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northwestern.edu

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IPv6

Measured 2026-11-02 16:56 UTC · aaaa.bot
B

Works over IPv6, with one gap: its mail servers lack IPv6.

northwestern.edu has an AAAA record and answers on it.

  • ✓ northwestern.edu answers (1 of 1 addresses)
  • ✓ www.northwestern.edu answers (1 of 1)
  • ✗ Mail: 0 of 6 servers have IPv6
  • ✓ Nameservers: 2 of 2 have IPv6
Details: published addresses and what answered

Loads over IPv6 with a valid certificate after 1 redirect: HTTP 200.

northwestern.eduPublished2620:10d:2060:1130::11Answers when we connect✓ answers on 443
www.northwestern.eduPublished2620:10d:2060:1130::11Answers when we connect✓ answers on 443
MailPublishedchcspprf10.ads.northwestern.eduevcspprf11.ads.northwestern.eduevcspprf10.ads.northwestern.eduevcspprf12.ads.northwestern.educhcspprf12.ads.northwestern.educhcspprf11.ads.northwestern.eduAnswers when we connect✗ no IPv6✗ no IPv6✗ no IPv6✗ no IPv6✗ no IPv6✗ no IPv6
NameserversPublishedaccuvax.northwestern.educicada.northwestern.eduAnswers when we connect✓ has IPv6✓ has IPv6
First measured with IPv6 on 2026-11-02Changes are recorded from here on, each with its date.

Lineage

Our records: Jan 2, 2009 → Nov 2, 2026

Oldest registry snapshot we hold: 2025 · 0 renewals on record. These dates are when our records begin, not when the domain was registered.

DNS provider

  • buffalo.edu + northwestern.edu
    Jan 2009 – Oct 2018
  • northwestern.edu
    Nov 2018 – Jun 2026

IPv6

  • IPv6published, and answering
    First measured Nov 2026
What changed
  1. IPv6 first measured: published, and answering on Nov 2, 2026northwestern.edu has 1 IPv6 address. Grade B. Measured by aaaa.bot, 2026-11-02 00:08 UTC. No earlier IPv6 record is held, so this is not a "gained" date.
  2. DNS moved to northwestern.edu between Oct 13, 2018 and Nov 12, 2018accuvax.northwestern.edu, cicada.northwestern.edu, dns1.buffalo.edu, ns3.northwestern.edu → accuvax.northwestern.edu, cicada.northwestern.edu, ns3.northwestern.edu. Old set last seen in WHOIS on 2018-10-13; new set first seen in WHOIS on 2018-11-12.
  3. New nameservers at buffalo.edu + northwestern.edu between Feb 2, 2010 and Mar 17, 2010accuvax.northwestern.edu, cicada.northwestern.edu, ns.buffalo.edu → accuvax.northwestern.edu, cicada.northwestern.edu, dns1.buffalo.edu. Old set last seen in WHOIS on 2010-02-02; new set first seen in WHOIS on 2010-03-17.

Solid bar: the stretch we observed that name. Dot: a single sighting. Dotted line: no record between sightings of the same name. Nothing is drawn between different names.

Registrar and renewals: 24 WHOIS/RDAP snapshots, 2025-01-06 to 2025-04-24 (ledger built 2026-09-27). Every renewal

DNS provider, WHOIS snapshots: 410 WHOIS/RDAP snapshots that listed nameservers, 2009-01-02 to 2026-06-11 (who.is archive). Both sources feed one row per provider (hover a bar to see which); a change is placed between the nearest observations on either side, and where the two sources disagree, both are listed under What changed.

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