Who hosts state.gov?

state.gov is served through Amazon CloudFront, which hides the company hosting its origin servers. Its own address, 54.230.114.26, is on the Amazon Web Services network (AS16509). Its DNS is run by Akamai Edge DNS and its email is handled by Microsoft 365.

Hosting details for state.gov

Hosting network
Amazon Web Services
Autonomous system (ASN)
AS16509 · Amazon.com, Inc.
IP address
54.230.114.26 (and 11 more)The address of www.state.gov, which is what visitors reach.
Server country
IrelandAs reached from Europe; large sites answer from many countries
CDN or platform
Amazon CloudFrontwww.state.gov points to d3u14l01bhvgjc.cloudfront.net
DNS provider
Akamai Edge DNSa1-63.akam.net, a14-64.akam.net, a26-65.akam.net, a3-66.akam.net, …
Email provider
Microsoft 365usdos.mail.protection.outlook.com
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What we found

state.gov answers on 4 IPv4 addresses and 8 IPv6 addresses, all on the Amazon Web Services network.

From Europe, its addresses were located in 2 countries (Ireland, United States), a sign of servers spread around the world.

Its DNS is run by Akamai Edge DNS, a different company from the one serving the website.

Incoming email goes to Microsoft 365, so email is handled separately from the website.

162 other popular websites are on the Amazon Web Services network. See all websites on Amazon Web Services.

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