AS218479 — VDXNET DARK NEBULAE LTD

AS218479 announces 3 IPv4 prefixes covering 768 addresses and 3 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

The AS handle DARKNEBULAE is held by Dark Nebulae Ltd.

What it's used for

• The space carries data centre and hosting infrastructure, evidenced by the netname UK-DARKNEBULAE-V4 and reverse DNS entries pointing to ip4.vdx.network.
• The AS announces 256 IPv4 addresses and 2 IPv6 prefixes with only 1 observed neighbour, indicating a small-scale hosting or colocation provider rather than a transit carrier.
• Traffic from this AS consists of web hosting, VPS, and dedicated server endpoints for clients utilizing Dark Nebulae's data centre facilities in Bournemouth.

Notable

• Registrants for the announced prefix include Dark Nebulae Admin, Dark Nebulae Engineering, DARK NEBULAE LTD, and Dark Nebulae Abuse, all consistent with the announcer.
• Dark Nebulae operates a privately owned data centre in Bournemouth, UK, offering colocation, rack space, and virtual server services.
• The address inventory is compact, consisting of a single /24 IPv4 block and two IPv6 prefixes, typical for a niche hosting provider.

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

Announced prefixes

• 143.14.12.0/24
• 143.20.69.0/24
• 185.166.237.0/24
• 2001:678:1370::/48
• 2a0d:f906::/46
• 2a13:9500:46::/48

Upstream networks

• AS61049 Exascale Ltd
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS50300 CustodianDC Limited
• AS24482 SG.GS
• AS48185 team.blue NV
• AS33891 Core-Backbone GmbH

Adjacent networks

• AS61049 Exascale Ltd
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS50300 CustodianDC Limited
• AS48185 team.blue NV
• AS24482 SG.GS
• AS33891 Core-Backbone GmbH

Routing security

• RPKI: 8 valid, 0 invalid and 0 not-found announcements; 22 ROAs.
• ASPA: 2 authorised providers.
• IRR: 100% of announcements registered; 27 route objects.
• Listed in as-sets: AS-HURRICANEV6, AS-LONAP-CONNECTED, AS-LONAP-MLP, AS-LONAP-MLP-V6, AS208723:AS-VDX, AS218479:AS-VDXNET.

Internet exchanges

• London Network Access Point — London, United Kingdom