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Data as of Nov 7, 2026

198.11.40.0/22

Anonymizer · ISP proxy10 residential-proxy exits · 30 days

RCN · space held by Msen, Inc.

Announcement
this exact prefix
No RPKI
Announced by
AS6079
Type
ISP proxy
Risk
90 / 100 · Critical
Recent change
New origin Sep 2026
its first announcement on record

Residential-proxy exits

Proxy exits
10
0.98% of its addresses · 30 days
Always-on exits
7
70% of its exits
Spread
3 of 4
/24s with at least one exit
Providers
9
selling exits here
Oct 8, 2026 – Nov 6, 2026

Exits seen per day

3.1K observations

/24s with the most always-on exits

/24Always-on exitsProxy exits
198.11.42.0/2445
198.11.43.0/2423
198.11.41.0/2412

Proxy providers listing exits

  • Ake.net
  • DataImpulse
  • FuseProxy
  • PacketStream
  • Proxmint
  • Proxy4U
  • ProxyRack
  • Q2IP
  • RH7Proxy
IPv4 market

Path

Announced by AS6079 since Sep 2026 · 7 wk ago
1 · Holder
Msen, Inc.
record created Nov 23, 1992
2 · Leased from
Rackdog
for its owner Msen, Inc.
3 · Announced by
AS6079 RCN
since Sep 2026 · 7 wk ago
4 · Use
ISP proxy
anonymizer space, operator not named

Operators, sellers and brokers

Leased from

IP brokers

NameIn 198.11.40.0/22/24s
Rackdog
1,024100%
4
Leased from

Owners leasing their own space

NameIn 198.11.40.0/22/24s
Msen, Inc.
1,024100%
4

Lineage

How this block came to its use, oldest first. The whole IPv4 market →

198.11.40.0/22

From the registry to its use

  1. Nov 23, 1992
    Registry record
    Msen, Inc.
    Direct Allocation (legacy, pre-1997)
    198.11.32.0/19
  2. May 9, 2005– today
    Announced
    AS2015 Msen, Inc.
    as part of 198.11.32.0/19
    198.11.32.0/19
  3. Sep 1, 2026
    Route object
    AS6079 RCN
    ALTDB route object for AS6079 RCN, maintainer MAINT-AS2015
  4. Sep 1, 2026
    Route object
    AS7843 Charter Communications Inc
    ALTDB route object for AS7843 Charter Communications Inc, maintainer MAINT-AS2015
  5. Sep 1, 2026
    Route object
    AS22773 Cox Communications Inc.
    ALTDB route object for AS22773 Cox Communications Inc., maintainer MAINT-AS2015
  6. Sep 16, 2026– today
    Announced
    AS6079 RCN
    Internet provider
  7. today
    Leased from
    Rackdog
    IP broker

Announcements

Less specific

Covering announcements

PrefixOriginTypeProxy exitsHolderRPKI
198.11.32.0/19
since May 2005
AS2015Residential141
58 always on
Msen, Inc.

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.

RangeAddressesNetnameHolderTypeCreatedAbuse contact
198.11.32.0/198,192NETBLK-MSEN-U-POPMsen, Inc. (MSEN) · USDirect AllocationNov 23, 1992abuse@mail.msen.com
└ 198.11.41.0/24256MSEN-CUST-GKNAI-1GKN Automotive, Inc. (C00009528) · USReassignedDec 31, 1996abuse@mail.msen.com
via NETBLK-MSEN-U-POP
└ 198.11.42.0/2664MSEN-CUST-BFNABertrand Faure Technical Center (BFTC-1) · USReassignedNov 19, 1997billd@techtran.com
└ 198.11.42.128/2664MSEN-CUST-ACWAmerican CodeWorks, Inc. (AMERIC-47) · USReassignedNov 19, 1997valerio@mail.msen.com
└ 198.11.42.192/2664MSEN-CUST-NACHINachi Robotics (NACHIR) · USReassignedJun 2, 1998nachi@mail.msen.com
└ 198.11.43.0/25128MSEN-CUST-HOMEDICS-1Homedics, Inc. (HOMEDI) · USReassignedMar 4, 1999admin@homedics.com
└ 198.11.43.128/2732MSEN-CUST-MCELFISHMcElfish & Company (MCELFI) · USReassignedNov 13, 1998mcelfish@mail.msen.com

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

AnnouncementRouting historyRPKI & IRRWhois & abuse
Origin network

AS6079

US
Name
RCN
Type
Internet provider
Registered
Apr 4, 2001
Domain
astound.com
Website
www.astound.com
Industry
Internet Service Provider (ISP)
Spamhaus ASN-DROP
not listed