AS98

AS98 is a legacy allocation registered under ARIN to The Rockefeller University (OrgId THEROC-Z), carrying the canonical handle "ROCKEFELLER-AS." The Rockefeller University is a biomedical research institution in New York City, and this is one of the earliest academic ASN allocations on record: the ARIN whois ASNumber RegDate is 1987-02-10. The registration is active and the holder matches the historical association — an unbroken institutional holding. AS98 is actively routing as of 2026-06-19: RIPEstat routing-status confirms 1 IPv4 prefix (129.85.0.0/16) covering 65,536 IPv4 addresses, with full visibility across all 327 RIS full-feed peers and 2 observed BGP neighbours. Last-seen timestamp is 2026-06-19. No IPv6 prefixes are announced. The /16 block 129.85.0.0/16 represents the university's primary address space and has been continuously in routing tables since at least 2001-09-13 (RIPEstat first-seen). For triage this is an established university network where clean academic traffic is expected. No notable public abuse signal was found as of June 2026.

Operator

The Rockefeller University (ARIN OrgId THEROC-Z, New York, NY) [Confirmed] — ARIN whois (ASNumber record, source ARIN)

Country / RIR

US, ARIN [Confirmed]

Allocated

ARIN ASN RegDate 1987-02-10 [Confirmed] — ARIN whois ASNumber RegDate field (source ARIN, rdap.arin.net/registry/autnum/98)

Org status

active registration, active routing

Security/abuse context (NEUTRAL, DATED)

no notable public abuse signal found as of 2026-06-19 — stat.ripe.net

Network & routing

Network type

research / education (biomedical research institution) [Confirmed]

Size

active — 1 IPv4 prefix (/16), ~65,536 IPs — RIPEstat routing-status (2026-06-19)

Routing/peering

actively announcing 1 IPv4 prefix (129.85.0.0/16, ~65,536 IPs); full visibility 327/327 RIS peers; 2 observed BGP neighbours; no IPv6; RPKI unknown — stat.ripe.net (2026-06-19)

Notable usage

[Confirmed registry/historical] AS98 "ROCKEFELLER-AS" — The Rockefeller University's AS; an original February 1987 academic allocation; biomedical research institution in NYC; actively announcing 129.85.0.0/16 — rockefeller.edu

Related ASNs

none specifically confirmed for this profile

Analyst note

An early academic allocation with an unbroken institutional holding; AS98 actively originates 129.85.0.0/16 (/16, ~65 K IPs) with full global routing visibility as of 2026-06-19. Expect clean academic traffic. Allocation date confirmed 1987-02-10.