Apple Search Application

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

Description

Apple Search provides search services for Siri, Spotlight, Lookup, Safari, News, Messages, and Music.

Category	Business
Web Link	Apple Search - Home Page

Application Domains

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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.

Core Networks

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

Network	PoP	Category	Location	IP
Apple	Frankfurt	Business	Germany	17.253.15.134
Apple	Frankfurt	Business	Germany	17.253.15.142
Apple	Frankfurt	Business	Germany	17.253.15.144
Apple	Frankfurt	Business	Germany	17.253.15.152
Apple	Santa Clara	Business	United States	17.253.17.207
and 14 more

Other Networks

There are tens of thousands of Internet network providers and we make an effort to track as many as we can, but we have less coverage for niche and local providers. The following is a sample of Apple Search IP addresses on this type of network.

ASN Description	ASN	Route	Location	IP	Shared
Columbus Networks USA	AS23520	2803:f950::/32	Colombia	2803:f950:1:1180::2

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 Search are summarized below by geographical points-of-presence (PoP). Each PoP can host many IPs to deliver an application.

Cloud Hosts	# of IPs
Amazon AWS	70

Host	PoP	Location	IPs
Amazon AWS	Core	India	4 IPs
Amazon AWS	Core	United States	9 IPs
Amazon AWS	Core	Japan	3 IPs
Amazon AWS	Columbus	United States	3 IPs
Amazon AWS	Core	Ireland	3 IPs
Amazon AWS	Sydney	Australia	2 IPs
Amazon AWS	Core	Australia	1 IP
Amazon AWS	Core	South Korea	1 IP
Amazon AWS	Core	Sweden	2 IPs
Amazon AWS	Core	Spain	1 IP
Amazon AWS	Core	Italy	2 IPs
Amazon AWS	Singapore	Singapore	7 IPs
Amazon AWS	Core	Singapore	4 IPs
Amazon AWS	Core	Hong Kong	2 IPs
Amazon AWS	Core	Brazil	3 IPs
Amazon AWS	Dublin	Ireland	8 IPs
Amazon AWS	Boardman	United States	7 IPs
Amazon AWS	Seoul	South Korea	1 IP
Amazon AWS	Stockholm	Sweden	2 IPs
Amazon AWS	Zaragoza	Spain	1 IP
Amazon AWS	Tokyo	Japan	1 IP
Amazon AWS	Ashburn	United States	3 IPs

Content Delivery Network - Company CDN

Apple Search 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	749

Network	PoP	Location	Category	Sample IP
Digi	Bucharest	Romania	ISP/Telco	82.78.25.209
Edge Connect	Cape Town	South Africa	ISP/Telco	102.222.100.208
MTN	Johannesburg	South Africa	ISP/Telco	196.44.10.48
Claro	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	ISP/Telco	200.166.239.144
Rogers	Toronto	Canada	ISP/Telco	72.136.193.48
Claro	Porto Alegre	Brazil	ISP/Telco	200.248.59.240
Swisscom	Luzern	Switzerland	ISP/Telco	193.5.6.16
1&1 Versatel	Dusseldorf	Germany	ISP/Telco	89.27.228.80
Claro	Sao Paulo	Brazil	ISP/Telco	201.6.53.16
Superloop	Sydney	Australia	ISP/Telco	202.86.119.48
Beanfield	Toronto	Canada	ISP/Telco	76.9.223.208
EdgeIX	Auckland	New Zealand	ISP/Telco	203.26.79.48
Cox	San Diego	United States	ISP/Telco	70.186.24.16
Bite Lietuva	Vilnius	Lithuania	ISP/Telco	84.15.67.145
Arelion	San Jose	United States	ISP/Telco	209.170.121.177