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demdex.net

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rank #286952 globally
rank #7617 in the tld
⚠️ On DNS blocklist: pro, pro.mini, pro.plus, pro.plus.mini, ultimate, ultimate.mini
Semrush Rank:#5,496,810 Keywords:6 Traffic:34/mo
πŸ“ˆ Tranco rank: #328
demdex.net - Tranco Rank (30d: ↑+70)322340360380400420422Sep 6Sep 15Sep 24Oct 3Oct 12Oct 13Rank#401#331

Adobe Audience Manager Infrastructure Domain

demdex.net is a legacy domain owned and operated by Adobe Inc. that serves as the core infrastructure for Adobe Audience Manager, a Data Management Platform (DMP) within the Adobe Experience Cloud ecosystem.

History and Purpose

Adobe acquired Demdex in 2011 and integrated its technology into what became Adobe Audience Manager. Despite the rebranding, Adobe retained the demdex.net domain because it remains deeply integrated with:

  • Adobe Audience Manager - Enterprise data management platform for audience segmentation
  • Adobe Experience Cloud ID Service - Cross-platform visitor identification
  • Data Provider Match (DPM) calls - Customer data synchronization and ID requests

Technical Function

The domain handles data collection operations connecting websites to Adobe's infrastructure including Data Collection Servers and Profile Cache Servers. Subdomains likedcs.demdex.netandfast.demdex.netare used for tracking pixels and audience data collection across thousands of enterprise websites.

DNS Infrastructure

  • Nameservers: Hosted on Adobe's authoritative nameservers (ns301-ns306.adobe.net)
  • Mail: SPF record explicitly rejects all mail (v=spf1 -all)
  • DNSSEC: Not signed
  • Ranking: Tranco #220 (extremely high-traffic domain)

Privacy Note

The domain appears on several ad-blocking and privacy blocklists due to its tracking functionality, though it represents legitimate Adobe infrastructure used for enterprise marketing analytics.

Subdomains

Same first word

Similar names

Previous names

Next names

DNS History

19 records (6 active, 13 former)

20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026NSns301.adobe.netns302.adobe.netns303.adobe.netns304.adobe.netns305.adobe.netns306.adobe.netdns01.omniture.comdns02.omniture.comdns03.omniture.comdns04.omniture.comdns05.omniture.comdns06.omniture.comns201.adobe.netns202.adobe.netns203.adobe.netns204.adobe.netns205.adobe.netns206.adobe.netpdns1.ultradns.net
β—‹NSdns01.omniture.com2015-08-30 β†’ 2018-04-12 Β· 4 obs
● 2015-08-30 15:51:54
● 2018-04-12 05:08:54
β—‹ 2018-04-18 22:11:52
β—‹ 2026-10-16 12:20:54
β—‹NSdns02.omniture.com2015-08-30 β†’ 2018-04-12 Β· 4 obs
● 2015-08-30 15:51:54
● 2018-04-12 05:08:54
β—‹ 2018-04-18 22:11:52
β—‹ 2026-10-16 12:20:54
β—‹NSdns03.omniture.com2015-08-30 β†’ 2018-04-12 Β· 4 obs
● 2015-08-30 15:51:54
● 2018-04-12 05:08:54
β—‹ 2018-04-18 22:11:52
β—‹ 2026-10-16 12:20:54
β—‹NSdns04.omniture.com2015-08-30 β†’ 2018-04-12 Β· 4 obs
● 2015-08-30 15:51:54
● 2018-04-12 05:08:54
β—‹ 2018-04-18 22:11:52
β—‹ 2026-10-16 12:20:54
β—‹NSdns05.omniture.com2015-08-30 β†’ 2018-04-12 Β· 4 obs
● 2015-08-30 15:51:54
● 2018-04-12 05:08:54
β—‹ 2018-04-18 22:11:52
β—‹ 2026-10-16 12:20:54
β—‹NSdns06.omniture.com2015-08-30 β†’ 2018-04-12 Β· 4 obs
● 2015-08-30 15:51:54
● 2018-04-12 05:08:54
β—‹ 2018-04-18 22:11:52
β—‹ 2026-10-16 12:20:54
β—‹NSns201.adobe.net2018-04-18 β†’ 2018-08-10 Β· 5 obs
β—‹ 2018-04-12 05:08:54
● 2018-04-18 22:11:52
● 2018-08-10 04:30:30
β—‹ 2018-09-13 17:18:54
β—‹ 2026-10-16 12:20:54
β—‹NSns202.adobe.net2018-04-18 β†’ 2018-08-10 Β· 5 obs
β—‹ 2018-04-12 05:08:54
● 2018-04-18 22:11:52
● 2018-08-10 04:30:30
β—‹ 2018-09-13 17:18:54
β—‹ 2026-10-16 12:20:54
β—‹NSns203.adobe.net2018-04-18 β†’ 2018-08-10 Β· 5 obs
β—‹ 2018-04-12 05:08:54
● 2018-04-18 22:11:52
● 2018-08-10 04:30:30
β—‹ 2018-09-13 17:18:54
β—‹ 2026-10-16 12:20:54
β—‹NSns204.adobe.net2018-04-18 β†’ 2018-08-10 Β· 5 obs
β—‹ 2018-04-12 05:08:54
● 2018-04-18 22:11:52
● 2018-08-10 04:30:30
β—‹ 2018-09-13 17:18:54
β—‹ 2026-10-16 12:20:54
β—‹NSns205.adobe.net2018-04-18 β†’ 2018-08-10 Β· 5 obs
β—‹ 2018-04-12 05:08:54
● 2018-04-18 22:11:52
● 2018-08-10 04:30:30
β—‹ 2018-09-13 17:18:54
β—‹ 2026-10-16 12:20:54
β—‹NSns206.adobe.net2018-04-18 β†’ 2018-08-10 Β· 5 obs
β—‹ 2018-04-12 05:08:54
● 2018-04-18 22:11:52
● 2018-08-10 04:30:30
β—‹ 2018-09-13 17:18:54
β—‹ 2026-10-16 12:20:54
●NSns301.adobe.net2018-09-13 β†’ 2026-10-16 Β· 3 obs
β—‹ 2018-08-10 04:30:30
● 2018-09-13 17:18:54
● 2026-10-16 12:20:54
●NSns302.adobe.net2018-09-13 β†’ 2026-10-16 Β· 3 obs
β—‹ 2018-08-10 04:30:30
● 2018-09-13 17:18:54
● 2026-10-16 12:20:54
●NSns303.adobe.net2018-09-13 β†’ 2026-10-16 Β· 3 obs
β—‹ 2018-08-10 04:30:30
● 2018-09-13 17:18:54
● 2026-10-16 12:20:54
●NSns304.adobe.net2018-09-13 β†’ 2026-10-16 Β· 3 obs
β—‹ 2018-08-10 04:30:30
● 2018-09-13 17:18:54
● 2026-10-16 12:20:54
●NSns305.adobe.net2018-09-13 β†’ 2026-10-16 Β· 3 obs
β—‹ 2018-08-10 04:30:30
● 2018-09-13 17:18:54
● 2026-10-16 12:20:54
●NSns306.adobe.net2018-09-13 β†’ 2026-10-16 Β· 3 obs
β—‹ 2018-08-10 04:30:30
● 2018-09-13 17:18:54
● 2026-10-16 12:20:54
β—‹NSpdns1.ultradns.net2015-08-30 β†’ 2018-04-12 Β· 4 obs
● 2015-08-30 15:51:54
● 2018-04-12 05:08:54
β—‹ 2018-04-18 22:11:52
β—‹ 2026-10-16 12:20:54

