apps.cli.gs - dns.ninja

`apps.cli.gs`

DNSSEC	⚠️ Not signed
A	138.201.124.168^{🇩🇪 Hetzner138.201.0.0/16 HETZNER-RZ-BLK-ERX4}
		PTR	`static.168.124.201.138.clients.your-server.de`

`cli.gs`

	DNSSEC	⚠️ Not signed
	A	138.201.124.168^{🇩🇪 Hetzner138.201.0.0/16 HETZNER-RZ-BLK-ERX4}
	NS	`ns1.variomedia.de` ⭐
	NS	`ns2.variomedia.de`
	MX	`mail.variomedia.de` ⭐
	TXT	`v=spf1 include:mailgun.org include:spf.variomedia.de ~all`
	SOA	`ns1.variomedia.de`support@variomedia.de 2026-06-20 #38

WOT: SAFE (66/100)
rank #140015 globally
rank #3 in the tld

cli.gs

Cli.gs was a URL shortening service that let users create short, custom aliases for long URLs, along with click-tracking analytics. It was popular during the late-2000s wave of URL shorteners tied to the rise of Twitter.

Key facts

Owner / operator: originally operated by a small team/startup (CligsIt / VoiceThread-adjacent developers); unknown current owner
TLD:.gs— country code for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, commonly used as a novelty/branding domain ("cli-gs")
Primary purpose: URL shortening and link analytics
Status: legacy/defunct — service largely discontinued, domain status unknown

History

Year	Event
2008	Cli.gs launched as a URL shortener with click-tracking features
2009	Gained popularity amid the boom of Twitter-driven URL shorteners
2018	Service functionality widely reported as defunct/unreliable by that point

⚠️ On DNS blocklist: urlshortener
WOT: SAFE (66/100)
📈 Tranco rank: #520,907

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DNS History

3 records (1 active, 2 former)

○MXmail.cli.gs2015-08-17 → 2026-05-26 · 4 obs

● 2015-08-17 06:54:06
● 2026-05-26 14:27:22
○ 2026-07-11 17:58:46
○ 2026-08-03 19:51:18

●A138.201.124.1682026-03-23 → 2026-08-03 · 3 obs

○ 2016-08-12 09:25:50
● 2026-03-23 21:08:18
● 2026-08-03 19:51:18

○A144.76.104.82015-08-17 → 2016-08-12 · 4 obs

● 2015-08-17 06:54:06
● 2016-08-12 09:25:50
○ 2026-03-23 21:08:18
○ 2026-08-03 19:51:18

🔍 DNS Trace

📋 Delegation Chain

Zone	Nameservers	Glue
gs	ns.anycast.nic.gs, ns1.anycastdns.cz, ns2.anycastdns.cz	5 records
cli.gs	ns2.variomedia.de, ns1.variomedia.de	-

✅ Authoritative Response

Server:185.95.96.53

NS records: ns2.variomedia.de, ns1.variomedia.de

🔒 DNSSEC Status

⚠️ Insecure (no DNSSEC)

No DS record for cli.gs (unsigned zone)

⏱️ Timing

Total: 715ms | Queries: -

📄 Records

Type	Count	Sample Data
A	1	`138.201.124.168`

📌 Glue Records Collected

Total: 5

In-bailiwick: 2 (ns.anycast.nic.gs, ns.anycast.nic.gs)

Out-of-bailiwick: 3 (ns1.anycastdns.cz, ns1.anycastdns.cz, ns2.anycastdns.cz)

Analysis

IP Addresses

apps.cli.gs points to a single IP number: 138.201.124.168.

Additional host names — adlog.cli.gs, adobe-dns-2.cli.gs, 178.38.116profile.cli.gs and two others — share IP numbers with apps.cli.gs.