live.com

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live.com is a domain owned by Microsoft Corporation, and was formerly used as the central point for the multi-service platform Windows Live. As of 2012, the brand has been phased out, where the previously included products now have stand-alone platforms, all integrated with the new operating system Windows 8.

Johan Boger

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ANSWER for live.com.
live.com.	3600	A	65.55.206.154
	172800	NS	ns4.msft.net.
	172800	NS	ns1.msft.net.
	172800	NS	ns5.msft.net.
	172800	NS	ns2.msft.net.
	172800	NS	ns3.msft.net.
	86400	SOA	ns1.msft.net. msnhst.microsoft.com. ( 2013052302 1800 900 2419200 3600 )
	3600	MX	5 mx1.hotmail.com.
	3600	MX	5 mx2.hotmail.com.
	3600	MX	5 mx3.hotmail.com.
	3600	MX	5 mx4.hotmail.com.
	3600	TXT	"v=spf1 include:spf-a.hotmail.com include:spf-b.hotmail.com include:spf-c.hotmail.com include:spf-d.hotmail.com include:_spf-ssg-a.microsoft.com ~all"

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live.com is a domain owned by Microsoft Corporation, and was formerly used as the central point for the multi-service platform Windows Live. As of 2012, the brand has been phased out, where the previously included products now have stand-alone platforms, all integrated with the new operating system Windows 8. Live.com is a domain controlled by five domain name servers at msft.net having a total of ten IP numbers. Some of them are on the same IP network. Incoming mail for live.com is handled by four mail servers at hotmail.com having a total of twelve IP numbers. There are 36 duplicated IP numbers. All twelve of them are on the same IP network. Live.com has one IP number (65.55.206.154), but no corresponding reverse pointer.

Giahung.net, www.inbx.com, ww.live.com, alerts.live.com, alerts.msn.com and at least three other hosts cnames to this hostname. Msnupdater.com, msnupdater.net, windowsliveweb.com, skydrive.es, windowsliveplatform.com and at least 139 other hosts point to the same IP and also shares name servers. Buymsn.info, skydrivespace.com, central-hotmail.info, securehotmail.info, skydrive.sg and at least 136 other hosts point to the same IP. Showdogvet.com, joepino.net, apellidosjudios.com, novabluenetworkllc.com, tanishajones.com and at least one other host use live.com as a mail server. Kumo.net, subscribezunes.com, microsoft-help.net, msnrenewal.biz, msnac.com and at least 200 other hosts share name servers with this domain. Hotmail.hu, outlook.dk, outlook.pt, outlook.at, hotmail.ee and at least 92 other hosts share mail servers with this domain. Live.jp, hotmail.ca, hotmail.fi, windowslive.es, hotmail.lu and at least 87 other hosts share mail servers under another name with this domain. Calendar.live.com, spaces-df.live.com and groups-df.live.com are subdomains to this domain. Start.live.com are hosts under this domain. Live.mx, live.lv, live.hn, live.sg, live.mp and at least 200 other hosts are similar domain names.

You might also be interested in the competitors: joy.cn, webdevelopersnotes.com, signin-hotmail.org, uuu9.com, ask-leo.com and tom.com. Also check www.live.com.

Live.com is ranked #7 world wide and is hosted on a server in Redmond, WA, United States. It has gained 134048 inlinks over a period of 18 years. It has 21130 organic keywords.

The mail server live.com

All of the six domains that use the mail server live.com use only the mail server live.com (example: diosteodia.com ).

The mail server mx2.hotmail.com

There are more than hundred domains that use the mail server mx2.hotmail.com.

• Three quarter of those use the four mail servers mx1, mx2, mx3 and mx4.hotmail.com together, hereafter referred to as "mail server group 1", (example: hotmail.co.th, hotmail.rs and live.com.pe ).
• One quarter of them point to the IP number 65.55.206.154 (example: live.be, live.fi and live.it ).
• More than one in seven of them point to the IP number 157.55.43.19 (example: outlook.be, hotmail.co.il and outlook.co.il ).

The name server ns3.msft.net

There are several thousand of domains that use the name server ns3.msft.net.

• Three quarter of those use the five name servers ns1, ns2, ns3, ns4 and ns5.msft.net together, hereafter referred to as "name server group 1", (example: microsoftpublishing.com, xbox360detachablefaceplates.com and msneshop.net ).
• More than one in eight of them use the three name servers ns1, ns3 and ns4.msft.net together (but neither ns2 nor ns5.msft.net ) (example: office365.ro, leicht-leichter.de and mscrmdemo.ru ).
• Three percent of them point to the IP number 65.54.226.119 (example: windowsmarkets.net, windowsmarketplace.co.uk and windowsmp.com ).

The five name servers ns1, ns2, ns3, ns4 and ns5.msft.net together

There are several thousand of domains that use name server group 1.

• Half of those point to the two IP numbers 64.4.6.100 and 65.55.39.10 together (example: msncamlink.com, wla-agents.com and msn-site.net ).
• Three percent of them point to the two IP numbers 64.4.11.37 and 65.55.58.201 together (example: project-sylpheed.com, neue-generation-zusammenarbeit.com and clientsecurity.org ).

The name server ns4.msft.net

There are several thousand of domains that use the name server ns4.msft.net.

• Half of those point to the IP number 65.55.39.10 (example: lostodyssey.jp, vivapinatawindows.net and mymicrosoftbenefits.com ).
• Half of them point to the IP number 64.4.6.100 (example: yourteched.com, msn-account-confirmation.net and sqlserverrestore.com ).
• Five percent of them point to the IP number 65.55.58.201 (example: windows7.cn and cloud-computing.de ).

The four mail servers mx1, mx2, mx3 and mx4.hotmail.com together

There are more than hundred domains that use mail server group 1.

• One quarter of those point only to the IP number 65.55.206.154 (example: live.com.pk, live.at and live.com.ve ).
• More than one in seven of them point to the four IP numbers 157.55.43.16, 157.55.43.17, 157.55.43.18 and 157.55.43.19 together (example: hotmail.no, outlook.com.ua and hotmail.at ).
• Twelve of them point to the four IP numbers 65.55.75.215, 65.55.75.231, 65.55.75.247 and 157.55.152.112 together (example: outlook.com.ar, hotmail.com.ar and hotmail.com.ve ).