KIK
KIK Application
Application Information
The following page provides details on domains, networks, IPs, hosting services, and content delivery networks used by KIK.
Description
Kik Messenger, commonly called Kik, is a freeware instant messaging mobile app from the Canadian company Kik Interactive, available free of charge on iOS, Android, and Windows Phone operating systems
| Category | Messaging |
| Web Link | KIK - Home Page |
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Domains
Primary Domains
Platform Domains
 Amazon AWS
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{hidden}.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com | and 1 more |
 Heroku
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{hidden}.herokudns.com |
Network Ranges
KIK does not have any defined network blocks. The application is distributed across the individial IP addresses summarized below.
Some applications are deployed across network blocks. Only networks that are dedicated to an application or platform are provided.
SaaS - Software-as-a-Service
Applications often use various third party platforms for providing authentication, advertisements, customer tracking, cybersecurity, e-mail services and more. The Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platforms used by KIK are summarized below.
SaaS solutions are often deployed on multiple IPs across different geographical points-of-presence. In addition, it is common for these IP addresses to be shared by multiple applications. A sample IP is provided below.
| SaaS | # of IPs |
|---|---|
SendGrid
|
9 |
| Service | Category | Sample IP | IP Count |
|---|---|---|---|
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SendGrid
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167.89.115.56 | 9 IPs |
Hosting
Hosting vendors like AWS and Microsoft Azure provide cloud-based computing and network resources to deliver applications. The hosting platforms used by KIK are summarized below by geographical points-of-presence (PoP).
Each PoP can host many IPs to deliver an application. A sample IP is provided.
| Cloud Hosts | # of IPs |
|---|---|
Amazon S3
|
1250 |
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Amazon AWS
|
53 |
|
Heroku
|
12 |
Google Cloud Platform
|
2 |
Google Hosted
|
450 |
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.
Take special note of CDNs that use Anycast technology. Anycast makes it possible to route a single IP address to a variety of different geographic locations. In other words, one global Anycast IP is hosted in multiple geographic locations.
| CDNs | # of IPs |
|---|---|
Amazon CloudFront
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1721 |
Fastly
|
39 |
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