Apple iCloud Application

The following page provides details on domains, networks, IPs, hosting services, and content delivery networks used by Apple iCloud.

Description

Apple iCloud provides online access to personal photos, videos, documents, notes, contacts, and more. The service is provided to Apple product users.

Category	File Sharing
Web Link	Apple iCloud - Home Page

Application Domains

The application domains data shown here is available in our Netify Data Feeds solution. The data is accessible via our IP API as well as downloadable datasets.

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Domains

Primary Domains

Primary Domains are owned and managed by the application vendor.

Platform Domains are often provided by hosting providers, content delivery networks, SaaS platforms and other third parties. It is important to identify these domains for DNS filters and hostname blocklists.

Platform Domains

Akamai

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and 13 more

Core Networks

Applications are sometimes deployed on partner networks, parent company networks, or regional hosting providers. The following is a sample of Apple iCloud IP addresses deployed on this type of network.

Network	PoP	Category	Location	IP
Apple	Core Network	Business	United States	17.36.196.9
Apple	Core Network	Business	United States	17.36.196.133
Apple	Core Network	Business	United States	17.36.196.135
Apple	Core Network	Business	United States	17.36.196.136
Apple	Core Network	Business	United States	17.36.196.139
and 5377 more

Hosting

Cloud hosting vendors like AWS and Microsoft Azure provide cloud-based computing and network resources to deliver applications. The hosting platforms used by Apple iCloud are summarized below by geographical points-of-presence (PoP). Each PoP can host many IPs to deliver an application.

Cloud Hosts	# of IPs
China Mobile	109
China Telecom IDC	108
China Unicom	52

Host	PoP	Location	IPs
China Telecom IDC	Core	China	108 IPs
China Mobile	Core	China	109 IPs
China Unicom	Chengdu	China	10 IPs
China Unicom	Core	China	42 IPs

Content Delivery Network - Company CDN

Apple iCloud uses an in-house company content delivery network (CDN). The CDN delivers content to very edge of the network and is often hosted inside Internet Service Provider (ISP) networks.

Edge CDN	# of IPs
Apple CDN	349

Network	PoP	Location	Category	Sample IP
Apple	Tokyo	Japan	Business	17.253.71.144
Apple	Frankfurt	Germany	Business	17.253.57.202
Apple	Core Network	United States	Business	17.253.127.140
Apple	San Jose	United States	Business	17.253.5.202
Apple	Miami	United States	Business	17.253.13.140
Apple	London	United Kingdom	Business	17.253.37.199
Apple	Miami	United States	Business	17.253.13.135
Apple	Santa Clara	United States	Business	17.253.17.203
Apple	Atlanta	United States	Business	17.253.7.136
Apple	Chicago	United States	Business	17.253.27.197
Apple	Frankfurt	Germany	Business	17.253.57.201
Apple	London	United Kingdom	Business	17.253.29.196
Apple	Mumbai	India	Business	17.253.18.198
Apple	Taipei	Taiwan	Business	17.253.117.201
Apple	New York	United States	Business	17.253.3.133

... and 334 more on the Apple CDN edge network.

Content Delivery Networks - CDNs

In order to get information to end users more quickly, many applications are distributed from multiple geographical points-of-presence (PoPs) using Content Delivery Networks (CDNs). Each PoP can host many IPs to deliver an application. A sample IP is provided.

