Autonomous system
AS20860 IOMART-AS
Hosting DROP-listed space RIPE Content
Summary
iomart
hosting managed-hosting cloud
The network of iomart Cloud Services Limited (IOMART-AS), a UK managed-hosting and cloud provider. This ASN belongs to iomart, not Kamatera (a separate, Israel-based cloud company sometimes paired with it in worklists).
What it's used for
- Managed hosting, private and hybrid cloud, colocation, and dedicated servers for UK businesses, run from iomart's own datacenters.
Notable
- An IP here identifies iomart as the host, not the operator of whatever runs on it.
- iomart has grown by acquisition and operates several hosting brands and datacenters across the UK.
Interesting
- iomart is a long-established UK-listed managed-services group focused on the enterprise/managed end of hosting rather than budget VPS.
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 2 exchanges in 1 country, largest first.
| Exchange | Location | Their address |
|---|---|---|
| LINX LON1 | London, United Kingdom | 195.66.224.207 |
| LINX Manchester | Manchester, United Kingdom | 195.66.244.2 |
Transit providers
23 upstream, 20 downstream and 61 adjacent networks observed; most-used upstreams first.
Exchange presence is recorded rather than inferred: the directory collected by Packet Clearing House (https://www.pch.net/ixp/data) on 2026-10-11, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Transit is inferred from observed BGP paths, never declared by either party.
Address space
Summary
IPv4 251 prefixes · 381K addresses IPv6 18 prefixes
| Country | Name | Prefixes |
|---|---|---|
| GB | United Kingdom | 269 |
Registry
Allocation record
- Registry
- RIPE
- Handle
AS20860- Registry name
- IOMART-AS
- Registrant
- GB10488-RIPE-MNT
- Abuse contact
- abuse@iomart.com
- Registered
- 2001-12-19
- Last changed
- 2019-03-11
- Allocation
- allocated
Declared
PeeringDB profile
- Name
- iomart
- Also known as
- iomart hosting, Easyspace, Rapidswitch, Redstation, Bytemark
- Network type
- Content
- Scope
- Regional
- Traffic ratio
- Mostly Outbound
- Peering policy
- Selective
- IRR as-set
AS-IOMART- Present at
- 1 exchanges
- Facilities
- 15 facilities
- Website
- http://www.iomart.com
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
- 21% valid · 44 valid, 166 with no ROA
- ROAs
- 61 authorising AS20860
- ASPA
- no ASPA record
- IRR
- 99.0% registered · 208 of 210 announcements 2 other origin
- Route objects
- 302 naming AS20860
Reputation
Classification and threat
Hosting Datacenter or cloud provider. Addresses are servers, not people.
Spamhaus DROP
Not on ASN-DROP The network as a whole is not listed.
2 DROP matches Announced space overlapping the DROP prefix list.
| Announced | DROP entry | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 196.19.240.0/24 | 196.16.0.0/14 | SBL364590 |
| 196.19.249.0/24 | 196.16.0.0/14 | SBL364590 |
Spamhaus DROP ("Don't Route Or Peer") lists space and networks run by, or hijacked for, spam and cybercrime operations: 431 networks and 1,768 prefixes, as published 2026-10-12. A short, high-confidence list, so a match is worth taking seriously, and absence from it says little on its own.
FBI IC3
2 IC3 indicators addresses in this network appear in FBI IC3 cybersecurity advisories.
| Prefix | Advisory | Published |
|---|---|---|
188.227.173.198 | "First VPN Service" Used by Ransomware Actors to Compromise Systems | 2026-05-21 |
88.150.220.248 | "First VPN Service" Used by Ransomware Actors to Compromise Systems | 2026-05-21 |
IC3 threat data is alpha. Absence of an indicator is not evidence of good behaviour, only of absence from this one feed.
Elsewhere