AS16554 — CLOUDSOURCE-01

AS16554 announces 1 IPv4 prefixes covering 256 addresses and 1 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

Three fields say the same brand, and the only thing they add is a counter that never reached two.

What it's used for

• A hosting company's network. One IPv4 prefix and one IPv6 prefix announced from the United States, two hundred and fifty-six addresses, through one observed BGP neighbour.

Notable

• The AS handle is the brand with a zero-padded numeral one on the end.
• The netname is the same brand, the word for a network, the numeral four for the protocol version, and the same zero-padded one.
• The record does carry an IPv6 prefix, so the version marker separates something real, even though only one block in the record is marked.
• The whole IPv4 holding is that single block, registered to the company under its own name with its corporate suffix.
• Three addresses were queried for reverse DNS and none returned a name.

Interesting

• Zero-padding a counter to two digits is a decision to leave room for ninety-nine more. One block sits inside a numbering scheme built for a hundred, and the padding is the only trace of that expectation.
• Marking the protocol version in a netname was once necessary paperwork. The address itself now says which version it is, so the field records a habit rather than a fact.
• One block behind one upstream is the smallest arrangement that still needs an AS number. Whatever the number is for here, it is not routing diversity.

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

Announced prefixes

• 23.170.40.0/24
• 2607:8740::/48

Upstream networks

• AS8849 Melbikomas UAB

Adjacent networks

• AS8849 Melbikomas UAB

Routing security

• RPKI: 0 valid, 0 invalid and 2 not-found announcements; 0 ROAs.
• ASPA: none published.
• IRR: 100% of announcements registered; 2 route objects.
• Listed in as-sets: AS-MELBICOM, AS-MELBICOM, AS-WINDSTREAM-CUST.