Autonomous system
AS48501 AS_INIT3
Hosting RIPE Content
Summary
Init3
hosting content netherlands
AS_INIT3 is operated by Init3 BV.
What it's used for
- The address space is registered under the netname
NL-INIT3-20160801and is associated with Init3 BV, a Dutch content delivery and hosting provider. - The AS announces 1024 IPv4 addresses within a single /22 prefix and 1 IPv6 prefix, with only 1 observed routing neighbour.
- Traffic from this AS consists of web content delivery, CDN services, and hosting infrastructure for European clients.
Notable
- The RDAP registrant
Init3 BVmatches the AS holder, confirming direct ownership of the announced space. - The inventory consists of a single contiguous IPv4 block and one IPv6 prefix, indicating a focused, non-transit operational footprint.
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Interconnection
Peering at a glance
Internet exchanges
No exchange port on file. Many exchanges publish no participant list, so this is not proof of absence.
Transit providers
1 upstream, 0 downstream and 2 adjacent networks observed; most-used upstreams first.
| AS | Network | Paths seen |
|---|---|---|
| AS39704 | CJ2 Hosting B.V. | 95 |
Exchange presence is recorded rather than inferred: the directory collected by Packet Clearing House (https://www.pch.net/ixp/data) on 2026-10-16, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Transit is inferred from observed BGP paths, never declared by either party.
Address space
Summary
IPv4 1 prefixes · 1.02K addresses IPv6 1 prefixes
| Country | Name | Prefixes |
|---|---|---|
| NL | Netherlands | 2 |
Registry
Allocation record
- Registry
- RIPE
- Handle
AS48501- Registry name
- as_init3
- Registrant
- nl-init3-1-mnt
- Abuse contact
- abuse@init3.nl
- Registered
- 2016-10-14
- Last changed
- 2020-05-07
- Allocation
- allocated
Declared
PeeringDB profile
- Name
- Init3 BV
- Network type
- Content
- Scope
- Europe
- Traffic ratio
- Mostly Outbound
- Peering policy
- Open
- IRR as-set
AS-INIT3- Present at
- 1 exchanges
- Facilities
- 2 facilities
- Website
- https://www.init3.nl/
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 · 2 valid, 0 with no ROA
- ROAs
- 6 authorising AS48501
- ASPA
- no ASPA record
- IRR
- 100% registered · 2 of 2 announcements
- Route objects
- 6 naming AS48501
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 1,783 prefixes, as published 2026-10-17. 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