS verified |
| Forward Hostnames | a23-221-236-79.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com |
🔐 DNS Hygiene
| Hygiene Score | 20% (Poor) |
| SPF | 0/7 domains |
| DMARC | 0/7 domains |
| FCrDNS | Verified |
| DNSSEC | Not signed |
| CAA | Not configured |
| Domains Checked | 7 domains |
☁️ Network Classification
| Infrastructure | Infrastructure / Datacenter |
| Service Purpose | Web Server |
| Network Tier | Hosting — Infrastructure provider without advanced routing |
🔌 Services & Open Ports
| Port | Service | Protocol | Banner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | http | tcp | — |
| 443 | https | tcp | — |
| Closed Ports | 22, 25, 3389, 8080, 8443 (2 open / 7 scanned) | ||
| Server | AkamaiGHost |
| HTTP Title | — |
🔐 TLS Certificate
| SANs | a248.e.akamai.net*.akamaized.net*.akamaized-staging.net*.akamaihd.net*.akamaihd-staging.net |
| Valid From | 2025-12-22T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Valid Until | 2026-12-22T23:59:59+00:00 |
| TLS Protocol | Tls13 |
| Cipher Suite | TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 |
| Signature Algorithm | sha384ECDSA |
| Validity Period | 365 days |
| Serial Number | 0373AB420F54941B555742D9AC890626 |
| Thumbprint | 80B29FCE36F71B99CDBB7138B2107D022D478AF9 |
🎯 Confidence Breakdown
Per-dimension confidence scores based on source diversity and data freshness
| Dimension | Score | Sources | Observations |
|---|---|---|---|
| threat | 35% | 2 | 3 |
| routing | 13% | 1 | 1 |
| services | 27% | 2 | 3 |
| ownership | 27% | 2 | 3 |
| reputation | 13% | 1 | 1 |
| geolocation | 19% | 2 | 2 |
| Overall | 22% | 10 | 13 |
| Data Coherence | Mostly Consistent (80%) — 1 contradiction(s) |
| Attribution | Moderate (55%) |
| OwnershipFCrDNSGeo ConsensusGeo PlausibleIRR MatchRPKI Valid |
📅 Observation Timeline 🔄 Live
| First Seen | 2026-09-05 16:08:05 UTC |
| Last Seen | 2026-09-21 06:17:57 UTC |
| Profile Built | 2026-09-21 06:33:17 UTC |
| Data Freshness | Live |
| Signal Types | 24 |
| Total Observations | 37 |
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