Autonomous system
AS198121 DNS4EU
Unclassified RIPE
Summary
Whalebone
dns security eu resolver
DNS4EU is operated by Whalebone, s.r.o.
What it's used for
- The space carries DNS resolution services, evidenced by the netname
CZ-WHALEBONEDNS-20050512and the operator's role as the live offering of the EU-initiated DNS4EU programme. - The AS announces 256 IPv4 addresses and 1 IPv6 prefix, with 5 observed neighbours, indicating a small, focused infrastructure footprint rather than a large access or transit network.
- Traffic from this AS consists of DNS queries and responses for the free public resolver service provided to European individuals, supporting DoH, DoT, and DNSSEC.
Notable
- The registrant
Whalebone, s.r.o.matches the AS holder, confirming direct ownership of the address space. - Whalebone was appointed in 2022 to lead the DNS4EU initiative, transitioning it from a European Commission strategic project into a live security ecosystem.
- The inventory consists of a single /24 IPv4 block and a /48 IPv6 block, reflecting a compact, dedicated infrastructure for DNS operations.
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
Internet exchanges
Recorded at 1 exchange in 1 country, largest first.
| Exchange | Location | Their address |
|---|---|---|
| NetIX Greece | Thessaloniki, Greece | 185.0.28.34 |
Exchange presence is recorded rather than inferred: the directory collected by Packet Clearing House (https://www.pch.net/ixp/data) on 2026-10-27, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Transit is inferred from observed BGP paths, never declared by either party.
Address space
Summary
IPv4 1 prefixes · 256 addresses IPv6 2 prefixes
| Country | Name | Prefixes |
|---|---|---|
| CZ | Czechia | 3 |
Registry
Allocation record
- Registry
- RIPE
- Handle
AS198121- Registry name
- DNS4EU
- Registrant
- lir-cz-whalebonedns-1-MNT
- Abuse contact
- abuse@whalebone.io
- Registered
- 2023-06-14
- Last changed
- 2023-06-14
- Allocation
- allocated
Declared
PeeringDB profile
- Name
- DNS4EU
- Scope
- Not Disclosed
- Traffic ratio
- Not Disclosed
PeeringDB records are maintained by the network operator and are not independently verified. Treat them as a statement of intent rather than of fact. For the observed and recorded view, see peering, which lists the exchanges Packet Clearing House has a port on file for.
Routing security
RPKI and IRR
- RPKI
- 100% valid · 3 valid, 0 with no ROA
- ROAs
- 6 authorising AS198121
- ASPA
- no ASPA record
- IRR
- 67% registered · 2 of 3 announcements
- Route objects
- 3 naming AS198121
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: 447 networks and 1,852 prefixes, as published 2026-10-27. 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