170.247.170.2

Detection Information

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IP Stack Summary

Layer	Details	Category
Application	Root Servers	Technology
Network	USC @ Anycast	Career and Education

Geo Cluster

Top countries connecting to 170.247.170.2:

Australia
Ecuador
France
Italy
Mexico
Russia
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
United States

IP Info


IP Address	170.247.170.2	On the USC Network
Hostname	b.root-servers.net	Associated with Root Servers

Routing Info


ASN	AS394353
ASN Route	170.247.170.0/24
ASN Label	USC - B.Root-Server Ops
Category	Career and Education
Organization	USC
Location	Anycast - What is Anycast?

Routing and ASN
The ASN (Autonomous System Number) provides routing and location information for traffic flowing to this IP address.

Application

Root Servers - Technology

A root name server is a name server for the root zone of the Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet.

Dedicated IP

Some IP addresses can be shared across multiple applications, especially on content delivery networks (CDNs). However, it looks like 170.247.170.2 is dedicated to Root Servers.

Network

USC - Anycast
The University of Southern California (USC) is a private research university located in Los Angeles, California, USA.

What is Anycast?
Anycast makes it possible to route a single IP address to a variety of different geographic locations. Nifty.

Notable Hostnames

b.root-servers.net

Notable Hostnames Data
The list of notable hostnames that were detected on this IP address come from not only DNS requests, but also HTTP headers, TLS certificates, DNS hinting, and other deep packet inspection methods.