RIPE NCC K-Root Operations
AS25152 is RIPE NCC K-Root Operations (ripe.net). It announces 512 IPv4 addresses in 3 prefixes, and 3 IPv6 prefixes.
The Netherlands· RIPE· allocated 2002-08-09· hosting
Where its space is
The IPv4 it announces that IP Geolocation places, by country. A /24 counts for the AS announcing most of it.
- The Netherlands512 · 100.00%
Registry record
Its ASN Whois record, as the registry publishes it.
- handle
- K-ROOT-SERVER
- name
- Reseaux IP Europeens Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC)
- org
- ORG-RIEN1-RIPE
- org name
- Reseaux IP Europeens Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC)
- org address
- P.O. Box 10096, 1001 EB, Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
- org country
- NL
- country
- NL
- source
- ripe
- status
- ASSIGNED
- created
- 2002-09-16
- updated
- 2026-09-17
- descr
- Reseaux IP Europeens Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC) / Originates prefixes of k.root-servers.net (root name server)
- remarks
- | The RIPE NCC operates k.root-servers.net, one of the 13 | / | Internet root name servers. The K-root service is | / | provided by a set of distributed server instances using | / | anycast. Each server instance announces prefixes out of | / | 193.0.14.0/23 and 2001:7FD::/32 in AS25152. A K-Root | / | server instance consists of a cluster of server | / | machines running NSD, Bind or Knot name server software. | / | Support: <kroot-ops@ripe.net>
- maintainer
- RIPE-NCC-END-MNT|RIPE-NCC-DNS-MNT|RIPE-NCC-DNS-AUTNUM-MNT
- abuse name
- RIPE NCC Operations
- abuse email
- abuse@ripe.net
- abuse phone
- +31 20 535 4445
- abuse kind
- role
What the databases see
Addresses each address-keyed database holds in the IPv4 it announces, as a share of that space, with its largest providers. Counts overlap.
- None here
- None here
- None here
- None here
- None here
- None here
- Hosting IP512100.00%
- None here
- None here
- Anycast IP25650.00%
- None here
- None here
- 0.39%
IPv4 prefixes
Every IPv4 prefix BGP Route saw it announce. A prefix another AS also announces says so.
| PREFIX | COUNTRY | RPKI | PEERS | FIRST SEEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 193.0.14.0/23 | The Netherlands | valid | 20 | 2026-10-02 |
| 193.0.14.0/24 | The Netherlands | valid | 19 | 2026-10-02 |
| 193.0.15.0/24 | The Netherlands | valid | 19 | 2026-10-02 |
IPv6 prefixes
Every IPv6 prefix BGP Route saw it announce.
| PREFIX | COUNTRY | RPKI | PEERS | FIRST SEEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001:7fd::/32 | The Netherlands | valid | 20 | 2026-10-02 |
| 2001:7fd::/48 | The Netherlands | valid | 20 | 2026-10-02 |
| 2001:7fd:ffff::/48 | The Netherlands | valid | 20 | 2026-10-02 |
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