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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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