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# Global IP range registry
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This folder is the human-readable registry of IP knowledge collected by this repository. It is organized by **network range**, not by one file for every individual address: IPv4 alone contains 4,294,967,296 addresses, and registration and routing facts normally apply to prefixes.
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## Filename convention
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```text
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<registry>--<network-address-with-hyphens>--<prefix-length>.md
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```
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Examples:
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```text
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iana--0-0-0-0--8.md
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apnic--1-1-1-0--24.md
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```
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The parts mean:
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- `registry`: authoritative number registry currently responsible for the record (`iana`, `afrinic`, `apnic`, `arin`, `lacnic`, or `ripe-ncc`);
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- `network-address-with-hyphens`: canonical network address with dots replaced by hyphens;
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- `prefix-length`: CIDR range number without `/`.
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IPv6 filenames use the same rule, with colons replaced by hyphens and compressed notation expanded to avoid ambiguous names.
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## Current coverage
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| Range | Registry | Classification | Known exact addresses | Record |
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| `0.0.0.0/8` | IANA | Special-purpose | `0.0.0.0` | [record](iana--0-0-0-0--8.md) |
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| `1.1.1.0/24` | APNIC | Public unicast | `1.1.1.1` | [record](apnic--1-1-1-0--24.md) |
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This is **not yet a list of all global ranges**. It contains the two ranges investigated so far. The expansion plan is in [`research/ip-network-roadmap.md`](../research/ip-network-roadmap.md).
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## Required contents
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Every range file must distinguish:
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1. registry and registered resource holder;
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2. special-purpose classification, where applicable;
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3. observed BGP announcement and origin ASN;
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4. operator and service relationships;
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5. exact addresses already investigated inside the range;
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6. sources and verification dates.
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Do not compress these into a single misleading “owner” field. Registration, routing, operation, and service responsibility can belong to different organizations.
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