# 72.52.27.174 — IP Intelligence Summary

72.52.27.174 is an IPv4 address operated by PROLEXIC-TECHNOLOGIES-DDOS-MITIGATION-NETWORK - Akamai Technologies, Inc., US (AS32787), with approximate network location United States. It belongs to datacenter or hosting infrastructure with reverse DNS name a72-52-27-174.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com. As of November 13, 2026, IPDebrief rates it Low Risk (0/100); no anonymizing service was detected.

- Canonical page: https://ipdebrief.com/72.52.27.174
- Last updated: 2026-11-13

## Ownership

- Organization: Akamai Technologies, Inc.
- Network name: PROLEXIC
- Allocated block: 72.52.0.0/18
- ASN: AS32787 (https://ipdebrief.com/asn/32787)
- Regional registry: ARIN
- Registered holder: Akamai Technologies, Inc.
- Routing operator: PROLEXIC-TECHNOLOGIES-DDOS-MITIGATION-NETWORK - Akamai Technologies, Inc., US
- Network registration country: United States
- Registrant address country: —

## Location

- City: —
- Region: —
- Country: United States
- Time zone: —

Approximate network location; registration and certificate addresses are not server-location evidence.

## Network classification

- Infrastructure type: CDN
- Datacenter / hosting: yes
- Residential: no
- Mobile: no
- Anycast: Unverified (not proof of unicast)
- Tor exit node: no
- VPN: no
- Proxy: no

## Risk assessment

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

## Reverse DNS

- a72-52-27-174.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com
- Forward-confirmed: no

## DNS posture

Mail authentication and CAA are optional domain policies, not IP-wide requirements.

- caa: Not checked
- spf: Not checked
- dmarc: Not checked
- dnssec: Not checked
- fcrDns: Not checked

## Witness AI - IP Assessment (AI-generated)

AI-generated assessment. Verify critical details independently.

The target address 72.52.27.174/32 was identified as part of the PROLEXIC network (72.52.0.0/18) operated by Akamai Technologies, Inc. (AS32787), registered within the United States. Intelligence indicates this endpoint functions as a Content Delivery Network (CDN) and is currently classified as "Firewalled / No Services," suggesting no active web services are resolving on this specific host at the time of observation.

DNS hygiene assessment returned no evaluated checks; SPF, DMARC, CAA, and DNSSEC records were not verified for this address. TLS probing yielded no results, with no TLS endpoints or certificate data observed. Geolocation data conflicts with the operational profile, as the IP is identified as a CDN node rather than a standard residential or hosting origin. The risk score is currently zero, though the absence of observed services and unverified DNS controls precludes a definitive determination of legitimacy. Further monitoring is recommended to corroborate the "firewalled" status against observed traffic patterns.

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Source: IPDebrief, "72.52.27.174 IP intelligence", https://ipdebrief.com/72.52.27.174, updated 2026-11-13. Assessments are probabilistic.