Network Working Group S. Romano Request for Comments: 1117 M. Stahl Obsoletes RFCs: 1062, 1020, 997, 990, 960, 943, M. Recker 923, 900, 870, 820, 790, 776, 770, 762, SRI-NIC 758, 755, 750, 739, 604, 503, 433, 349 August 1989 Obsoletes IENs: 127, 117, 93 INTERNET NUMBERS Status of this Memo This memo is an official status report on the network numbers and the autonomous system numbers used in the Internet community. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Introduction This Network Working Group Request for Comments documents the currently assigned network numbers and gateway autonomous systems. This RFC will be updated periodically, and in any case current information can be obtained from Hostmaster at the DDN Network Information Center (NIC). Hostmaster DDN Network Information Center SRI International 333 Ravenswood Avenue Menlo Park, California 94025 Phone: 1-800-235-3155 Network mail: HOSTMASTER@NIC.DDN.MIL Most of the protocols used in the Internet are documented in the RFC series of notes. Some of the items listed are undocumented. Further information on protocols can be found in the memo "Official Internet Protocols" [40]. The more prominent and more generally used are documented in the "DDN Protocol Handbook" [17] prepared by the NIC. Other collections of older or obsolete protocols are contained in the "Internet Protocol Transition Workbook" [18], or in the "ARPANET Protocol Transition Handbook" [19]. For further information on ordering the complete 1985 DDN Protocol Handbook, contact the Hostmaster. Also, the Internet Activities Board (IAB) publishes the "IAB Official Protocol Standards" [52], which describes the state of standardization of protocols used in the Internet. This document is issued quarterly. Current copies may be obtained from the DDN Network Information Center. Romano, Stahl & Recker [Page 1] RFC 1117 Internet Numbers August 1989 The lists below contain the name and network mailbox of the individuals responsible for each registered network or autonomous system. The bracketed entry, e.g., [nn,iii], at the right hand margin of the page indicates a reference for the listed network or autonomous system, where the number ("nn") cites the document and the letters ("iii") cite the NIC Handle of the responsible person. The NIC Handle is a unique identifier that is used in the NIC WHOIS/NICNAME service. People occasionally change electronic mailboxes. To find out the current network mailbox or phone number for an individual, or to get information about a registered network, use the NIC WHOIS/NICNAME service or contact HOSTMASTER@NIC.DDN.MIL. The convention used for the documentation of Internet Protocols is to express numbers in decimal and to picture data in "big-endian" order [39]. That is, fields are described left to right, with the most significant octet on the left and the least significant octet on the right. The order of transmission of the header and data described in this document is resolved to the octet level. Whenever a diagram shows a group of octets, the order of transmission of those octets is the normal order in which they are read in English. For example, in the following diagram the octets are transmitted in the order they are numbered. 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Transmission Order of Bytes Whenever an octet represents a numeric quantity the left most bit in the diagram is the high order or most significant bit. That is, the bit labeled 0 is the most significant bit. For example, the following diagram represents the value 170 (decimal). 