πŸ” DNS Trace

πŸ“‹ Delegation Chain

ZoneNameserversGlue
netl.gtld-servers.net, m.gtld-servers.net, a.gtld-servers.net, b.gtld-servers.net...-
demdex.netns301.adobe.net, ns302.adobe.net, ns303.adobe.net, ns304.adobe.net...6 records

βœ… Authoritative Response

Server:204.74.108.252

NS records: ns301.adobe.net, ns302.adobe.net, ns303.adobe.net, ns304.adobe.net, ns305.adobe.net, ns306.adobe.net

πŸ”’ DNSSEC Status

⚠️ Insecure (no DNSSEC)

No DS record for demdex.net (unsigned zone)

⏱️ Timing

Total: 191ms | Queries: -

πŸ“„ Records

TypeCountSample Data
NS6ns301.adobe.net, ns302.adobe.net...
TXT2v=spf1 -all, google-site-verification=Psb_wEr4STVfkh3
SOA1ns301.adobe.net zarioiu.adobe.com

πŸ“Œ Glue Records Collected

Total: 6

Out-of-bailiwick: 6 (ns301.adobe.net, ns302.adobe.net, ns303.adobe.net...)

Analysis

Hierarchy

The host names southernglazerscorp.demdex.net, mclaren.demdex.net, morganstanley.demdex.net, orangebank.demdex.net and samsungcanada.demdex.net are all children of demdex.net, which is parent to thousands of other host names as well.

Name Servers

demdex.net carries NS records listing 6 name servers β€” ns301.adobe.net, ns302.adobe.net, ns303.adobe.net and 3 others.

demdex.net has a partial name server overlap with other domains β€” among them demdextest.net and donottarget.com.

These name servers tend to appear together with the name servers ns304.adobe.net, ns305.adobe.net and ns306.adobe.net.

Host names pointing to a single IP address:

ns301.adobe.net resolves to the IP address 204.74.108.252.

ns302.adobe.net resolves to the IP address 204.74.109.252.

ns303.adobe.net resolves to the IP address 199.7.68.252.

ns304.adobe.net resolves to the IP address 199.7.69.252.

ns305.adobe.net resolves to the IP address 204.74.114.252.

ns306.adobe.net resolves to the IP address 204.74.115.252.