Dataweaz

ibm.com

Summary

Registrar
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
Status
clientTransferProhibited
Created on
March 19, 1986
Expires on
March 20, 2027
Name servers
dns4.p05.nsone.net, dns1.p05.nsone.net, dns2.p05.nsone.net, dns3.p05.nsone.net
Mail servers
mx0b-001b2d05.pphosted.com, mx0a-001b2d05.pphosted.com
DMARC
Reject

Spoofing protection (DMARC)

Reject

E-mails spoofing this domain are rejected.

DMARC tells mail servers what to do with an e-mail that claims to come from ibm.com but fails SPF and DKIM checks.

Policy
Reject
Subdomain policy
Monitoring
Messages covered
100%
DKIM alignment
Relaxed
SPF alignment
Relaxed
Aggregate reports
[email protected]
Failure reports
[email protected]

Record

v=DMARC1; p=reject; sp=none; fo=1; rua=mailto:[email protected]; ruf=mailto:[email protected]

Authorized senders (SPF)

Strict

E-mails sent by any other server are rejected.

SPF lists the servers allowed to send e-mails for ibm.com.

RuleValueResult
include%{ir}.%{v}.%{d}.spf.has.pphosted.comAllowed
all—Rejected

Top-level DNS lookups: 1 of 10 allowed

Record

v=spf1 include:%{ir}.%{v}.%{d}.spf.has.pphosted.com -all

E-mail signing (DKIM)

DKIM keys published by ibm.com under the most common selectors. Other keys may exist under selectors specific to each sending service.

SelectorLikely serviceKeyStatus
k2MailchimpRSA 2048 bitsActive
k3MailchimpRSA 2048 bitsActive
s1SendGridRSA 2048 bitsActive
s2SendGridRSA 2048 bitsActive
zendesk1ZendeskRSA 2048 bitsActive
zendesk2ZendeskRSA 2048 bitsActive
dkim—RSA 2048 bitsActive

MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC: the e-mail records

Four DNS records make a domain's e-mail work. MX says where e-mails sent to ibm.com arrive; SPF, DKIM and DMARC let mail servers check that an e-mail claiming to come from ibm.com was really sent by this domain, which protects it against spoofing.

MX

An MX (Mail Exchanger) record designates a server that receives e-mails sent to the domain. When someone writes to an @ibm.com address, their mail server queries the DNS for the domain's MX records, then delivers the message to the server they point to.

Example record

ibm.com  MX  10 mx1.ibm.com.
ibm.com  MX  20 mx2.ibm.com.

What the record contains

10, 20
Priority: the server with the lowest number is tried first. Servers with equal priority share the load.
mx1.ibm.com.
Host name of the mail server. It must point to an A or AAAA record: an IP address or an alias (CNAME) is not allowed here.
0 .
An MX "0 .", called a null MX, declares that the domain accepts no e-mail: sending servers give up at once instead of retrying.

Declaring at least two servers with different priorities avoids losing e-mails during an outage: sending servers retry for several days and fall back on the backup server. Without any MX, they try to deliver directly to the IP address of the domain.

SPF

SPF (Sender Policy Framework) is a TXT record listing the servers allowed to send e-mails on behalf of the domain. The receiving server checks that the sender is on this list. The final "all" rule says what to do with other servers: reject them (-all), flag their e-mails as suspicious (~all) or make no decision (?all).

Example record

ibm.com  TXT  "v=spf1 mx include:_spf.google.com ip4:192.0.2.10 -all"

What the record contains

v=spf1
Identifies the record as an SPF policy. It must come first.
ip4, ip6
Allows a specific IP address or an address range, for example ip4:192.0.2.0/24.
a, mx
Allows the addresses of the domain itself (A record) or those of its mail servers (MX).
include
Allows the servers of another domain, usually a sending service: include:_spf.google.com for Google Workspace.
-all, ~all
Final rule, applied to every other server. Its qualifier decides what happens to them: - rejects them, ~ flags their e-mails as suspicious, ? makes no decision, + accepts them (avoid it).

A domain must publish only one SPF record, and its evaluation cannot exceed 10 DNS lookups (include, a, mx, exists, redirect). Beyond that, mail servers treat it as invalid.

