Autonomous system
AS20940 AKAMAI-ASN1
Hosting RIPE
IPv4 addresses
8.04M
4,458 prefixes
IPv6 prefixes
12,272
counted as prefixes, not addresses
Countries
1
mostly NL
Flagged prefixes
40
see address space
Summary
Akamai Technologies (Akamai International)
cdn security edge
One of Akamai's core Autonomous Systems. Akamai runs one of the oldest and most
widely distributed CDNs, with edge servers embedded deep inside thousands of
networks.
What it's used for
- Caching and accelerating content for large enterprises, media companies, banks, and software vendors.
- Edge security (WAF, bot management) and software/game download distribution.
Notable
- Akamai's model is extreme distribution — tens of thousands of edge servers inside ISP networks — so an Akamai IP is usually very close to the requester.
- Akamai acquired Linode in 2022; Linode/Akamai cloud compute is a distinct product and may announce from other ASNs.
Interesting
- Akamai grew out of MIT research in the late 1990s on how to serve content reliably during massive traffic spikes ("flash crowds").
This description is AI-generated, best-effort context — not authoritative, and provided without any guarantee of accuracy. Source, and how to suggest an edit.
Address space
Summary
| Country | Name | Prefixes |
|---|---|---|
| NL | Netherlands | 16,730 |
Registry
Allocation record
- Registry
- RIPE
- Handle
AS20940- Registry name
- AKAMAI-ASN1
- Registrant
- AKAM1-RIPE-MNT
- Abuse contact
- abuse@akamai.com
- Registered
- 2002-08-29
- Last changed
- 2023-03-16
- Status
- active
Reputation
Classification and threat
Hosting Datacenter or cloud provider. Addresses are servers, not people.
No IC3 indicators Nothing from the FBI IC3 feed.
Threat data is alpha. Absence of an indicator is not evidence of good behaviour, only of absence from this one feed.
Elsewhere