CDNs	# of IPs
Akamai	1679

PoP Locations

CDN	Network	PoP	Location	IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Palermo	Italy	18 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Glattbrugg	Switzerland	16 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Oslo	Norway	15 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Dusseldorf	Germany	14 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Lima	Peru	8 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Jakarta	Indonesia	10 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Tokyo	Japan	60 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Toronto	Canada	14 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	San Jose	United States	18 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Los Angeles	United States	23 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Fortaleza	Brazil	13 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	38 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Chennai	India	15 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Hyderabad	India	11 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Miami	United States	50 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Bogota	Colombia	19 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Boston	United States	2 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Ashburn	United States	33 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Copenhagen	Denmark	21 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Bengaluru	India	24 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	New Delhi	India	27 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Fujairah	United Arab Emirates	11 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Kolkata	India	11 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Frankfurt	Germany	54 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Schiphol	Netherlands	6 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Helsinki	Finland	5 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	London	United Kingdom	41 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Makati	Philippines	5 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Haarlem	Netherlands	10 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Taipei	Taiwan	17 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Paris	France	30 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Santiago	Chile	15 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Sydney	Australia	34 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Bangkok	Thailand	15 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Stockholm	Sweden	32 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Mumbai	India	40 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Dublin	Ireland	21 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Montreal	Canada	12 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Houston	United States	10 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Brussels	Belgium	5 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Curitiba	Brazil	7 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Chicago	United States	42 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Mount Prospect	United States	10 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Seoul	South Korea	22 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Marietta	United States	10 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Vienna	Austria	28 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	17 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Santa Clara	United States	17 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Seattle	United States	27 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Auckland	New Zealand	6 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Buenos Aires	Argentina	23 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Secaucus	United States	12 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Cape Town	South Africa	12 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Ahmedabad	India	1 IP
Akamai	Akamai	Warsaw	Poland	22 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Madrid	Spain	28 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Brisbane	Australia	25 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Surabaya	Indonesia	1 IP
Akamai	Akamai	Munich	Germany	13 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Manchester	United Kingdom	4 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Singapore	Singapore	32 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Las Vegas	United States	8 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Marseille	France	13 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Cyberjaya	Malaysia	8 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Englewood	United States	14 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	McAllen	United States	2 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Dallas	United States	27 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Philadelphia	United States	4 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Tempe	United States	6 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Vancouver	Canada	9 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Melbourne	Australia	20 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Mombasa	Kenya	7 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Isando	South Africa	18 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	8 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Sao Paulo	Brazil	23 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Rome	Italy	10 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Mandaluyong	Philippines	5 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Irving	United States	13 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	New York	United States	15 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Lithia Springs	United States	11 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Santiago de Queretaro	Mexico	8 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Sofia	Bulgaria	7 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Milan	Italy	41 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Amsterdam	Netherlands	11 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Berlin	Germany	15 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Prague	Czechia	14 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Barcelona	Spain	7 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Lisbon	Portugal	5 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Bucharest	Romania	6 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Hamburg	Germany	14 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Minneapolis	United States	3 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Pasig	Philippines	4 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Mexico City	Mexico	10 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Perth	Australia	4 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Istanbul	Turkey	11 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Osaka	Japan	6 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Cleveland	United States	2 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Athens	Greece	5 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	5 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Nagpur	India	1 IP
Akamai	Akamai	Atlanta	United States	5 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Tel Aviv	Israel	3 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Porto Alegre	Brazil	5 IPs
Akamai	Akamai	Pittsburgh	United States	1 IP
Akamai	Akamai	Amman	Jordan	1 IP
Akamai	LG Uplus	Seoul	South Korea	2 IPs
Akamai	Swisscom	Zurich	Switzerland	5 IPs
Akamai	Sparkle	Rome	Italy	4 IPs
Akamai	Sparkle	Palermo	Italy	4 IPs
Akamai	Sparkle	Athens	Greece	4 IPs
Akamai	Sparkle	Milan	Italy	4 IPs
Akamai	Omantel	Amman	Jordan	2 IPs
Akamai	Converge ICT	Pasig	Philippines	1 IP
Akamai	Arelion	Liljeholmen	Sweden	3 IPs
Akamai	Taiwan Mobile	Taipei	Taiwan	2 IPs
Akamai	Telstra	Tokyo	Japan	1 IP
Akamai	RETN	Riga	Latvia	1 IP

Other Locations

CDN	Network	PoP	Location	IPs
Akamai	ASN AS9930	Core Network	Malaysia	4 IPs
Akamai	AIS	Core Network	Thailand	6 IPs
Akamai	ASN AS20940	Core Network	Hong Kong	6 IPs
Akamai	TPG Telecom	Core Network	Australia	1 IP
Akamai	ASN AS1680	Core Network	Israel	3 IPs
Akamai	Telstra	Core Network	Australia	1 IP
Akamai	Telstra	Core Network	Japan	1 IP
Akamai	Swisscom	Core Network	Switzerland	2 IPs
Akamai	Arelion	Core Network	Sweden	3 IPs
Akamai	Arelion	Core Network	Finland	1 IP
Akamai	ASN AS12400	Core Network	Israel	4 IPs
Akamai	Jio	Core Network	India	2 IPs
Akamai	ASN AS55824	Core Network	India	2 IPs
Akamai	RETN	Core Network	Latvia	1 IP
Akamai	True	Core Network	Thailand	2 IPs
Akamai	ASN AS906	Core Network	United States	1 IP
Akamai	VNPT	Core Network	Vietnam	3 IPs
Akamai	Bell Canada	Core Network	Canada	2 IPs
Akamai	Converge ICT	Core Network	Philippines	2 IPs
Akamai	ASN AS49304	Core Network	Hong Kong	1 IP
Akamai	ASN AS216071	Core Network	Netherlands	1 IP