Autonomous system
AS218479 VDXNET DARK NEBULAE LTD
Unclassified RIPE Content
Summary
Dark Nebulae
hosting datacenter colocation
The AS handle DARKNEBULAE is held by Dark Nebulae Ltd.
What it's used for
- The space carries data centre and hosting infrastructure, evidenced by the netname
UK-DARKNEBULAE-V4and reverse DNS entries pointing toip4.vdx.network. - The AS announces 256 IPv4 addresses and 2 IPv6 prefixes with only 1 observed neighbour, indicating a small-scale hosting or colocation provider rather than a transit carrier.
- Traffic from this AS consists of web hosting, VPS, and dedicated server endpoints for clients utilizing Dark Nebulae's data centre facilities in Bournemouth.
Notable
- Registrants for the announced prefix include
Dark Nebulae Admin,Dark Nebulae Engineering,DARK NEBULAE LTD, andDark Nebulae Abuse, all consistent with the announcer. - Dark Nebulae operates a privately owned data centre in Bournemouth, UK, offering colocation, rack space, and virtual server services.
- The address inventory is compact, consisting of a single /24 IPv4 block and two IPv6 prefixes, typical for a niche hosting provider.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| London Network Access Point | London, United Kingdom | 5.57.82.177 |
Exchange presence is recorded rather than inferred: the directory collected by Packet Clearing House (https://www.pch.net/ixp/data) on 2026-11-09, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Transit is inferred from observed BGP paths, never declared by either party.
Address space
Summary
IPv4 3 prefixes · 768 addresses IPv6 4 prefixes
| Country | Name | Prefixes |
|---|---|---|
| GB | United Kingdom | 7 |
Registry
Allocation record
- Registry
- RIPE
- Handle
AS218479- Registry name
- DARKNEBULAE
- Registrant
- DN000-MNT
- Abuse contact
- abuse@darknebulae.net
- Registered
- 2026-10-07
- Last changed
- 2026-10-07
- Allocation
- allocated
Declared
PeeringDB profile
- Name
- Dark Nebulae
- Also known as
- VDX Networks
- Network type
- Content
- Scope
- Not Disclosed
- Traffic ratio
- Mostly Outbound
- Peering policy
- Selective
- IRR as-set
RIPE::AS218479:AS-VDXNET- Present at
- 1 exchanges
- Facilities
- 8 facilities
- Website
- https://vdx.network
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 · 8 valid, 0 with no ROA
- ROAs
- 22 authorising AS218479
- ASPA
- 2 declared providers
- IRR
- 100% registered · 8 of 8 announcements
- Route objects
- 27 naming AS218479
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: 454 networks and 1,854 prefixes, as published 2026-11-09. 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