IPv6
Measured 2026-11-01 15:01 UTC · aaaa.botWorks over IPv6, with one gap: its mail servers lack IPv6.
earthlink.net has 2 IPv6 addresses and answers on every one we tested.
- ✓ earthlink.net answers (2 of 2 addresses)
- ✓ www.earthlink.net answers (2 of 2)
- ✗ Mail: 0 of 4 servers have IPv6
- ✓ Nameservers: 2 of 2 have IPv6
Details: published addresses and what answered
Loads over IPv6 with a valid certificate: HTTP 403.
| Name | Published address (AAAA) | Answers when we connect |
|---|---|---|
| earthlink.net | Published2606:4700::6813:efe42606:4700::6812:d094 | Answers when we connect✓ answers on 443✓ answers on 443 |
| www.earthlink.net | Published2606:4700::6812:d0942606:4700::6813:efe4 | Answers when we connect✓ answers on 443✓ answers on 443 |
Publishedmx01.earthlink-vadesecure.netmx02.earthlink-vadesecure.netmx03.earthlink-vadesecure.netmx04.earthlink-vadesecure.net | Answers when we connect✗ no IPv6✗ no IPv6✗ no IPv6✗ no IPv6 | |
| Nameservers | Publishedcarl.ns.cloudflare.comrihana.ns.cloudflare.com | Answers when we connect✓ has IPv6✓ has IPv6 |
Lineage
Our records: Jul 21, 2011 → Nov 1, 2026Oldest registry snapshot we hold: 2011 · 12 renewals on record · DNS at Cloudflare · 1 nameserver change seen. These dates are when our records begin, not when the domain was registered.
What changed (latest 8 of 14)
- IPv6 first measured: published, and answering on Nov 1, 2026earthlink.net has 2 IPv6 addresses. Grade B. Measured by aaaa.bot, 2026-11-01 15:01 UTC. No earlier IPv6 record is held, so this is not a "gained" date.
- Renewed +1 year between May 15, 2025 and Jun 2, 2025Expiry moved from 2025-06-05 to 2026-06-05, at CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
- Renewed +1 year between May 27, 2024 and Jun 14, 2024Expiry moved from 2024-06-05 to 2025-06-05, at CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
- Renewed +1 year between May 17, 2023 and Jun 9, 2023Expiry moved from 2023-06-05 to 2024-06-05, at CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
- Renewed +1 year between May 30, 2022 and Jun 2, 2022Expiry moved from 2022-06-05 to 2023-06-05, at CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
- Renewed +1 year between May 29, 2021 and Jun 2, 2021Expiry moved from 2021-06-05 to 2022-06-05, at CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
- DNS moved to Cloudflare between Apr 16, 2021 and May 16, 2021itchy.earthlink.net, scratchy.earthlink.net → carl.ns.cloudflare.com, rihana.ns.cloudflare.com. Old set last seen in WHOIS on 2021-04-16; new set first seen in WHOIS on 2021-05-16.
- Renewed +1 year between May 27, 2020 and Jun 4, 2020Expiry moved from 2020-06-05 to 2021-06-05, at CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
Registrar and renewals: 585 WHOIS/RDAP snapshots, 2011-07-21 to 2026-05-12 (ledger built 2026-09-27). Every renewal
Nameservers, registry zone files: 105 .net zone-file snapshots held, 2013-10-18 to 2026-11-01.
Nameservers, WHOIS snapshots: 515 WHOIS/RDAP snapshots that listed nameservers, 2011-07-21 to 2026-06-11 (who.is archive). A change is placed between the nearest observations on either side, from whichever source made them; where the two sources disagree, both are shown.
Hatched = the span we hold records for. A coloured bar runs only between observations that named the same registrar or operator; nothing is assumed in between.
Each mark sits at the first observation of the new state; its bracket runs back to the last observation of the old one.
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