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AS8978
ASN-HOLYSEE Holy See - Vatican City State Announcing routesAS nameASN-HOLYSEE
OrganisationDIRTLC-VA-MNT
Registry (RIR)RIPE NCC
HandleAS8978
RangeAS8978
Registered09 Apr 2002
Last changed25 Sep 2025
Abuse contact[email protected]
2IPv4 prefixes
1IPv6 prefixes
16Upstreams
1Downstreams
Upstreams
| AS | Network name | Visibility |
|---|---|---|
| AS174 | COGENT-174 - Cogent Communications, LLC | 239 |
| AS12874 | FASTWEB Fastweb SpA | 181 |
| AS6762 | SEABONE-NET TELECOM ITALIA SPARKLE S.p.A. | 122 |
| AS137 | ASGARR Consortium GARR | 57 |
| AS6939 | HURRICANE - Hurricane Electric LLC | 21 |
| AS8220 | COLT COLT Technology Services Group Limited | 9 |
| AS5405 | INTERDOTLINK Inter.link GmbH | 7 |
| AS8218 | NEO-ASN Zayo Infrastructure France SA | 4 |
| AS14840 | AS14840 - BR.Digital Telecom | 2 |
| AS24482 | SGGS-AS-AP - SG.GS | 2 |
| AS24961 | MYLOC-AS WIIT AG | 2 |
| AS31543 | MYNET-AS myNet GmbH | 1 |
| AS4455 | BSO IX Reach Ltd | 1 |
| AS60171 | AFRIX-AS AFR-IX TELECOM S.A. | 1 |
| AS6204 | ZET-NET INTERKVM HOST SRL | 1 |
Downstreams
| AS | Network name | Visibility |
|---|---|---|
| AS61160 | ASN-VATLIB Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana | 266 |
IPv4 prefixes (2)
IPv6 prefixes (1)
RPKI-validate all prefixes of AS8978
Contacts
| Role | Name | Handle | Email / phone | Address |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| registrant | DIRTLC-VA-MNT | DIRTLC-VA-MNT | ||
| registrant | Holy See - Vatican City State | ORG-HSVC1-RIPE | +39.06.698.90500, +39.06.698.90504, +39.06.698.82934 | Palazzo del Belvedere Via della Posta, 00120, Vatican City, HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE) |
| registrant | RIPE-NCC-END-MNT | RIPE-NCC-END-MNT | ||
| technical | Vatican Department of Telecommunications - Technical Role Account | VDoT1-RIPE | Palazzo Belvedere, Via della Posta, Vatican City State V-00120 | |
| administrative | Holy See Secretariat of State Department of Telecommunications | VTBD1-RIPE | [email protected] | Via della Posta, Palazzo Belvedere, Vatican City State V-00120 |
| abuse | Abuse-C Role | AR18045-RIPE | [email protected] | Holy See Secretariat of State Department of Telecommunications, Palazzo del Belvedere, 00120, Vatican City, HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE) |
| registrant | DIRTLC-VA-MNT | DIRTLC-VA-MNT |
Raw registry response
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