Autonomous system
AS2603 NORDUNET
Education RIPE
Summary
NORDUnet
education research nren
The Nordic regional research and education backbone, interconnecting the national
NRENs of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden and linking them to the
global research-network community.
What it's used for
- Carrying traffic between the Nordic national research networks and onward to GÉANT, Internet2, and other international R&E backbones, serving universities and research institutions across the region.
Notable
- Addresses here are institutional research-and-education backbone infrastructure, not commercial hosting — classified
educationeven though it operates like a large carrier. The wide prefix footprint reflects its role aggregating five national networks.
Interesting
- NORDUnet is jointly owned by the five Nordic NRENs and is one of the oldest international research-network cooperations, with roots in the 1980s.
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Address space
Summary
| Country | Name | Prefixes |
|---|---|---|
| DK | Denmark | 22 |
Registry
Allocation record
- Registry
- RIPE
- Handle
AS2603- Registry name
- NORDUNET
- Registrant
- NORDUNET-MNT
- Abuse contact
- abuse@nordu.net
- Registered
- 2002-05-07
- Last changed
- 2026-08-07
- Status
- active
Reputation
Classification and threat
Education University, school or national research and education network.
No IC3 indicators Nothing from the FBI IC3 feed.
Threat data is alpha. Absence of an indicator is not evidence of good behaviour, only of absence from this one feed.
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