AS13448 — WEBSENSE

AS13448 announces 4 IPv4 prefixes covering 1,280 addresses and 1 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

The handle still says Websense, the netnames say Forcepoint, and one of them says security research.

What it's used for

• A security software company's network. 1,280 addresses across four IPv4 prefixes, the IPv6 block 2620:12c:b018::/48, and six observed BGP neighbours.

Notable

• The AS handle is WEBSENSE while the registry holder is the renamed company.
• 204.15.64.0/23 is netname FORCEPOINT-CORP1.
• 208.80.196.0/24 is netname FORCEPOINT-SECURITY-RESEARCH.
• Two /24s share netname ForcepointSecuritySolutionsLimited, using underscores rather than hyphens.
• First seen in the routing archive on 2005-07-29, an actual date rather than the archive's start.
• Twelve addresses were queried for reverse DNS and none returned a name.

Interesting

• A netname declaring a block as security research space is a courtesy to everyone else. Traffic from a company that scans and classifies the web looks like probing, and saying so in the registry is where an analyst checks before deciding what they are seeing.
• Underscores in a netname mean a different registry with different rules, so the two /24s were created somewhere other than where the rest were.
• Separating corporate space from research space in the naming means the two are meant to be judged differently when they show up in someone's logs.

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

Announced prefixes

• 157.167.1.0/24
• 157.167.3.0/24
• 204.15.64.0/23
• 208.80.196.0/24
• 2620:12c:b018::/48

Upstream networks

• AS3356 Level 3 Parent, LLC
• AS8551 Bezeq International Ltd.
• AS208905 Exelera Telecom Ltd
• AS4755 TATA Communications formerly VSNL is Leading ISP
• AS9498 BHARTI Airtel Ltd.
• AS33132 Crown Castle Fiber LLC

Adjacent networks

• AS3356 Level 3 Parent, LLC
• AS8551 Bezeq International Ltd.
• AS208905 Exelera Telecom Ltd
• AS4755 TATA Communications formerly VSNL is Leading ISP
• AS9498 BHARTI Airtel Ltd.
• AS33132 Crown Castle Fiber LLC

Routing security

• RPKI: 2 valid, 0 invalid and 3 not-found announcements; 2 ROAs.
• ASPA: none published.
• IRR: 60% of announcements registered; 29 route objects.
• Listed in as-sets: AS-BEZEQINT, AS-COMCAST-EDIA, AS-HURRICANE, AS-KDDCUSTOMER2, AS-LEVEL3-IPV6, AS-MDNX, AS-NV, AS-TAMARES-SET, AS-TCIE, AS-VIATEL, AS-VODAFONE-NET-IN, AS-VSNL-IN, AS-WEBSENSE, AS-WEBSENSE, AS33132:AS-CUSTOMERS, AS9583:AS-SIFY, AS9583:AS-SIFY.