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Significance of Bits Romano, Stahl & Recker [Page 2] RFC 1117 Internet Numbers August 1989 Similarly, whenever a multi-octet field represents a numeric quantity the left most bit of the whole field is the most significant bit. When a multi-octet quantity is transmitted the most significant octet is transmitted first. Romano, Stahl & Recker [Page 3] RFC 1117 Internet Numbers August 1989 NETWORK NUMBERS The network numbers listed here are used as internet addresses by the Internet Protocol (IP) [14,26]. The IP uses a 32-bit address field and divides that address into a network part and a "rest" or local address part. The division takes 4 forms or classes. The first type of address, or class A, has a 7-bit network number and a 24-bit local address. The highest-order bit is set to 0. This allows 128 class A networks. 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |0| NETWORK | Local Address | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Class A Address The second type of address, class B, has a 14-bit network number and a 16-bit local address. The two highest-order bits are set to 1-0. This allows 16,384 class B networks. 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1 0| NETWORK | Local Address | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Class B Address The third type of address, class C, has a 21-bit network number and a 8-bit local address. The three highest-order bits are set to 1-1-0. This allows 2,097,152 class C networks. 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1 1 0| NETWORK | Local Address | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Class C Address Romano, Stahl & Recker [Page 4] RFC 1117 Internet Numbers August 1989 The fourth type of address, class D, is used as a multicast address [13]. The four highest-order bits are set to 1-1-1-0. 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1 1 1 0| multicast address | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Class D Address Note: No addresses are allowed with the four highest-order bits set to 1-1-1-1. These addresses, called "class E", are reserved. One commonly used notation for internet host addresses divides the 32-bit address into four 8-bit fields and specifies the value of each field as a decimal number with the fields separated by periods. This is called the "dotted decimal" notation. For example, the internet address of VENERA.ISI.EDU in dotted decimal is 010.001.000.052, or 10.1.0.52. The dotted decimal notation will be used in the listing of assigned network numbers. The class A networks will have nnn.rrr.rrr.rrr, the class B networks will have nnn.nnn.rrr.rrr, and the class C networks will have nnn.nnn.nnn.rrr, where nnn represents part or all of a network number and rrr represents part or all of a local address. There are four catagories of users of Internet Addresses: Research, Defense, Government (Non-Defense), and Commercial. To reflect the allocation of network identifiers among the categories, a one- character code is placed to the left of the network number: R for Research, D for Defense, G for Government, and C for Commercial (see Appendix A for further details on this division of the network identification). Network numbers are assigned for networks that are connected to the research Internet and operational Internet, and for independent networks that use the IP family protocols (these are usually commercial). These independent networks are marked with an asterisk preceding the number. The administrators of independent networks must apply separately for permission to interconnect their network with the Internet. Independent networks should not be listed in the working tables of the Internet hosts or gateways. Romano, Stahl & Recker [Page 5] RFC 1117 Internet Numbers August 1989 For various reasons, the assigned numbers of networks are sometimes changed. To ease the transition the old number will be listed for a transition period as well. These "old number" entries will be marked with a "T" following the number and preceding the name, and the network name will be suffixed "-TEMP". Special Addresses: In certain contexts, it is useful to have fixed addresses with functional significance rather