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AS8978 Holy See - Vatican City State 🇻🇦 VA

Announcing 3 prefixes, seen at the RIS collectors.

IPv4 prefixes
2
9,216 (36 × /24)
IPv6 prefixes
1
1 × /32
Upstreams
5
transit providers observed
Peers
5
settlement-free adjacencies
Downstreams
1
transit customers observed
Customer cone
2
ASes reachable through it

Registry and operator data

AS number
AS8978
Name
Holy See - Vatican City State
Organisation
Holy See
Country
🇻🇦 VA
RIR
RIPENCC
Allocated
1998-09-15
Network type
Non-Profit
Traffic levels
1-5Tbps
Scope
Global
Peering policy
Open
Website
http://www.vaticanstate.va
PeeringDB
net/10818
Exchanges
1
Facilities
3

RPKI coverage of this AS

Its own announcements, validated against the current ROA set

3 valid (100.0%) 0 invalid (0.0%) 0 no ROA (0.0%)

Whois

Fetched from whois.ripe.net

as-block:       AS8797 - AS8986
descr:          RIPE NCC ASN block
remarks:        These AS Numbers are assigned to network operators in the RIPE NCC service region.
mnt-by:         RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
created:        2026-06-30T13:55:30Z
last-modified:  2026-06-30T13:55:30Z
source:         RIPE

aut-num:        AS8978
as-name:        ASN-HOLYSEE
descr:          Holy See Secretariat of State Department of Telecommunications
org:            ORG-HSVC1-RIPE
remarks:        *
remarks:        Full Internet Routing Table IPv4
remarks:        *
import:         from AS61160 accept AS61160
export:         to AS61160 announce ANY
remarks:        *
import:         from AS137 action pref=100; accept ANY
import:         from AS3313 action pref=100; accept ANY
import:         from AS12874 action pref=100; accept ANY
import:         from AS3356 action pref=100; accept ANY
import:         from AS174 action pref=100; accept ANY
import:         from AS325 action pref=100; accept ANY
remarks:        *
export:         to AS137 announce AS8978:AS-CUSTOMERS
export:         to AS3313 announce AS8978:AS-CUSTOMERS
export:         to AS12874 announce AS8978:AS-CUSTOMERS
export:         to AS3356 announce AS8978:AS-CUSTOMERS
export:         to AS174 announce AS8978:AS-CUSTOMERS
export:         to AS325 announce AS8978:AS-CUSTOMERS
remarks:        *
remarks:        Full Internet Routing Table IPv6
remarks:        *
mp-import:      afi ipv6.multicast from AS137 action pref=100; accept ANY
mp-import:      afi ipv6.unicast from AS137 action pref=100; accept ANY
mp-import:      afi ipv6.unicast from AS5609 action pref=100; accept ANY
mp-import:      afi ipv6.unicast from AS12637 action pref=100; accept ANY
mp-export:      afi ipv6.multicast to AS137 announce AS8978;
mp-export:      afi ipv6.unicast to AS137 announce AS8978;
mp-export:      afi ipv6.unicast to AS5609 announce AS8978;
mp-export:      afi ipv6.unicast to AS12637 announce AS8978;
remarks:        *
remarks:        Peerings IPv4
remarks:        *
import:         from AS1267 accept AS-WIND
import:         from AS3269 accept AS-IBSCUST
import:         from AS5394 accept AS-UNIDATACUST
import:         from AS5396 accept AS5396
import:         from AS5397 accept AS-INROMA-TRANSIT
import:         from AS8220 accept AS-COLT
import:         from AS8968 accept AS8968
import:         from AS12637 accept AS12637
import:         from AS12797 accept AS-ATLANET
import:         from AS15589 accept AS-EUTELIA
import:         from AS15720 accept AS15720
import:         from AS20794 accept AS20794
import:         from AS20912 accept AS-PANSERVICE
import:         from AS21444 accept AS-INFRACOMSPA
import:         from AS24796 accept AS24796
import:         from AS27320 accept AS27320
import:         from AS35131 accept AS35131
import:         from AS35836 accept AS35836
remarks:        *
export:         to AS1267 announce AS8978
export:         to AS3269 announce AS8978
export:         to AS5394 announce AS8978
export:         to AS5396 announce AS8978
export:         to AS5397 announce AS8978
export:         to AS8220 announce AS8978
export:         to AS8968 announce AS8978
export:         to AS12637 announce AS8978
export:         to AS12797 announce AS8978
export:         to AS15589 announce AS8978
export:         to AS15720 announce AS8978
export:         to AS20794 announce AS8978
export:         to AS20912 announce AS8978
export:         to AS21444 announce AS8978
export:         to AS24796 announce AS8978
export:         to AS27320 announce AS8978
export:         to AS35131 announce AS8978
export:         to AS35836 announce AS8978
remarks:        *
remarks:        Peerings IPv6
remarks:        *
mp-import:      afi ipv6.unicast from AS5397 accept AS-INROMA-TRANSIT
mp-import:      afi ipv6.unicast from AS15589 accept AS-EUTELIA
mp-import:      afi ipv6.unicast from AS20912 accept AS-PANSERVICE
mp-import:      afi ipv6.unicast from AS24796 accept AS24796
mp-import:      afi ipv6.unicast from AS27320 accept AS27320
remarks:        *
mp-export:      afi ipv6.unicast to AS5397 announce AS8978
mp-export:      afi ipv6.unicast to AS15589 announce AS8978
mp-export:      afi ipv6.unicast to AS20912 announce AS8978
mp-export:      afi ipv6.unicast to AS24796 announce AS8978
mp-export:      afi ipv6.unicast to AS27320 announce AS8978
remarks:        *
admin-c:        VTBD1-RIPE
tech-c:         VDoT1-RIPE
status:         ASSIGNED
mnt-by:         DIRTLC-VA-MNT
mnt-by:         RIPE-NCC-END-MNT
created:        2002-04-09T14:41:41Z
last-modified:  2025-09-25T09:56:25Z
source:         RIPE

organisation:   ORG-HSVC1-RIPE
org-name:       Holy See - Vatican City State
country:        VA
reg-nr:         Not Applicable
org-type:       LIR
address:        Palazzo del Belvedere
                Via della Posta
address:        00120
address:        Vatican City
address:        HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE)
phone:          +39.06.698.90500
phone:          +39.06.698.90504
fax-no:         +39.06.698.82934
admin-c:        VTBD1-RIPE
tech-c:         VDoT1-RIPE
abuse-c:        AR18045-RIPE
mnt-ref:        RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-ref:        DIRTLC-VA-MNT
mnt-by:         RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-by:         DIRTLC-VA-MNT
created:        2004-04-17T12:24:42Z
last-modified:  2026-05-13T07:29:50Z
source:         RIPE # Filtered

role:           Vatican Department of Telecommunications - Technical Role Account
address:        Palazzo Belvedere
address:        Via della Posta
address:        Vatican City State V-00120
nic-hdl:        VDoT1-RIPE
mnt-by:         DIRTLC-VA-MNT
created:        2012-11-27T20:02:23Z
last-modified:  2023-04-13T14:06:51Z
source:         RIPE # Filtered

role:           Holy See Secretariat of State Department of Telecommunications
address:        Via della Posta
address:        Palazzo Belvedere
address:        Vatican City State V-00120
abuse-mailbox:  abuse-c@scv.va
admin-c:        VDoT1-RIPE
nic-hdl:        VTBD1-RIPE
mnt-by:         DIRTLC-VA-MNT
created:        2012-11-27T15:06:48Z
last-modified:  2023-04-13T14:16:48Z
source:         RIPE # Filtered