DNS and NTP Services

CloudCIX offers DNS and NTP services from the following endpoints. These endpoints cannot be used by third parties to collect information about NTP and DNS requests.

Recursive DNS Endpoints

ns1.cix.ie

91.103.0.1

[2a02:2078:0:caff::53]:53

ns2.cix.ie

91.103.0.2

[2a02:2078:0:caff::1:53]:53

DNS requires both UDP and TCP protocols enabled on port 53.

Stratum 2 NTP Endpoints

ntp1.cix.ie

91.103.0.1

[2a02:2078:0:caff::123]:123

ntp2.cix.ie

91.103.0.2

[2a02:2078:0:caff::123]:123

NTP requires UDP protocol enabled on port 53

Note

In CloudCIX, outbound traffic is allowed by default. If you implement firewall rules to block outbound traffic, from your project, but you require DNS/NTP services, you must ensure to create allow outbound firewall rules for the above IP addresses and ports.