APNIC description: "unknown"

Tue Feb 1 03:00:25 UTC 2011

On Jan 31, 2011, at 6:32 PM, Vovan wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> sorry for possibly trite question, but what does this ">>UNKNOWN<<" mean? e.g.:
> 
> > Network            Origin AS  Description
> > 41.222.79.0/24       36938     >>UNKNOWN<<
> 
> quote from: http://thyme.rand.apnic.net/current/data-add-IANA
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Vladimir

It's an unallocated address being advertised by an unallocated AS number.

Pretty hard to identify a contact for such a route, no?

Owen