AS12982 — BULINFO-AS12982

AS12982 announces 2 IPv4 prefixes covering 512 addresses and 0 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

Two /24s: one the company owns, one it borrows, and the reverse names say which is which.

What it's used for

• A Bulgarian internet and hosting provider. 512 addresses across two IPv4 prefixes, nine observed BGP neighbours, and no IPv6 announced.

Notable

• The inventory is 193.194.156.0/24 and 212.72.195.0/24.
• The netnames are BULINFO-NET, registered to the company, and BG-BULINFO-NET-BLK1, registered to a national telecom's address space administration.
• The AS handle embeds its own number: BULINFO-AS12982.
• Three of six sampled addresses returned names, all of the form 212-72-195-64.ip.btc-net.bg.

Interesting

• The block the company owns has no reverse names; the block it borrows has them, generated by the provider under the provider's own domain. That is the arrangement stated in the registry made visible in DNS: whoever holds the space runs the reverse zone, and a customer using provider space appears on the internet under the provider's name whether it wants to or not.
• BLK1 marks the first block of an expected series, in a netname that is itself borrowed. The numbering belongs to the telecom's internal scheme for tracking what it has assigned to whom.
• Putting the AS number inside the handle is redundant, since the number is already the primary key, but it makes the handle unambiguous when it appears in text without context. Very few registrants do it.
• Nine neighbours on 512 addresses is heavy peering for a small provider, and it is the practical reason to run an AS at this size at all.

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

Announced prefixes

• 193.194.156.0/24
• 212.72.195.0/24

Upstream networks

• AS34224 Neterra Ltd.
• AS31287 IPACCT CABLE Ltd
• AS208972 GIBIRNET ILETISIM HIZMETLERI SANAYI VE TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI

Adjacent networks

• AS34224 Neterra Ltd.
• AS31287 IPACCT CABLE Ltd
• AS208972 GIBIRNET ILETISIM HIZMETLERI SANAYI VE TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI

Internet exchanges

• Bulgarian Internet eXchange — Sofia, Bulgaria