AS14278 — BBOX-IT-AS-1

AS14278 announces 5 IPv4 prefixes covering 1,280 addresses and 0 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

Records numbered two, three and five, and one host that escaped to another domain.

What it's used for

• A network services company's own network. 1,280 addresses across five IPv4 prefixes, with two observed BGP neighbours and no IPv6 announced.

Notable

• The netnames run BBOX-IT-IP-2, BBOX-IT-IP-3 on two blocks, and BBOX-IT-IP-5, so two numbers in the series are missing.
• The lookup for 204.89.129.0/24 failed, so that block's record is unknown.
• Ten of fifteen sampled addresses answered. Nine are the address itself with dashes, in the form 192-147-73-64.blackbox.com.
• The exception is cscsupport.blackbox-vs.com, a named host under a second company domain.

Interesting

• Gaps in a numbered series mean records that were merged, returned or renamed, and the numbers left behind are the only trace. Whoever files these blocks has kept counting rather than reusing, so the sequence records the total number of times the company has been to the registry.
• The one named host sits under a domain with a two-letter suffix that the rest of the network does not use, which usually marks a separately acquired or separately run part of the business. It also names itself as customer support, which is a hint no attacker has to work for.
• Generating names from addresses across four blocks means every address answers, so a scan finds live space instantly, but learns nothing beyond what it already had.
• A company that sells network services running only two upstreams is a quiet irony worth noting.

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

Announced prefixes

• 192.147.73.0/24
• 204.29.243.0/24
• 204.29.247.0/24
• 204.89.129.0/24
• 204.89.138.0/24

Upstream networks

• AS17054 Expedient
• AS7016 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC

Adjacent networks

• AS17054 Expedient
• AS7016 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC