ASN AS6966 is an Autonomous System Number used to identify a network for BGP internet routing.

Who manages ASN AS6966?

AS6966 is listed under U.S. Department of State.

What do peers, upstreams, and downstreams mean in ASN data?

Peers are lateral network interconnections, upstreams are transit providers, and downstreams are customer networks receiving connectivity.

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Routes and IP ranges are the network prefixes announced by the ASN on the internet and show the address space it originates.

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AS6966 U.S. Department of State

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AS Data

AS6966

AS6966 – U.S. Department of State

AS Number	6966
AS Name	USDOS
Organization	U.S. Department of State(uds-6-z)
Country	US
Website	state.gov
Number of IPv4 Routes	13
Number of IPv6 Routes	0
ASN type	GOVERNMENT
Registry	ARIN
Date Allocated	1996-07-09

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IP Ranges

Route	Origin	Origin Name	ISP	# IPs
169.253.0.0/16	AS6966	U.S. Department of State	U.S. Department of State	65536
169.252.0.0/16	AS6966	U.S. Department of State	U.S. Department of State	65536
169.252.81.0/24	AS6966	U.S. Department of State	U.S. Department of State	256
169.253.162.0/24	AS6966	U.S. Department of State	U.S. Department of State	256
169.252.128.0/17	AS6966	U.S. Department of State	U.S. Department of State	32768
169.253.160.0/19	AS6966	U.S. Department of State	U.S. Department of State	8192
169.253.172.0/22	AS6966	U.S. Department of State	U.S. Department of State	1024
169.252.80.0/24	AS6966	U.S. Department of State	U.S. Department of State	256
169.253.188.0/24	AS6966	U.S. Department of State	U.S. Department of State	256
169.253.4.0/24	AS6966	U.S. Department of State	U.S. Department of State	256

Raw Whois Response

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ASNumber:       6966
ASName:         USDOS
ASHandle:       AS6966
RegDate:        1996-07-09
Updated:        2024-11-08    
Ref:            https://rdap.arin.net/registry/autnum/6966


OrgName:        U.S. Department of State
OrgId:          UDS-6-Z
Address:        2201 C Street NW
City:           Washington
StateProv:      DC
PostalCode:     20520
Country:        US
RegDate:        2024-09-19
Updated:        2024-09-19
Ref:            https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/UDS-6-Z


OrgAbuseHandle: ABUSE2513-ARIN
OrgAbuseName:   Abuse POC
OrgAbusePhone:  +1-202-647-4000 
OrgAbuseEmail:  dosabuse@state.gov
OrgAbuseRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/ABUSE2513-ARIN

OrgNOCHandle: TECHN901-ARIN
OrgNOCName:   Technical POC
OrgNOCPhone:  +1-202-647-4000 
OrgNOCEmail:  dostechnical@state.gov
OrgNOCRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/TECHN901-ARIN

OrgTechHandle: GILFO1-ARIN
OrgTechName:   Gilfoil, Bruce 
OrgTechPhone:  +1-703-923-6005 
OrgTechEmail:  gilfoilbe@state.gov
OrgTechRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/GILFO1-ARIN

OrgTechHandle: TTN6-ARIN
OrgTechName:   Nguyen, Thinh Thai
OrgTechPhone:  +1-202-571-7308 
OrgTechEmail:  tnguyen@state.gov
OrgTechRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/TTN6-ARIN

OrgNOCHandle: TTN6-ARIN
OrgNOCName:   Nguyen, Thinh Thai
OrgNOCPhone:  +1-202-571-7308 
OrgNOCEmail:  tnguyen@state.gov
OrgNOCRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/TTN6-ARIN

OrgDNSHandle: TTN6-ARIN
OrgDNSName:   Nguyen, Thinh Thai
OrgDNSPhone:  +1-202-571-7308 
OrgDNSEmail:  tnguyen@state.gov
OrgDNSRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/TTN6-ARIN

OrgRoutingHandle: TTN6-ARIN
OrgRoutingName:   Nguyen, Thinh Thai
OrgRoutingPhone:  +1-202-571-7308 
OrgRoutingEmail:  tnguyen@state.gov
OrgRoutingRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/TTN6-ARIN


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Parsed Whois Response

Peers

AS Number	Description	Country
AS13335	Cloudflare, Inc.	US
AS7018	AT&T Enterprises, LLC	US
AS3549	Level 3 Communications, Inc. (GBLX)	US
AS3356	Level 3 Parent, LLC	US

Upstreams

AS Number	Description	Country
AS13335	Cloudflare, Inc.	US
AS7018	AT&T Enterprises, LLC	US
AS3356	Level 3 Parent, LLC	US

Contacts

Email Contacts

tnguyen@state.gov gilfoilbe@state.gov

Abuse Contacts

dosabuse@state.gov