Alibaba Cloud DNS
Alibaba Cloud DNS is a robust, high-performance, and globally distributed Domain Name System (DNS) service offered by Alibaba Cloud. It provides authoritative DNS resolution, intelligent traffic management, and DDoS protection for domains hosted on or outside the Alibaba Cloud infrastructure,…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2014
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- Alibaba Cloud DNS was created to address the challenges of managing traditional, self-hosted DNS infrastructure, which struggled with scalability, high availability, global reach, advanced traffic routing, and robust DDoS protection needed for modern, dynamic internet applications, especially within the context of Alibaba Group's massive e-commerce operations.
- Platforms
- Internet-accessible (global), Alibaba Cloud Platform
Related technologies
Notable users
- Global companies targeting Asian markets
- Alibaba Group (internal platforms like Taobao, Tmall, Alipay)
- Enterprises leveraging Alibaba Cloud infrastructure
- SMBs hosting websites and applications on Alibaba Cloud