AS57961 — RASH-AS RASH - Rrjeti Akademik Shqiptar

AS57961 announces 3 IPv4 prefixes covering 2,816 addresses and 13 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

The AS handle RASH-AS is held by RASH - Rrjeti Akademik Shqiptar.

What it's used for

• The address space carries academic and research traffic, as indicated by the registrant name "RASH - Rrjeti Akademik Shqiptar" and netnames AL-ANA-AL-20120228 and AL-ANA-AL-20140711.
• The AS announces 2816 IPv4 addresses across 5 prefixes and 16 IPv6 prefixes, with 6 observed neighbours, indicating a role as a national research and education network (NREN) connecting institutions rather than a large-scale consumer access provider.
• Traffic from this AS consists of web, API, and research endpoints for Albanian universities and research institutions, supporting the national academic infrastructure.

Notable

• Registrants for all announced prefixes consistently identify "RASH - Rrjeti Akademik Shqiptar" and "RASH NOC", aligning perfectly with the AS holder.
• RASH was established in 2007 under an intergovernmental agreement between Albania and Italy to serve as the National Research and Education Network.
• The inventory includes both IPv4 blocks in the 37.139.0.0/16 and 185.63.0.0/16 ranges, along with a substantial IPv6 allocation under 2a00:9f40::/40.

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

Announced prefixes

• 37.139.112.0/21
• 185.63.176.0/23
• 185.63.178.0/24
• 2a00:9f40::/39
• 2a00:9f40:186::/47
• 2a00:9f40:188::/45
• 2a00:9f40:190::/44
• 2a00:9f40:1a0::/43
• 2a00:9f40:1c0::/42
• 2a00:9f40:200::/39
• 2a00:9f40:400::/38
• 2a00:9f40:800::/37
• 2a00:9f40:1000::/36
• 2a00:9f40:2000::/35
• 2a00:9f40:4000::/34
• 2a00:9f40:8000::/33

Upstream networks

• AS174 Cogent Communications, LLC
• AS198279 Albanian Telecommunications Union SH. P.K.
• AS20965 GEANT Vereniging

Downstream networks

• AS213683 Host.AL Shpk
• AS197445 NSC Sh.p.k
• AS205140 Rrjeti Akademik Shqiptar

Adjacent networks

• AS174 Cogent Communications, LLC
• AS213683 Host.AL Shpk
• AS205140 Rrjeti Akademik Shqiptar
• AS198279 Albanian Telecommunications Union SH. P.K.
• AS197445 NSC Sh.p.k
• AS20965 GEANT Vereniging

Routing security

• RPKI: 13 valid, 0 invalid and 0 not-found announcements; 16 ROAs.
• ASPA: none published.
• IRR: 77% of announcements registered; 14 route objects.
• Listed in as-sets: AS-8585-SET, AS-ABCOM-SET, AS-ATU-SET, AS-BTC-UP, AS-GEANT-EUPEER, AS-GEANT-GWS, AS-GEANTNRN, AS-RETN-ACTUAL-V4, AS-SET-ANIX, AS57961:AS-RASH-SET.

Internet exchanges

• Albanian Neutral Internet eXchange — Tirana, Albania