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IP address map

The question “who owns this IP?” usually has several different answers. This directory separates registration, routing, operation, and service instead of forcing them into one unreliable owner field.

Initial records

Address Registry classification Registered resource holder Current route origin Operator/service Globally routable
0.0.0.0 IANA special-purpose Not organizationally assigned None Unspecified address / “this host on this network” No
1.1.1.1 APNIC public resource (1.1.1.0/24) APNIC Research and Development AS13335, Cloudflare Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 recursive DNS service; APNIC–Cloudflare project Yes

Ownership model

For every address, investigate these independently:

  1. Classification — public unicast, private, loopback, documentation, multicast, reserved, or another special purpose.
  2. Registry chain — IANA → RIR → allocated/assigned resource holder.
  3. Route origin — currently announced covering prefix and origin ASN.
  4. Network operator — entity operating the route or service.
  5. Service — what the exact address does, if publicly documented.
  6. Infrastructure relationships — IXPs, facilities, upstreams, cables, and geography where evidence permits.
  7. Time and provenance — registry and routing facts can change, so every claim needs a source and verification date.

The canonical structured records are in data/ip-addresses.csv. Range-level knowledge is indexed in registry-ips/, using numerically sortable IP-first filenames such as 001-001-001-000--24--apnic.md.