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Autonomous system

AS12046 ASN-CSC-UOM RicerkaNet

Unclassified RIPE

IPv4 addresses 12.29K 8 prefixes
IPv6 prefixes 1 counted as prefixes, not addresses
Countries 1 mostly MT
Exchanges 0 recorded by PCH
Upstreams 2 1 downstream
Flagged prefixes 2 see address space

Summary

Malta Internet Foundation

Malta · AI-generated

education university research nren

The network of the Malta Internet Foundation, run out of the University of Malta's computing services centre.

What it's used for

  • University and research networking for Malta. Most blocks carry the netname UOMWIFI under the university's own maintainer, so a large share of the space is campus wireless.

Notable

  • Eight IPv4 prefixes for 12,000 addresses, split unusually finely — the allocation runs all the way down to two adjacent /25s. Three observed BGP neighbours.
  • The RIPE records show the split responsibility clearly: MNT-UOM maintains the university's operational blocks, MIF-MNT maintains the foundation's, and one older block sits under COMPU-MNT with an end-user registration.
  • One /24 is set aside as UOM-TAKEOFF, named for the university's startup incubator.

Interesting

  • Small countries often end up with the national research network and the main university being the same organisation, and Malta is a clear case: the foundation that holds the country's academic address space operates from a computing centre on campus. The AS handle, ASN-CSC-UOM, spells out exactly that arrangement.

This description is AI-generated, best-effort context — not authoritative, and provided without any guarantee of accuracy. Source, and how to suggest an edit.

Interconnection

Peering at a glance

Full topology · Graph

Internet exchanges

No exchange port on file. Many exchanges publish no participant list, so this is not proof of absence.

Transit providers

2 upstream, 1 downstream and 5 adjacent networks observed; most-used upstreams first.

ASNetworkPaths seen
AS21320GEANT Vereniging376
AS20965GEANT Vereniging33

Exchange presence is recorded rather than inferred: the directory collected by Packet Clearing House (https://www.pch.net/ixp/data) on 2026-10-13, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Transit is inferred from observed BGP paths, never declared by either party.

Address space

Summary

Shape and geography

IPv4 8 prefixes · 12.29K addresses IPv6 1 prefixes

CountryNamePrefixes
MTMalta9

Registry

Allocation record

RIPE · via Atlas (registry + RDAP)
Registry
RIPE
Handle
AS12046
Registry name
ASN-CSC-UOM
Registrant
COMPU-MNT
Abuse contact
support.itservices@um.edu.mt
Registered
2002-09-18
Last changed
2026-09-22
Allocation
allocated

Routing security

RPKI and IRR

Full detail
RPKI
25% valid · 2 valid, 6 with no ROA
ROAs
4 authorising AS12046
ASPA
no ASPA record
IRR
100% registered · 8 of 8 announcements
Route objects
23 naming AS12046

Reputation

Classification and threat

Unclassified Not in the curated lists. Most of the ~80,000 allocated ASNs are not.

Spamhaus DROP

Not on ASN-DROP The network as a whole is not listed.

No DROP prefixes None of its announced space is on the DROP prefix list.

Spamhaus DROP ("Don't Route Or Peer") lists space and networks run by, or hijacked for, spam and cybercrime operations: 442 networks and 1,773 prefixes, as published 2026-10-13. A short, high-confidence list, so a match is worth taking seriously, and absence from it says little on its own.

FBI IC3

No IC3 indicators Nothing from the FBI IC3 feed.

IC3 threat data is alpha. Absence of an indicator is not evidence of good behaviour, only of absence from this one feed.

Elsewhere

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