# 23.49.251.237 — IP Intelligence Summary

23.49.251.237 is an IPv4 address operated by Akamai Technologies, Inc. (AS20940), geolocated to Cambridge, United States. It belongs to datacenter or hosting infrastructure with reverse DNS name a23-49-251-237.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com. As of October 25, 2026, IPDebrief rates it Low Risk (25/100); no anonymizing service was detected.

- Canonical page: https://ipdebrief.com/23.49.251.237
- Last updated: 2026-10-25

## Ownership

- Organization: Akamai Technologies, Inc.
- Network name: AKAMAI
- Allocated block: 23.32.0.0/11
- ASN: AS20940 (https://ipdebrief.com/asn/20940)
- Regional registry: ARIN
- Cloud / hosting provider: Akamai

## Location

- City: Cambridge
- Region: MA
- Country: United States
- Time zone: America/New_York

## Network classification

- Infrastructure type: CDN
- Datacenter / hosting: yes
- Residential: no
- Mobile: no
- Anycast: no
- Tor exit node: no
- VPN: no
- Proxy: no

## Risk assessment

- Assessment: Low Risk (25/100)
- Blocklist listings: 0
- Suspicious activity indicators: no
- Spam source: no

## Reverse DNS

- a23-49-251-237.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com
- Forward-confirmed: yes

## Exposed services

- 80/tcp — http
- 443/tcp — https

## Analyst narrative

**Intelligence Briefing: IP 23.49.251.237**

**Overview**

The IP address was identified as infrastructure belonging to Akamai Technologies, Inc. (ASN 20940). Operational status indicates a Content Delivery Network (CDN) role providing web server services on ports 80 and 443.

**Threat Assessment**

Overall reputation was classified as Low Risk with a risk score of 25. No specific threat indicators or known campaign associations were found. However, the address appeared on one blacklist within a total of eight lists.

**Anomalies and Contradictions**

Geolocation data placed the host in Cambridge, MA, USA, while round-trip time (RTT) measurements suggested a distance of 6008km, contradicting the observed 20ms latency. The network neighborhood (23.49.251.0/24) showed an abuse density of 0.1613 with five threat siblings among 31 active addresses. DNS hygiene was rated Poor, lacking SPF, DMARC, and DNSSEC configurations.

**Recommendation**

Analysts were advised to monitor the address. The recommendation was based on signal contradictions and the presence of a blacklist listing. Immediate firewall blocking was not recommended due to the infrastructure's status as a legitimate CDN provider.

## Nearby addresses

- 23.49.251.8 (https://ipdebrief.com/23.49.251.8)
- 23.49.251.9 (https://ipdebrief.com/23.49.251.9)
- 23.49.251.10 (https://ipdebrief.com/23.49.251.10)
- 23.49.251.11 (https://ipdebrief.com/23.49.251.11)
- 23.49.251.12 (https://ipdebrief.com/23.49.251.12)
- 23.49.251.14 (https://ipdebrief.com/23.49.251.14)
- 23.49.251.15 (https://ipdebrief.com/23.49.251.15)
- 23.49.251.16 (https://ipdebrief.com/23.49.251.16)
- 23.49.251.18 (https://ipdebrief.com/23.49.251.18)
- 23.49.251.19 (https://ipdebrief.com/23.49.251.19)
- 23.49.251.21 (https://ipdebrief.com/23.49.251.21)
- 23.49.251.22 (https://ipdebrief.com/23.49.251.22)

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Source: IPDebrief, "23.49.251.237 IP intelligence", https://ipdebrief.com/23.49.251.237, updated 2026-10-25. Assessments are probabilistic.