DKIM

DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) signs every outgoing e-mail with a private key. The matching public key is published in a TXT record at selector._domainkey.ibm.com, so the recipient can check that the message really comes from the domain and was not altered on the way. The selector is chosen by each sending service and cannot be guessed: Dataweaz checks the most common ones (Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Mailchimp, SendGrid…), so a key published under another selector may exist without appearing here.

Example record

google._domainkey.ibm.com  TXT  "v=DKIM1; k=rsa; p=MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEA…"

What the record contains

v=DKIM1
Protocol version. Optional but recommended, in which case it must come first.
k
Key algorithm: rsa, the most common, or ed25519.
p
Public key, base64-encoded. An empty value means the key has been revoked.
t
Flags: y marks a key in testing, whose failures must not be penalized; s forbids its use for subdomains.

Each sending service publishes its key under its own selector (google, selector1, k1…), which allows several keys and seamless rotation. A 2048-bit RSA key is recommended today.

DMARC

DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance) builds on SPF and DKIM. Published on _dmarc.ibm.com, it tells mail servers what to do with an e-mail that fails these checks (let it through, send it to spam or reject it) and where to send reports.

Example record

_dmarc.ibm.com  TXT  "v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; rua=mailto:[email protected]; adkim=r; aspf=r"

What the record contains

v=DMARC1
Identifies the record as a DMARC policy. It must come first.
p
Policy applied to e-mails that fail the checks: none (monitoring only), quarantine (spam folder) or reject.
sp
Subdomain policy. Without it, subdomains follow the domain's policy.
rua
Address that receives daily aggregate reports about e-mails sent on behalf of the domain, whether they pass the checks or not.
ruf
Address that receives detailed failure reports, message by message. Few providers still send them.
pct
Percentage of e-mails subject to the policy, for a gradual rollout. 100 by default.
adkim, aspf
DKIM and SPF alignment: r (relaxed, a subdomain of the same domain is enough) or s (strict, the domain must be identical).

To roll out DMARC without blocking legitimate e-mails, start with p=none and an rua address, analyze the reports to find every service sending on behalf of the domain, then move to quarantine and finally to reject.

DNS records of ibm.com

IP addresses (A and AAAA)

An A record maps the domain name to an IPv4 address: the address of the server that browsers contact to display the website. The AAAA record does the same for an IPv6 address. A domain can have several of them to spread visits across several servers.

TypeIP address
A104.85.45.187
AAAA2a02:26f0:2b80:9b4::3831
AAAA2a02:26f0:2b80:99d::3831

Name servers (NS)

NS records designate the authoritative DNS servers of the domain: they answer every question about its other records (A, MX, TXT…). They are provided by the registrar, the hosting provider or a dedicated DNS service, and several servers are declared so that the domain keeps working if one of them fails.

ServerIP address
dns4.p05.nsone.net198.51.45.69
dns1.p05.nsone.net198.51.44.5
dns2.p05.nsone.net198.51.45.5
dns3.p05.nsone.net198.51.44.69

Mail servers (MX)

MX records point to the servers that receive e-mails sent to the domain, that is to @ibm.com addresses. Each server has a priority: the one with the lowest number is tried first, the others take over if it fails. Without an MX record, the domain cannot receive e-mails.

PriorityServerIP address
5mx0b-001b2d05.pphosted.com205.220.172.48
5mx0a-001b2d05.pphosted.com205.220.161.114

TXT records

TXT records hold free text. They are used to prove ownership of the domain to online services (Google, Microsoft, Facebook…) and to publish e-mail security rules: SPF on the domain itself, DMARC on _dmarc.ibm.com.

