Autonomous system
AS49 US-NATIONAL-INSTITUTE-OF-STANDARDS-AND-TECHNOLOGY
Unclassified ARIN
Summary
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
government research legacy
An early low-numbered allocation serving the US National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST), the federal measurement-standards agency.
What it's used for
- Research and operational networking for a US government civilian agency.
Notable
- A US government agency's network, not a commercial ISP or host.
- The low AS number reflects an allocation from the internet's earliest years.
Interesting
- NIST operates the nation's official time and frequency services, which many systems rely on for accurate clocks.
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Address space
Summary
| Country | Name | Prefixes |
|---|---|---|
| US | United States of America | 17 |
Registry
Allocation record
- Registry
- ARIN
- Handle
AS49- Registry name
- US-NATIONAL-INSTITUTE-OF-STANDARDS-AND-TECHNOLOGY
- Registrant
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Abuse contact
- netops@nist.gov
- Registered
- 1985-09-04
- Last changed
- 2024-09-11
- Status
- active
Reputation
Classification and threat
Unclassified Not in the curated lists. Most of the ~80,000 allocated ASNs are not.
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.
Elsewhere