AS13018 — Banca Monte Dei Paschi Di Siena

AS13018 announces 2 IPv4 prefixes covering 2,048 addresses and 0 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

Two blocks, one netname, and two different levels of disclosure about who holds them.

What it's used for

• The network of an Italian bank. 2,048 addresses across two IPv4 prefixes, two observed BGP neighbours, and no IPv6 announced.

Notable

• Both 81.26.192.0/22 and 195.7.16.0/22 carry the netname MPS-NET.
• On one the registrant names the bank; on the other it resolves only to an abuse-handling role.
• Six addresses were sampled and none answered.

Interesting

• The same operator has published two different amounts about itself on two halves of one network. Registry records are edited block by block, so a policy change or a privacy request applied to one entry leaves the other as it was, and the pair records the change rather than replacing it. Anyone building an inventory from registrant names would find half this network and miss the rest.
• Nothing answers a reverse lookup, which for a bank is a position rather than an oversight. Reverse names are free reconnaissance: they label which addresses are gateways, mail servers or branch links, and an institution with no public services to advertise gains nothing by publishing them.
• Two neighbours and 2,048 addresses is an enterprise holding an AS number for independence from any one carrier. The AS number lets the bank change providers without renumbering, which matters more when every change has to be justified to an auditor.

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

Announced prefixes

• 81.26.192.0/22
• 195.7.16.0/22

Upstream networks

• AS12874 Fastweb SpA
• AS3269 Telecom Italia S.p.A.

Adjacent networks

• AS12874 Fastweb SpA
• AS3269 Telecom Italia S.p.A.

Routing security

• RPKI: 0 valid, 0 invalid and 6 not-found announcements; 0 ROAs.
• ASPA: none published.
• IRR: 83% of announcements registered; 5 route objects.
• Listed in as-sets: AS-FASTWEB, AS-HURRICANE, AS-IBSCUST, AS-INFOSTRADA, AS-WIND, AS-WINDTRE.