Domain Name: APPLE.COM
Registry Domain ID: 1225976_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.corporatedomains.com
Registrar URL: http://www.cscglobal.com/global/web/csc/digital-brand-services.html
Updated Date: 2017-07-06T03:10:21Z
Creation Date: 1987-02-19T05:00:00Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z
Registrar: CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
Registrar IANA ID: 299
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: domainabuse@cscglobal.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: 8887802723
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Name Server: A.NS.APPLE.COM
Name Server: B.NS.APPLE.COM
Name Server: C.NS.APPLE.COM
Name Server: D.NS.APPLE.COM
Name Server: E.NS.APPLE.COM
Name Server: F.NS.APPLE.COM
DNSSEC: unsigned
Cached: 2022.09.12 16:34:57/ 3 years 6 months ago Confirmed: 2025.12.15 01:24:31/ 3 months 19 days ago History: 5 records (show history)
gsp57-ssl-background.ls.apple.com is an alias for background-weighted.ls4-apple.com.akadns.net.
background-weighted.ls4-apple.com.akadns.net is an alias for gspx57-ssl-background.ls.apple.com.
gspx57-ssl-background.ls.apple.com is an alias for get-bx.g.aaplimg.com.
get-bx.g.aaplimg.com has address 17.253.57.214get-bx.g.aaplimg.com has address 17.253.57.218get-bx.g.aaplimg.com has IPv6 address 2a01:b740:a10:f100::216get-bx.g.aaplimg.com has IPv6 address 2a01:b740:a10:f100::218
Cached: 2022.08.13 16:34:05/ 3 years 7 months ago Confirmed: 2025.12.15 01:24:12/ 3 months 19 days ago History: 2 records (show history)
; <<>> DiG 9.11.4-P2-RedHat-9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.9 <<>> gsp57-ssl-background.ls.apple.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 54231
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 5, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;gsp57-ssl-background.ls.apple.com. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
gsp57-ssl-background.ls.apple.com. 3168 IN CNAME background-weighted.ls4-apple.com.akadns.net.
background-weighted.ls4-apple.com.akadns.net. 44 IN CNAME gspx57-ssl-background.ls.apple.com.
gspx57-ssl-background.ls.apple.com. 3168 IN CNAME get-bx.g.aaplimg.com.
get-bx.g.aaplimg.com. 30 IN A 17.253.57.218get-bx.g.aaplimg.com. 30 IN A 17.253.57.220
;; Query time: 8 msec
;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8)
;; WHEN: Mon Dec 15 01:24:12 UTC 2025
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 219
Cached: 2022.08.13 16:34:47/ 3 years 7 months ago Confirmed: 2024.09.11 23:17:15/ 1 year 6 months ago History: 3 records (show history)
traceroute to gsp57-ssl-background.ls.apple.com (17.253.57.213), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 gateway (172.31.1.1) 3.703 ms 3.999 ms 4.049 ms
2 13433.your-cloud.host (195.201.64.234) 0.898 ms 0.923 ms 1.077 ms
3 * * *
4 * * *
5 core-spine-rdev1.cloud1.nbg1.hetzner.com (213.239.203.102) 1.815 ms 1.852 ms 1.985 ms
6 core12.nbg1.hetzner.com (213.239.239.141) 2.073 ms 1.233 ms core11.nbg1.hetzner.com (213.239.203.101) 1.328 ms
7 core5.fra.hetzner.com (213.239.224.234) 4.365 ms core5.fra.hetzner.com (213.239.224.238) 3.723 ms 3.895 ms
8 17.1.172.76 (17.1.172.76) 6.074 ms 6.033 ms 6.024 ms
9 17.0.172.19 (17.0.172.19) 3.829 ms 17.0.172.23 (17.0.172.23) 3.551 ms 3.551 ms
10 defra3-vip-get-001.a.aaplimg.com (17.253.57.213) 3.680 ms !X 17.0.172.19 (17.0.172.19) 3.779 ms defra3-vip-get-001.a.aaplimg.com (17.253.57.213) 3.773 ms !X
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Nslookup arguments and description
NSLOOKUP is a programm for querying NS server for a specified domain. This tool is commonly used for detecting the IP address of the domain (A record), but can be used for receiving other NS records. It is very similar to DIG command. Unlike DIG, NSLOOKUP is based on its own resolver library.
