Autonomous system
AS36948 KENIC
Unclassified APNIC Non-Profit
Summary
Kenya Network Information Centre
registry nonprofit kenya infrastructure
The AS handle KENIC is held by Kenya Network Information Centre (KENIC).
What it's used for
- The address space is registered under the netname
ORG-KNIC1-AFRINICfor the Kenya Network Information Centre, which operates the .KE country-code top-level domain. - The AS announces 512 IPv4 addresses across 2 prefixes and 1 IPv6 prefix, with 7 observed neighbours, indicating a small-scale infrastructure footprint typical of a national registry operator.
Notable
- The RDAP registrants for both announced IPv4 prefixes match the AS holder, confirming direct ownership of the address space.
- KENIC is a non-profit organization licensed to manage and administer the .KE ccTLD, serving as the central regulatory registry operator for Kenyan web addresses.
- The inventory consists of two /24 IPv4 blocks and a single /48 IPv6 block, reflecting a minimal address allocation consistent with its role as a registry rather than a large-scale ISP.
CLASSIFICATION - after the card, on its own final line, emit exactly:
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kenya Internet Exchange Point - Nairobi | Nairobi, Kenya | 196.223.21.31 |
| Kenya Internet Exchange Point - Mombasa | Mombasa, Kenya | 196.60.68.30 |
Exchange presence is recorded rather than inferred: the directory collected by Packet Clearing House (https://www.pch.net/ixp/data) on 2026-10-10, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Transit is inferred from observed BGP paths, never declared by either party.
Address space
Summary
IPv4 2 prefixes · 512 addresses IPv6 1 prefixes
| Country | Name | Prefixes |
|---|---|---|
| KE | Kenya | 3 |
Registry
Allocation record
- Registry
- APNIC
- Handle
AS36948- Registry name
- ORG-KNIC1-AFRINIC
- Registrant
- Kenya Network Information Centre (KENIC)
- Registered
- 2007-04-27
- Last changed
- 2024-06-18
- Allocation
- allocated
Declared
PeeringDB profile
- Name
- Kenya Network Information Centre (KENIC)
- Also known as
- KeNIC
- Network type
- Non-Profit
- Scope
- Africa
- Traffic ratio
- Mostly Inbound
- Peering policy
- Open
- Present at
- 2 exchanges
- Website
- https://www.kenic.or.ke
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
- 0% valid · 0 valid, 3 with no ROA
- ROAs
- 0 authorising AS36948
- ASPA
- no ASPA record
- IRR
- 67% registered · 2 of 3 announcements
- Route objects
- 3 naming AS36948
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: 431 networks and 1,775 prefixes, as published 2026-10-11. 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