Every change the tracker has found, newest first. It covers ARIN from 2008-12-01, the RIPE NCC from 2010-04-23, APNIC from 2008-02-15, LACNIC from 2012-06-29 and AFRINIC from 2012-10-03.
2022-02-14AFRINIC+ RegisteredApparent new issuanceStrong inference
Statistics
102.218.18.0/23 reserved on 2022-02-14, assigned on 2022-02-15
Inventory
Likely issued from AFRINIC-controlled inventory
No transfer record matches. AFRINIC's statistics show it reserved on 2022-02-14 and assigned (dated 2022-02-14) on 2022-02-15. It moved from AFRINIC's unissued pool to an active registration dated around that day, so it appears to be newly issued by AFRINIC.
Evidence (3) · classifier 1.4.0,
StatisticsFound by comparing AFRINIC's daily statistics: 102.218.18.0/23 reserved on 2022-02-14, assigned on 2022-02-15source · retrieved
BeforeAFRINIC delegated statistics 2022-02-14, before the change: reservedsource · retrieved
AfterAFRINIC delegated statistics 2022-02-15, after the change: assigned (dated 2022-02-14)source · retrieved
Classification history for this change (4 versions)
: Apparent new issuance, strong inference (classifier 1.4.0) current
2021-12-20AFRINICReleasedReleased from hold (AFRINIC lists it as 'available')Strong inference
Statistics
102.218.18.0/23 reserved on 2021-12-20, available on 2021-12-21
Inventory
AFRINIC's statistics now list it as 'available'; reissue not confirmed
AFRINIC's statistics show it reserved on 2021-12-20 and available on 2021-12-21. AFRINIC moved it from its reserved (held) records to the status it calls 'available'. That is AFRINIC's own label: whether and when it is reissued is not confirmed.
Evidence (3) · classifier 1.4.0,
StatisticsFound by comparing AFRINIC's daily statistics: 102.218.18.0/23 reserved on 2021-12-20, available on 2021-12-21source · retrieved
BeforeAFRINIC delegated statistics 2021-12-20, before the change: reservedsource · retrieved
AfterAFRINIC delegated statistics 2021-12-21, after the change: availablesource · retrieved
Classification history for this change (4 versions)
: Released from hold (AFRINIC lists it as 'available'), strong inference (classifier 1.3.0)
: Released from hold (AFRINIC lists it as 'available'), strong inference (classifier 1.3.1)
: Released from hold (AFRINIC lists it as 'available'), strong inference (classifier 1.3.2)
: Released from hold (AFRINIC lists it as 'available'), strong inference (classifier 1.4.0) current
Transfer records
No transfer log has a transfer of any part of this IPv4 range.
RDAP lookups
Not looked up. The tracker queries RDAP for changes as they're reported (on first sight, after 24 hours and after seven days); older changes aren't looked up because today's RDAP says nothing about the past.