AS12070 — ANYCAST-01 - ANYCAST LLC

AS12070 announces 1 IPv4 prefixes covering 1,024 addresses and 0 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

A small network announcing a single block of RIPE-issued address space.

What it's used for

• One /22 of 1,024 addresses, 185.224.168.0/22, with one observed BGP neighbour and no IPv6 announced.

Notable

• The block is registered as AL-3084 — a registry-generated label rather than a descriptive netname.
• 185.0.0.0/8 is RIPE space, while the AS itself is recorded against the United States.
• One prefix, one neighbour, one announcement. There is no second path in the routing data.

Interesting

• The name describes a technique this inventory does not show. Anycast means announcing the same prefix from several places at once so that traffic reaches whichever instance is nearest, and it needs multiple announcements from multiple locations to mean anything. What is visible here is a single prefix reaching the internet through a single neighbour.
• That gap is worth holding lightly. Routing data shows what is announced where the collectors can see it, and a network can carry a name for what it intends, what it once did, or what it sells rather than what its current announcements demonstrate. The name is a claim; the routing table is an observation; they are not obliged to agree.

This description is AI-generated, best-effort context — not authoritative, and provided without any guarantee of accuracy.

Announced prefixes

• 185.224.168.0/22

Upstream networks

• AS138995 Antbox Networks Limited
• AS9304 HGC Global Communications Limited

Adjacent networks

• AS138995 Antbox Networks Limited
• AS9304 HGC Global Communications Limited

Routing security

• RPKI: 4 valid, 0 invalid and 0 not-found announcements; 4 ROAs.
• ASPA: none published.
• IRR: 100% of announcements registered; 5 route objects.
• Listed in as-sets: AS-ALLSTREAM-CLIENTS, AS-ANTBOX, AS-HURRICANE, AS-HUTCHCITY, AS-TRANSROUTE-SPEC, AS12070:AS-ANYCAST, AS135276:AS-CUSTOMERS, AS17476:AS-CUSTOMERS, AS216458:AS-CUST-AGG-HK, AS58453:AS-ASIAASCUST, AS58453:AS-ASIAASCUST.