I've just noticed, that the allocation 2001:478::/32 is not registered in the RIPE DB:

But it is in ARIN's:

warin 2001:478::

OrgName: EP.NET, LLC. OrgID: V6EP Address: PO 12317 City: Marina del Rey StateProv: CA PostalCode: 90295 Country: US NetRange: 2001:0478:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000 - 2001:0478:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF CIDR: 2001:0478:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000/32 NetName: EP-NET NetHandle: EP-NET-NET Parent: ARIN-001-NET NetType: Direct Allocation NameServer: FLAG.EP.NET NameServer: Z.IP6.INT Comment: RegDate: 2001-05-21 Updated: 2002-08-05 TechHandle: WM110-ARIN TechName: Manning, Bill TechPhone: +1-310-322-8102 TechEmail: bmanning@karoshi.com

... Or is EP.NET "special"? :-)

Who knows :-)

Best regards, Daniel

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