AS15268 — MDARCHIVES

AS15268 announces 1 IPv4 prefixes covering 256 addresses and 0 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

The archives hold the AS number; the state holds the block.

What it's used for

• A state archive's network. A single IPv4 /24 announced from the United States, no IPv6, and one observed BGP neighbour.

Notable

• The AS number belongs to the archives while the block it announces is registered to the state government, so the routing and the registry name different bodies.
• The netname is the state's network programme run into one word, with no separator and no counter.
• The AS handle abbreviates the state and names the archives, the only field that mentions them at all.
• Three addresses were queried for reverse DNS and none returned a name.
• Two hundred and fifty-six addresses behind one upstream.

Interesting

• A department holding its own AS number inside a state's address space is a compromise between central administration and departmental independence. The state keeps the registration; the department controls its own routing and can change upstream without asking.
• One upstream makes that independence theoretical. The number allows a second provider; nothing in the routing shows one.
• An archive's network carries digitised public records, which are meant to be reachable indefinitely. Nothing here is published beyond the routing, so the addresses give no clue which service is where.

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

Announced prefixes

• 167.102.241.0/24

Upstream networks

• AS27026 networkMaryland

Adjacent networks

• AS27026 networkMaryland