NameContent
ibm.com00d50000000c9mweay
ibm.com00df40000004784eaa
ibm.com40a21f5affe343c6b37e0a5af80dcd93
ibm.comyandex-verification: 5f458b477256c50c
ibm.com_github-challenge-ibm.ibm.com=2613e984bc
ibm.comapple-domain-verification=M3o953J0rN1B0P2a
ibm.comgoogle-gws-recovery-domain-verification=42135076
ibm.comgoogle-gws-recovery-domain-verification=48225137
ibm.comamazonses:79ShwQazteb+WkCt8e297sAC2mwZVRditsrzaoxiHjU=
ibm.comdocker-verification=7c4d4e40-e7ee-4183-94c2-db97d0873269
ibm.comdocker-verification=846278f4-7e2c-4586-ae26-e1a9f0f0aecd
ibm.commongodb-site-verification=3d0wR0KvanH3yTbll0sXEJ0QGBQffOkv
ibm.commongodb-site-verification=gEevYaKFpagtLmrYxomtpE2QmYwnd29i
ibm.comsmartsheet-site-validation=I-lI3gCPdvKbKQ6KTki96Ream6Yjs1gU
ibm.comonetrust-domain-verification=e7e09cedfb9b4ff386f1274e4c214d55
ibm.comadobe-idp-site-verification=5f8adca7-512f-44e1-a5b2-b62c5e3763f2
ibm.comgoogle-site-verification=I-empodMpM7n5Px1doUgIaOKHKeIMXXf6k8Ea5ENyO4
ibm.comgoogle-site-verification=Jck8mLbYYfCnrmi_nRy4MG2fbUN3UGhC29KdspGLd9Y
ibm.comgoogle-site-verification=aH5jG_abrxRKeKZKOrX9CuXlXdFSCQxVkmAVoYwzNcc
ibm.comgoogle-site-verification=tzdngH5fWH-k8uQoDVovOFJQZTwaGtDOP6S2cQlOvCs
ibm.comh1-domain-verification=m9jGKLYa5hDdU5AHUfK9jrBmWVhx3h9t9ztfDFMaxZfgChvk
ibm.comintersight=cfe6f48b59e7428442b9aab04765ca0953e01c480a685ca5cf6939ef9e505532
ibm.comDynatrace-site-verification=76b6b299-fe43-4f31-889b-a8a467193478__8q74sg9dg5udjppn95utrb8bct
ibm.comatlassian-domain-verification=WAjTH82C5Zx475WLKAA2nrdlsoA/kN0ej9igrLrED4h15KMHPOm+A5H3GndKAxDC
ibm.comatlassian-domain-verification=a32Aj0uoXQRh6QseDFFrlufYlkbeSdok7az3sY0DQNVXpW1Iqj8zlsuXFZgHMojH
ibm.comDomainVerification=CYICZMSWT62KDTQWZ1YCKKU763NN36BQJ4TD5BV606K3FLDUR3UOJE58E30FTIVL
ibm.commongodb-site-verification=Gcqpap80hVonXfV2VnYC6AlEr2Z9vvf3
ibm.comms-domain-verification=1adbc779-89ce-47cf-8167-c4e4a3b4a6aa
ibm.comfigma-domain-verification=6db9259c4472f3e5ba44c7ae284b4f4b8aa0268c0797659a5e1a28ccfe912ddf-1741206863
ibm.comatlassian-domain-verification=79ZnqmRPyDwm6b99GAF3ymzBmjtRZU9oCfgMwVMAUGlrPPenDc6esgO62jafAXUI
ibm.comintersight=1439768961d2f6d736c38b947d235947681cd817abea13eab3daee9ecbdc6c3d
ibm.comasv=e8bb80eeac60e62a4dd07f03d1d36829
ibm.com_analyst_ng_validation=f6702989-83f3-42b8-be39-19cf8f1c33f5
ibm.comms-domain-verification=bedcd06e-7e1c-4906-9b6a-b4a1095fa4ed
ibm.comsmartsheet-site-validation=TaCpXPZ-qFfOgfHXuMrfF8_d6GZjICNl
ibm.comv=spf1 include:%{ir}.%{v}.%{d}.spf.has.pphosted.com -all
ibm.comjamf-site-verification=CN4bHigc1ZnD6ZQX_2c6XQ
ibm.comanthropic-domain-verification-ym2t7s=RPDdVAMpzgbooX0kxhqstuM2D
ibm.comatlassian-sending-domain-verification=79afa9af-6e0f-47e6-b636-2786f8772f66
ibm.com00D10000000biEb=1TBQ80000000b2n
ibm.comfigma-domain-verification=b8b3862b529816383e0e7ec9ad2757f8f7b4a0f4da290136796f1aa36d558841-1785230801
ibm.comwework-site-verification=hhWLSbG4qiaKhsXU
ibm.comgoogle-site-verification=ewe2QcP5aMj3DKuSfxscZME5wip4EpoTxCXPNvr0-J0
ibm.comfacebook-domain-verification=7w4exj2revwpv5u708s6bji5j6tswy
ibm.comcoursera-domain-verification=To0Ej5CrewXrC0FcCjVxXG1lTcLLJQjvrW2gdUt8rCxFxTGMdA0vA54nUlgLfbyO
ibm.comMS=ms61389031
ibm.com00D3h000004YkeYEAS
ibm.com00d00000000hedieay
_dmarc.ibm.comv=DMARC1; p=reject; sp=none; fo=1; rua=mailto:[email protected]; ruf=mailto:[email protected]
k2._domainkey.ibm.comv=DKIM1; k=rsa; p=MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAv2aC2KjGKLOwTweBY5A9RpjsxaBXR9r7OAU6U8/zn92ivImI75naUujWbItRI/QmL1jy5PWGqLwoUA0b90ObWaLDc+i9MtTNmGeWO009hr20fIxhGg6XBT2kjZ1DTThopSe1nAndsupmcBwlQ5Q6LJ+ZAxLcujnPIxM0ZBLmgpkv8u6RfY4eFP8OLvdAW3oSuB0DyLDigQX4Sj8wBO4YIdQH6AAmBeOsidsKAFNFUCpc3vCxtBDR12U+cBg724l3sBkMQ8evnz6idnqxq9QAVYh8k4kJ+RP+6cqTdy7LjIm8xY/bQNpQIpGUAuDo2DjLcCDun9DAI4Q/3z+Q0o9QuQIDAQAB;
k3._domainkey.ibm.comv=DKIM1; k=rsa; p=MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAsYGiMSn7fsUqSvfSX40x9R1OlRtbNiCY80lHRIlcKx3XDIR7257aUx+q9CSIARdfTL6KCuLGNFx5g9TgVr6png4ajcieSQGtOehBgxnkDN8aAA5TX0FmFrcefJU0JoxLOF09EKgXxhSSHCk/ekVb0PXSboHXoZ9+EI404F1qhcwXXIgHXTaUthHTut2P6BBZhIXIgvDe/w49GchR7MRJqjNb7neEBbYHbgWuBTvvHCg7Gy6m6n9krYK+ROWq3dVvXy9plAGK3ygM+HtjIiMt7arRGMOF0WgDTz7YdN9BGpt6BvXxLnjiQcgS5T9n+cIyPZgiWzDMXNlaEEdKTEKxrwIDAQAB;
s1._domainkey.ibm.comk=rsa; t=s; p=MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAz6WjzCoCLUh8rUcvrCbKWy6pFU8RGru+kMogDQxXlYsHQe8L7K0VttWREzFtw1fmhHzkxVn2BpzBXU0e95MAxuam1mxBJdzVHwZxh2by17DCClxHcvgFDDYGX4bz0F1TWjVejPMKLjvLiT0fb9pM+xbChsV912LKzLIjYYIqGez6lwVCJKmy+CaaHJJ3nCJiVSpQlOf7VICmlX77gUXFiQRpfOyNZsUmJZohzJPQUMRtmBCvJn6i7y3f4OHZkURaGvjbm1ESK8IiT9U6mVUEd5dOqGXyNHz4TrmQ4p+5QlEeG2Eax3U+YC66YG86JvLCdH0t3AjnlZmXpadc+m8xTwIDAQAB
s2._domainkey.ibm.comk=rsa; t=s; p=MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAviPehEhBIU1tMf4B5RXNxY7gKz6DPOMWSbAcH5+1ZlpmRjmobJdx3+7lYPMSMd28TaBfNKP+MSKm5Zt74vHzgu0Ejx8+0zHe0F6lKTFQl3RD2OLQLF3e4xSgBFibWu30fQg0Q476vCO3ZaNfEoguUnSqXlqf4Ld4jrHxlCBIkrkvFOhhJ8EPdJD+KBRHXzMOQAH2oPc5zYBdxBPUw9BKM3KVwg9sUkBx/WneWmKWLwtrLVJgBDYps6X52PMfNF2wr+RoOS9pAFxA3z7hWiwT/1X7l8nKE6Rv8xdEq/Gt9Atokfeh2RAfw3ijXyC++MS1TMblKM8/GbMkI87dgawrCwIDAQAB
zendesk1._domainkey.ibm.comv=DKIM1;t=s;n=core;k=rsa;p=MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEA9IqdLrO3Zr2/56MHt8oQVCQorP0Bl2Fz9sM2tFBnJCdB/HogQmuudEg2xAovCN2PYpw44UijIvPuBoT9vxiv6ZCBJTLJXa82r6ke5rE4tbe9NKFIrVIb9S306cJDrnKFMDb8p0dU/Su0+eUR5gVAOtCuz2L8HAzs5edvsEvD/Fb4ny1RLNSEPZkIQLfGhVxQeWANm3+1Jwb/OBVXV9k0nKpWrpgqcmO7NzroJirp014RQY7rGi60JLUubc6XhvoFQBQrtOAdVlZC5wvfS1bgpq5kQpdP7cajIqWCeqxPTeo0ZUpey2ZcaygEsZz0Z3Gs5wDzyuqd7/ADpr2jNF7ozwIDAQAB
zendesk2._domainkey.ibm.comv=DKIM1; t=s; n=core; k=rsa; p=MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAmiSFNkgXrO3I8aOaPONDZWHv027rkiGIwb838OyXPgvFDEkCV/qGcdXSjZnaVAadrTm/oKnL8WOltP9zB1FLEuKt0fTi5zRyKPE4oIYCnEzXwrGqzjUcCABQBawQVqvXjDOaYh9Lhp8W5PYOLo905vRW7ipyIMDhuzBOJls91/WWXnNK0OwP3RghiisZjA3K2KqtRwf7w6GjNeNuAMNhvcmgAN15d/mhK+dev/hcRbal66RoYyTD8c0F0isahWH0envEX8aj+SBhheNk0/U37dGE+4nFaY5yP9CUlYjFKDSIKZgHzG4Hci3t/RubU58pi6BCrQQdAFvIOeDFeCZ0ywIDAQAB
dkim._domainkey.ibm.comv=DKIM1; k=rsa; p=MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEA1hkxOeNIFWSRQg0xN+fyzqrj45L9LVirEG4uRxE8uViGC8lBEKDivKGC0i8dptnTsUkzOY3Fbg4bF+EIObMESw0FLOkAqmlIp1v90QtIZDUuo/oRYEAV7lJrWk7WnlT2uXs6hR48Zbf8Lqd/aUygWyVTQqb4o9gNWuomQOvad2K94jfNWJeCNLW9gBU/YqnDkvf8S0rzEgeqFTrbIsD/KYTq3J4vu7vzSpuUjZNiD01OgVQoacnj6RZVnlGNrm1u6SvPTvGrnibH8q8XDiZQnhvF9ZWqfb388kC+S0mlJQJHGUBAcIGAuuoxxUPws5pX4mtb5w350xhF6DN4YQwZWQIDAQAB

