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This is to ensure that the IP for www.apple.com is always the same for all the entire network and is always known. This is not a good solution. Instead, the configuration that relies on the IP should be updated every time the IP for www.apple.com changes.  | This is to ensure that the IP for www.apple.com is always the same for all the entire network and is always known. This is not a good solution. Instead, the configuration that relies on the IP should be updated every time the IP for www.apple.com changes.  | ||
:Apple is using Akamai and has many addresses. Moreover, it might be that multiple different companies share the same IP?  | |||
:What about IPv6?  | |||
An iptables rule redirects all port 80 traffic for the www.apple.com IP to a different port:  | An iptables rule redirects all port 80 traffic for the www.apple.com IP to a different port:  | ||
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