generated: '2026-10-03'
method: probed
source: pre-flight dossier (docs platform, portal detections) + CNAME chains and response headers of the hosts apis.yml names
registry: all/0-working/vendors.yml
areas_vocabulary:
- documentation
- developer-portal
- api-gateway
- cdn
- hosting
- sdk-generation
- api-collections
- status-page
- support
- community
- identity
- mcp-hosting
vendors:
- vendor: akamai
  name: Akamai
  area: cdn
  host: www.alibaba.com
  evidence: cname:akamaiedge.net
  signal: cname
  confidence: high
  kin_score: []
reliance:
  areas_vendor_served:
  - cdn
  vendor_count: 1
  areas_observed: 12
  share_of_observable_areas: 0.083
  note: areas where a third party was DETECTED serving this provider; an area absent here was either self-run or not observed, and this script
    cannot tell those apart
checked:
- 'docs-platform: custom'
- status.alibabacloud.com (StatusPage)
- www.alibaba.com (Website)
- www.alibabacloud.com (Website)
- api.alibabacloud.com (Documentation)
- www.alibabacloud.com (Portal)
- account.alibabacloud.com (Login)
- account.alibabacloud.com (SignUp)
- ecs.aliyuncs.com (baseURL)