Related IP addresses

IPv4 addresses used by ibm.com: website, name servers, mail servers and senders authorized by SPF.

IP addressUsed for/24 block
104.85.45.187Website104.85.45.0/24
198.51.45.69Name server dns4.p05.nsone.net198.51.45.0/24
198.51.44.5Name server dns1.p05.nsone.net198.51.44.0/24
198.51.45.5Name server dns2.p05.nsone.net198.51.45.0/24
198.51.44.69Name server dns3.p05.nsone.net198.51.44.0/24
205.220.172.48Mail server mx0b-001b2d05.pphosted.com205.220.172.0/24
205.220.161.114Mail server mx0a-001b2d05.pphosted.com205.220.161.0/24

WHOIS of the domain ibm.com

Domain Name: IBM.COM
   Registry Domain ID: 1555443_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
   Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.corporatedomains.com
   Registrar URL: http://cscdbs.com
   Updated Date: 2026-03-16T05:06:39Z
   Creation Date: 1986-03-19T05:00:00Z
   Registry Expiry Date: 2027-03-20T04:00:00Z
   Registrar: CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
   Registrar IANA ID: 299
   Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [email protected]
   Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: 8887802723
   Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
   Domain Status: serverDeleteProhibited https://icann.org/epp#serverDeleteProhibited
   Domain Status: serverTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#serverTransferProhibited
   Domain Status: serverUpdateProhibited https://icann.org/epp#serverUpdateProhibited
   Name Server: DNS1.P05.NSONE.NET
   Name Server: DNS2.P05.NSONE.NET
   Name Server: DNS3.P05.NSONE.NET
   Name Server: DNS4.P05.NSONE.NET
   DNSSEC: unsigned
   URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/
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