AS13931 — AS-MH001

AS13931 announces 1 IPv4 prefixes covering 256 addresses and 0 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

Three ways of writing one organisation's name, in three fields of the same record.

What it's used for

• A charitable foundation's network. 256 addresses in a single IPv4 prefix, one observed BGP neighbour, and no IPv6 announced.

Notable

• The block is 198.163.95.0/24, registered to MASONIC CHARITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY in capitals.
• Its netname is MCFNJ, the initials of that name.
• The AS handle is AS-MH001, a two-letter code with a zero-padded counter.
• Three addresses were queried for reverse DNS and none returned a name.

Interesting

• The handle is padded to three digits, which is a promise of up to a thousand of something. One number was ever issued, so the padding describes an expectation rather than an inventory, and it costs nothing to have been wrong.
• Initials as a netname work while somebody remembers what they stand for. Five letters compress a seven-word name to the point where the record is findable only by the address it covers.
• A foundation holding its own AS number and its own block is unusual at this size. It is what remains when an organisation was given space early and kept it through every change of provider since.

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

Announced prefixes

• 198.163.95.0/24

Upstream networks

• AS26076 Block Line Systems, LLC

Adjacent networks

• AS26076 Block Line Systems, LLC