AS87

AS87 is a legacy allocation registered under ARIN to Indiana University (OrgId INDIAN-Z), carrying the handle "INDIANA-AS" — the same label RFC 1020 (1987) recorded, an unbroken institutional holding since the 1986 era. It is Indiana University's campus backbone AS, announcing the 156.56.0.0/16 block (allocated 1991-12-10) among roughly 18 IPv4 and 2 IPv6 prefixes (~655,616 IPv4 addresses), with RPKI mostly valid (18 valid originated, 0 invalid). IU operates major research-networking infrastructure, including the Indiana GigaPOP and I-Light, reflected in its routing point of contact. The ARIN RDAP RegDate is 1986-10-10 (some third-party mirrors show a 0000-00-00 placeholder, which is not a real date — ARIN's date is authoritative). For triage this is a stable, low-abuse research-and-education network, one of the oldest continuously-held university ASNs. No notable public abuse signal was found as of June 2026.

Operator

Indiana University (ARIN OrgId INDIAN-Z) [Confirmed] — ARIN RDAP

Country / RIR

US, ARIN [Confirmed]

Allocated

ARIN RDAP RegDate 1986-10-10 (third-party 0000-00-00 placeholders are NOT real dates) [Confirmed]

Org status

active

Security/abuse context (NEUTRAL, DATED)

no notable public abuse signal found as of 2026-06-08; clean R&E network — bgp.he.net

Network & routing

Network type

research / education [Confirmed]

Size

~18 IPv4 + 2 IPv6 prefixes (~655,616 IPv4 addrs); announces 156.56.0.0/16 (allocated 1991-12-10) — bgp.he.net / IPinfo (2026-06)

Routing/peering

actively announcing; RPKI 18 valid originated, 0 invalid; operates Indiana GigaPOP / I-Light — bgp.he.net

Notable usage

[historical/current, RFC 1020] AS87 "INDIANA-AS" — Indiana University's campus backbone, continuously held since 1986 — iu.edu

Related ASNs

none specifically confirmed for this profile (IU operates Indiana GigaPOP / I-Light infrastructure)

Analyst note

A stable, low-abuse R&E network; one of the oldest continuously-held university ASNs. Actively announcing.