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AS8 Rice University

AS8 (Rice University) looks like an internet service provider, so its addresses are mostly real home, business or mobile connections.

Network check ASN

AS8

OwnerRice University
KindInternet service provider
Servers, not peopleno
IPv4 addresses462,592
IPv4 ranges7
IPv6 ranges1

Risk score0

Nothing suspicious found.

Largest IPv4 ranges

168.4.0.0/14
168.2.0.0/15
128.42.0.0/16
192.225.16.0/21
192.136.144.0/22
192.136.148.0/23
208.90.184.0/24

Ranges and owner from DB-IP (CC BY 4.0), updated 2026-10-21.

Check an IP address →

Detect it in code

Spot AS8 traffic at signup.

Send the visitor's IP. The response includes the ASN, the owner and flags.hosting.

curl https://veqen-app.com/v1/ip/check \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEQEN_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"ip": "203.0.113.7"}'

import os, requests

r = requests.post(
    "https://veqen-app.com/v1/ip/check",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['VEQEN_API_KEY']}"},
    json={"ip": "203.0.113.7"},
    timeout=10,
)
result = r.json()
print(result["risk"]["verdict"], result["risk"]["reasons"])

const res = await fetch("https://veqen-app.com/v1/ip/check", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.VEQEN_API_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({"ip": "203.0.113.7"}),
});
const result = await res.json();
console.log(result.risk.verdict, result.risk.reasons);

Questions

About AS8

Is AS8 a datacenter or VPN network?

AS8 (Rice University) looks like an internet service provider, so its addresses are mostly real home, business or mobile connections.

Who owns AS8?

AS8 is registered to Rice University. It announces about 462,592 IPv4 addresses.

How do I detect traffic from AS8?

Call the Veqen IP check with the visitor's address. The response includes the ASN, the owner and whether the network is a datacenter, VPN network, relay or ISP.