Host
Requierd argument, specifies the host about which is querying the information.
NS server
Optional argument, specifies which NS server to query.
Type
Port
Optional argument, specifies the NS server port (53 by default)
Debug
Debug2
Ping arguments and description
PING is the network command, which lets you check whether or not the host is alive and responding. The special protocol ICMP is used for pinging. See RFC 792 for ICMP protocol details. You can find the command arguments below.
Host
Requierd argument, can be an IP or domain name.
Protocol
Packet size
By default it is 56 bytes, which translates into 64 ICMP data bytes (8 bytes of ICMP header are added)
Map IP
MTU
Timestamp
Whois arguments and description
WHOIS searches Whois servers for the object (domain or IP). The special WHOIS protocol is used for querying the Whois servers. See RFC 3912 for the protocol specification. This command is available on all linux systems and has a lot of arguments. The most important argument is host address. See the arguments decription below.
Host
Requierd argument, can be an IP or domain name.
Host arguments and description
HOST is a DNS lookup utility. You can use it to convert names to IP addresses and vice versa. It is similar to DIG and NSLOOKUP. This command is available on all linux distributives. There are several arguments. You can find decription of the arguments below.
Host
Requierd argument, can be an IP or domain name.
NS server
Optional argument, can be an IP or domain of name server
Protocol
Type
All
Verbose mode
Traceroute arguments and description
TRACEROUTE is the network diagnostic command. This command tracks the route packets taken from an IP network on their way to a given host. ICMP or UDP packets are used. See the command arguments below.
Host
Requierd argument, can be an IP or domain name.
Fragmentation
ICMP
TCP
Map IP
Protocol
Port
For UDP specifies the destination port
Geoiplookup arguments and description
GEOIPLOOKUP lets you detect the location of a host. A preparsed WHOIS database is used for detecting the location of IP or domain. There are a lot of independent geoip databases in the Internet, so the same host can have different locations in those databases. GEOIPLOOKUP is not a built-in Linux command. The command has only one argument - host address.
Host
Requierd argument, can be an IP address only
Dig arguments and description
The DIG command is a part of BIND package, available on all linux distributives. It is used for querying Domain Name Servers (DNS) using standard operating system libraries and display answers from these DNS servers. Domain Information Groper (DIG) is useful for troubleshooting DNS issues. You can find DIG arguments below.
Host
Requierd argument, can be an IP or domain name.
NS server
Requierd argument, can be an IP or domain name.
Type
Trace
Tcp
Ignore
AA only
AD flag
CD flag
Show class
Show TTL
Answer
Comments
Recurse
Short
Cmd
Identify
Stats
Authority
Additional
All
Multiline
One SOA
Fail
Best effort
DNSSEC
EDNS ID request
Cached: 2024.01.30 07:46:13/ 2 years 2 months ago Confirmed: 2026.04.02 13:24:08/ 1 day 9 hours ago History: 3 records (hide history)
traceroute to gsp57-ssl-background.ls.apple.com (17.253.57.220), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 gateway (172.31.1.1) 4.179 ms 4.408 ms 4.526 ms
2 13433.your-cloud.host (195.201.64.234) 0.792 ms 0.848 ms 0.904 ms
3 * * *
4 * * *
5 core-spine-rdev1.cloud1.nbg1.hetzner.com (213.239.203.102) 1.550 ms 1.554 ms core-spine-rdev2.cloud1.nbg1.hetzner.com (213.239.239.122) 1.686 ms
6 core11.nbg1.hetzner.com (213.239.203.101) 1.917 ms core12.nbg1.hetzner.com (213.239.203.105) 1.212 ms core11.nbg1.hetzner.com (213.239.203.101) 1.227 ms
7 core5.fra.hetzner.com (213.239.224.234) 4.315 ms 3.592 ms 3.954 ms
8 17.1.172.76 (17.1.172.76) 3.948 ms 3.644 ms 3.605 ms
9 17.0.172.19 (17.0.172.19) 3.615 ms 3.510 ms 3.601 ms
10 17.0.172.23 (17.0.172.23) 5.834 ms 5.925 ms 5.999 ms
11 defra3-vip-get-004.b.aaplimg.com (17.253.57.220) 4.148 ms !X 4.158 ms !X 4.224 ms !X