providence.edu
IPv6
Measured 2026-11-02 19:09 UTC · aaaa.botWebsite, mail and DNS all work over IPv6.
Both published IPv6 addresses accepted a connection when we tried them.
- ✓ providence.edu answers (2 of 2 addresses)
- ✓ www.providence.edu answers (2 of 2)
- ✓ Mail: 1 of 1 servers have IPv6
- ✓ Nameservers: 4 of 4 have IPv6
Details: published addresses and what answered
Loads over IPv6 with a valid certificate after 1 redirect: HTTP 200.
| Name | Published address (AAAA) | Answers when we connect |
|---|---|---|
| providence.edu | Published2620:12a:8001::42620:12a:8000::4 | Answers when we connect✓ answers on 443✓ answers on 443 |
| www.providence.edu | Published2620:12a:8000::42620:12a:8001::4 | Answers when we connect✓ answers on 443✓ answers on 443 |
Publishedprovidence-edu.mail.protection.outlook.com | Answers when we connect✓ has IPv6 | |
| Nameservers | Publishedns1-08.azure-dns.comns2-08.azure-dns.netns3-08.azure-dns.orgns4-08.azure-dns.info | Answers when we connect✓ has IPv6✓ has IPv6✓ has IPv6✓ has IPv6 |
Lineage
Our records: Mar 8, 2009 → Nov 2, 2026These dates are when our records begin, not when the domain was registered.
DNS provider
- providence.eduMar 2009 – Dec 2017
- Microsoft Azure DNSJul 2018 – May 2026
IPv6
- IPv6published, and answeringFirst measured Nov 2026
What changed
- IPv6 first measured: published, and answering on Nov 2, 2026providence.edu has 2 IPv6 addresses. Grade A. Measured by aaaa.bot, 2026-11-02 00:10 UTC. No earlier IPv6 record is held, so this is not a "gained" date.
- DNS moved to Microsoft Azure DNS between Dec 15, 2017 and Jul 14, 2018ns0.providence.edu, ns1.providence.edu, ns2.providence.edu → ns1-08.azure-dns.com, ns2-08.azure-dns.net, ns3-08.azure-dns.org, ns4-08.azure-dns.info. Old set last seen in WHOIS on 2017-12-15; new set first seen in WHOIS on 2018-07-14.
- New nameservers at providence.edu between Jan 9, 2012 and Jul 6, 2012ns1.providence.edu, ns2.providence.edu, web1.providence.edu → ns0.providence.edu, ns1.providence.edu, ns2.providence.edu. Old set last seen in WHOIS on 2012-01-09; new set first seen in WHOIS on 2012-07-06.
- New nameservers at providence.edu between Jan 4, 2011 and Jul 26, 2011netops4.providence.edu, ns.providence.edu, web1.providence.edu → ns1.providence.edu, ns2.providence.edu, web1.providence.edu. Old set last seen in WHOIS on 2011-01-04; new set first seen in WHOIS on 2011-07-26.
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.
DNS provider, WHOIS snapshots: 89 WHOIS/RDAP snapshots that listed nameservers, 2009-03-08 to 2026-05-14 (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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