Autonomous system
AS43623 ARD-STERNPUNKT ARD-Kommunikationsnetze
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Summary
ARD-Sternpunkt
broadcast infrastructure arn germany
The AS handle ARD-STERNPUNKT is held by Hessischer Rundfunk, which operates the central transmission hub for the German public broadcasting alliance.
What it's used for
- The address space carries infrastructure for German public broadcasters, with netnames including
SWR-NET,MDR,WDR, andARD-STERNPUNKT. - The AS announces 9,216 IPv4 addresses and 20 IPv6 prefixes, maintaining 113 observed neighbours, a ratio indicating a transit or interconnection role rather than an access network.
- Traffic consists of broadcast media distribution, transmission lines, and internal network operations for the ARD member stations.
Notable
- Registrants include Hessischer Rundfunk, SWR-Suedwestrundfunk, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR), Westdeutscher Rundfunk Koln, and ARD ZDF Deutschlandradio Beitragsservice.
- The address inventory is finely subdivided into 21 IPv4 prefixes, reflecting site-by-site segmentation for different broadcasting entities within the ARD network.
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 4 exchanges in 1 country, largest first.
| Exchange | Location | Their address |
|---|---|---|
| DE-CIX Frankfurt | Frankfurt, Germany | 80.81.193.171 |
| DE-CIX Dusseldorf | Düsseldorf, Germany | 185.1.170.34 |
| DE-CIX Munich | Munich, Germany | 185.1.208.42 |
| DE-CIX Hamburg | Hamburg, Germany | 185.1.210.52 |
Transit providers
18 upstream, 8 downstream and 37 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 2026-10-14, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Transit is inferred from observed BGP paths, never declared by either party.
Address space
Summary
IPv4 21 prefixes · 9.22K addresses IPv6 20 prefixes
| Country | Name | Prefixes |
|---|---|---|
| DE | Germany | 41 |
Registry
Allocation record
- Registry
- RIPE
- Handle
AS43623- Registry name
- ARD-STERNPUNKT
- Registrant
- ARD-STERN-MNT
- Abuse contact
- cns-betrieb@ard-stern.de
- Registered
- 2007-09-03
- Last changed
- 2026-05-16
- Allocation
- allocated
Declared
PeeringDB profile
- Name
- ARD-Sternpunkt
- Also known as
- ARD-Sternpunkt
- Network type
- Content
- Scope
- Regional
- Traffic ratio
- Balanced
- Peering policy
- Open
- IRR as-set
AS43623:AS-ARD-STERN- Present at
- 4 exchanges
- Facilities
- 2 facilities
- Website
- http://www.ard.de
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 · 28 valid, 0 with no ROA
- ROAs
- 31 authorising AS43623
- ASPA
- no ASPA record
- IRR
- 100% registered · 28 of 28 announcements
- Route objects
- 37 naming AS43623
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.
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: 442 networks and 1,771 prefixes, as published 2026-10-15. 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