cloudshell.googleusercontent.com - dns.ninja
cloudshell.googleusercontent.com
| CNAME | googlehosted.l.googleusercontent.com | ||||||
| DNSSEC | ⚠️ Not signed | ||||||
| A | 2a00:1450:4009:c13::84🇬🇧 Google2a00:1450:4009::/48 | ||||||
| PTR | st-in-f132.1e100.net | ||||||
| A | 142.250.151.132🇺🇸 Google142.250.151.0/24 | ||||||
googleusercontent.com
| DNSSEC | ⚠️ Not signed | ||||||
| A | 2a00:1450:4009:c15::84🇬🇧 Google2a00:1450:4009::/48 | ||||||
| A | 142.251.29.132🇺🇸 Google142.251.29.0/24 | ||||||
| NS | ns1.google.com ⭐ | ||||||
| NS | ns2.google.com | ||||||
| NS | ns3.google.com | ||||||
| NS | ns4.google.com | ||||||
| TXT | v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ?all | ||||||
| SOA | ns1.google.comdns-admin@google.com serial=945616074 | ||||||
rank #165 globally
rank #107 in the tld
googleusercontent.com
googleusercontent.com is a domain used by Google to serve user‑generated content and static assets for its services. It is operated by Google LLC.
Key facts
- Owner / operator: Google LLC
- TLD:
.com— gTLD - Primary purpose: hosting user‑generated content and static assets for Google services (e.g., Drive files, profile images, Blogger media)
- Status: active
Notable subdomains or services
*.googleusercontent.com– Google‑hosted user content (images, documents, app assets) served via CDN
Related domains
google.com– main Google websitegstatic.com– Google static content CDN
WOT: SAFE (94/100)
📈 Tranco rank: #35
Overview
googleusercontent.com is a Google-owned domain used to serve user-generated and user-uploaded content across Google's ecosystem. It acts as a security boundary, isolating potentially untrusted content from Google's primary domains to protect against cross-site scripting (XSS) and other web vulnerabilities.
Primary Uses
- Google Drive – Documents, spreadsheets, images, and other files shared via Drive
- Google Photos – Image and video content hosted for users
- Google Docs/Sheets/Slides – Embedded content and exports
- Gmail – Attachment previews and inline images
- Blogger – User-uploaded images and media
- Google Sites – Embedded resources and user content
Security Architecture
By serving user content from a separate domain (googleusercontent.com) rather than google.com, Google ensures that malicious scripts or content uploaded by users cannot access cookies, authentication tokens, or session data from Google's main services. This is a common security pattern known as domain isolation or sandbox domain.
DNS Infrastructure
| Record Type | Values |
|---|---|
| Nameservers | ns1-4.google.com |
| IPv4 | 192.178.155.132, 142.250.72.161 |
| IPv6 | 2607:f8b0:4004:c23::84, 2607:f8b0:4007:815::2001 |
| SPF | v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ?all |
| DNSSEC | Not signed |
| No MX records (not used for email) |
The domain is hosted entirely on Google's own infrastructure (AS15169 - Google LLC) and uses Google's authoritative nameservers.
Same first word
DNS History
1 record (1 active, 0 former)
●CNAMEgooglehosted.l.googleusercontent.com2026-03-11 → 2026-07-11 · 2 obs
● 2026-07-11 07:15:56
🔍 DNS Trace
📋 Delegation Chain
| Zone | Nameservers | Glue |
|---|---|---|
| googleusercontent.com | ns2.google.com, ns1.google.com, ns3.google.com, ns4.google.com | - |
✅ Authoritative Response
Server:216.239.36.10
NS records: ns2.google.com, ns1.google.com, ns3.google.com, ns4.google.com
🔒 DNSSEC Status
⚠️ Insecure (no DNSSEC)
No DS record for googleusercontent.com (unsigned zone)
⏱️ Timing
Total: 74ms | Queries: -
📄 Records
| Type | Count | Sample Data |
|---|---|---|
| CNAME | 1 | googlehosted.l.googleusercontent.com |
Analysis
IP Addresses
cloudshell.googleusercontent.com directs to two IP numbers, 142.250.151.132 and 2a00:1450:4009:c13::84
Two other host names, along with b557a15447cd31012ebd66ca544c21ae.safeframe.googlesyndication.com, lopw.page.link and apy.page.link, also share IP numbers with cloudshell.googleusercontent.com.