Data as of Nov 3, 2026
156.40.246.0/24
No anonymizer space · no proxy exits in 30 daysU.S. Department of Health & Human Services · space held by National Institutes of Health
Announcement
this exact prefix
RPKI valid
Announced by
Type
Business
Risk
0 / 100 · Low
Recent change
New origin Jul 2026
from AS19050 U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, after 1.2 years unannounced
Announcements
Less specific
Covering announcements
| Prefix | Origin | Type | RPKI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 156.40.0.0/16 since May 2020 | AS3527 | Business |
Registrations in this block
The registry's network records over the announcement: those covering it, widest first, then every record inside it, under its parent.
| Range | Addresses | Netname | Holder | Type | Created | Abuse contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 156.40.198.0 - 156.40.255.255 | 14,848 | NIHNET-3 | National Institutes of Health (NIH-Z) · US | Direct Allocation | Dec 9, 1991 | [email protected] |
| └ 156.40.246.0/24 | 256 | UDHHS-4 | U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (C11646617) · US | Reassigned | Jul 10, 2026 | [email protected] via NIHNET-3 |
A contact marked “via” is the registry's: the record names none of its own, so the registry hands down its parent's.
Network & registry
Registry
Holder
- Organization
- National Institutes of Health
- Handle
- NIH-Z
- Range
- 156.40.198.0 - 156.40.255.255
- Registration type
- Direct Allocation
- Record created
- Dec 9, 1991
- Legacy
- yes
Origin network
AS19050
US
- Name
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
- Type
- Business
- Registered
- Oct 3, 2012
- Domain
- hhs.gov
- Industry
- Internet Service Provider (ISP)
- Spamhaus ASN-DROP
- not listed
Routing timeline
Covering aggregate above, the prefix's own history below
Summary
Routing history
- Pattern
- Stable
- First seen
- Oct 2020
- Current origin since
- Jul 2026 · 4 mo
- Origin networks
- 1
RPKI
Route origin authorizations
| ROA prefix | ASN | Max len | Anchor | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 156.40.246.0/24 | AS19050 | /27 | ARIN | RPKI valid |
| 156.40.224.0/19 | AS3527 | /25 | ARIN | Another network |
IRR
Route objects on the exact prefix
| Origin | Registry | Description | Maintainer | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS19050 | ARIN | National Institutes of Health | MNT-NIH-Z | Jul 15, 2026 |
Whois
Registration for this announcement
- Range
- 156.40.246.0/24
- Netname
- UDHHS-4
- Registrant
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
- Organization
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (C11646617)
- Type
- Reassigned
- Handle
- NET-156-40-246-0-1
- Parent
- NET-156-40-198-0-1
- Created
- Jul 10, 2026
- RIR
- ARIN
- Country
- US
- Delegated
- Dec 9, 1991
- Status
- assigned
Report abuse
Abuse contact
- [email protected]
- Name
- NIHtechs
- Phone
- +1-301-402-3141
- Handle
- NIHTE-ARIN