AS50999 — KAUST-AS1 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

AS50999 announces 1 IPv4 prefixes covering 32,768 addresses and 1 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

KAUST-AS1 is the autonomous system for King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.

What it's used for

• The address space carries university infrastructure, identified by netnames SA-KAUST-20091118 and KAUST-NET registered to the university.
• The AS announces 32,768 IPv4 addresses across 8 prefixes and 19 IPv6 prefixes, peering with 7 neighbours, a ratio consistent with an internal campus network rather than a transit provider.
• Traffic from this AS consists of research, academic, and administrative endpoints for one of the world's wealthiest research universities, located near Jeddah.

Notable

• All registrants for the announced prefixes are King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, matching the AS holder.
• The IPv4 inventory is finely subdivided into eight prefixes ranging from /18 to /24, reflecting site-by-site segmentation of the university's internal estate.
• The AS was first seen in routing tables in 2010, aligning with the university's operational launch.

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

Announced prefixes

• 109.171.128.0/17
• 2a05:3280::/29

Upstream networks

• AS3356 Level 3 Parent, LLC
• AS3491 PCCW Global (HK) Ltd.
• AS35753 Etihad Salam Telecom CJSC
• AS11537 Internet2
• AS1103 SURF B.V.
• AS7575 Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet)
• AS23855 Singapore Advanced Research and Education Network

Adjacent networks

• AS3356 Level 3 Parent, LLC
• AS3491 PCCW Global (HK) Ltd.
• AS35753 Etihad Salam Telecom CJSC
• AS11537 Internet2
• AS1103 SURF B.V.
• AS7575 Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet)
• AS23855 Singapore Advanced Research and Education Network

Routing security

• RPKI: 9 valid, 0 invalid and 0 not-found announcements; 2 ROAs.
• ASPA: none published.
• IRR: 100% of announcements registered; 147 route objects.
• Listed in as-sets: AS-EMIX, AS-GEANTNRENPEERS, AS-IGW-SET, AS-ITC, AS-KDDCUSTOMER2, AS-QTEL-TRANSIT-SET, AS20965:AS-FROM-TEIN-TO-GEANT, AS23855:AS-NREN-TRANSIT, AS293:AS-FROM-SINGAREN-TO-ESNET, AS3491:AS-CUSTOMERS-AP, AS7575:AS-RESEARCH, AS8895:AS-KACST.