than as identifiers of specific hosts. The address zero is to be interpreted as meaning "this", as in "this network". For example, the address 0.0.0.37 could be interpreted as meaning host 37 on this network. The address of all ones are to be interpreted as meaning "all", as in "all hosts". For example, the address 128.9.255.255 could be interpreted as meaning all hosts on the network 128.9. The class A network number 127 is assigned the "loopback" function, that is, a datagram sent by a higher level protocol to a network 127 address should loop back inside the host. No datagram "sent" to a network 127 address should ever appear on any network anywhere. Romano, Stahl & Recker [Page 6] RFC 1117 Internet Numbers August 1989 Class A Networks * Internet Address Network Name References - ---------------- ------- ---- ---------- *0.rrr.rrr.rrr Reserved Reserved [JBP] 1.rrr.rrr.rrr-2.rrr.rrr.rrr Unassigned [NIC] C*3.rrr.rrr.rrr GE-INTERNET GE TCP/IP Net [JEB50] R 4.rrr.rrr.rrr SATNET Atlantic Sat Net [SHB] 5.rrr.rrr.rrr Unassigned Unassigned [NIC] D 6.rrr.rrr.rrr YPG-NET Yuma Proving Grounds [4,BWA] D 7.rrr.rrr.rrr T EDN-TEMP DCEC EDN [EC5] R 8.rrr.rrr.rrr BBNCCNET BBN Net [JSG5] R 9.rrr.rrr.rrr IBM IBM Rsch Net [MT1] R 10.rrr.rrr.rrr ARPANET ARPANET [4,JS283] D 11.rrr.rrr.rrr DODIIS DoD Intel Info Sys [AY5] C 12.rrr.rrr.rrr ATT ATT Bell Labs [MH82] C 13.rrr.rrr.rrr XEROX-NET XEROX Internet [47,JNL1] C 14.rrr.rrr.rrr PDN Public Data Net [JS283] R 15.rrr.rrr.rrr HP-INTERNET HP-INTERNET [18,WU1] 16.rrr.rrr.rrr-17.rrr.rrr.rrr Unassigned [NIC] R 18.rrr.rrr.rrr T MIT-TEMP MIT Net [9,39,DDC1] 19.rrr.rrr.rrr-20.rrr.rrr.rrr Unassigned [NIC] D 21.rrr.rrr.rrr DDN-RVN DDN-RVN [MLC] D 22.rrr.rrr.rrr DISNET DISNET [JM28] D 23.rrr.rrr.rrr DDN-TC-NET DDN-TestCell-Net [DH17] 24.rrr.rrr.rrr Unassigned Unassigned [NIC] R 25.rrr.rrr.rrr RSRE-EXP RSRE-EXP [CDB4] D 26.rrr.rrr.rrr MILNET MILNET [TMH6] R 27.rrr.rrr.rrr T NOSC-LCCN-TEMP NOSC/LCCN [RH6] R 28.rrr.rrr.rrr WIDEBAND Wide Band Sat Net [CJW2] D 29.rrr.rrr.rrr T MILX25-TEMP MILNET X.25 Temp [MLC] D 30.rrr.rrr.rrr T ARPAX25-TEMP ARPA X.25 Temp [MLC] G 31.rrr.rrr.rrr UCDLA-NET UCLA-CATALOG-NET [CL64] 32.rrr.rrr.rrr-34.rrr.rrr.rrr Unassigned [NIC] R 35.rrr.rrr.rrr MERIT MERIT Comp Net [HWB] R 36.rrr.rrr.rrr T SU-NET-TEMP Stanford Univ Net [VAF] 37.rrr.rrr.rrr-38.rrr.rrr.rrr Unassigned [NIC] R 39.rrr.rrr.rrr T SRINET-TEMP SRI Local Net [JMR] 40.rrr.rrr.rrr Unassigned Unassigned [NIC] R 41.rrr.rrr.rrr BBN-TEST-A BBN-GATE-TEST-A [RH6] R 42.rrr.rrr.rrr CAN-INET Canadian Rsch Net [47,PAP4] R*43.rrr.rrr.rrr JAPAN-A Japan Inet [JM292] R 44.rrr.rrr.rrr AMPRNET Amateur Rad Exp Net [PK28] C 45.rrr.rrr.rrr T SHOWNETA Trade Show Net [NIC] C 46.rrr.rrr.rrr BBNET BBN Corp Net [4,JSG1] R*47.rrr.rrr.rrr BNR BNR Corp Net [BM178] 48.rrr.rrr.rrr-126.rrr.rrr.rrr Unassigned [NIC] *127.rrr.rrr.rrr Loopback Loopback [JBP] Romano, Stahl & Recker [Page 7] RFC 1117 Internet Numbers August 1989 Class B Networks * Internet Address Network Name References - ---------------- ------- ---- ---------- *128.0.rrr.rrr Reserved Reserved [JBP] R 128.1.rrr.rrr BBN-TEST-B BBN-GATE-TEST-B [RH6] R 128.2.rrr.rrr CMU-NET CMU-Ether [HDW2] R 128.3.rrr.rrr LBL-IP-NET1 LBL-CSR-NET [WJ2] R 128.4.rrr.rrr DCNET LINKABIT DCNET [32,DLM1] R 128.5.rrr.rrr FORDNET FORD DCNET [32,FJB3] R 128.6.rrr.rrr RUTGERS RUTGERS [CLH3] R 128.7.rrr.rrr KRAUTNET KRAUTNET [GB7] R 128.8.rrr.rrr UMDNET Univ of Maryl DCNET [32,DLM1] R 128.9.rrr.rrr ISI-NET USC-ISI Local Net [VLG] R 128.10.rrr.rrr PURDUE-CS-EN Purdue CS Ether [47,DT50] R 128.11.rrr.rrr BBN-CRONUS BBN DOS Proj [31,PK19] R 128.12.rrr.rrr SU-NET Stanford Univ Net [VAF] D 128.13.rrr.rrr MATNET Mob Access Term Net [SHB] R 128.14.rrr.rrr BBN-SAT-TEST BBN SATNET Test Net [SHB] R 128.15.rrr.rrr S1NET LLL-S1-NET [RAK12] R 128.16.rrr.rrr UCLNET Univ College London [PK] D 128.17.rrr.rrr MATNET-ALT Mob Access Term Alt [SHB] R 128.18.rrr.rrr