AS216174 is a registry-only RIPE ASN held by the French nonprofit HUGUET (ex-INDIA-01). There is no active routing footprint, and the RIPE record has not been updated to the new name. A contradictory Cloudflare Radar label points to Spearware Networks LLC, a US company with its own ARIN AS833. This split attribution is the primary intelligence gap. Key watchpoints: RIPE record update, BGP prefix announcements, and authoritative resolution of the Spearware link. The profile should prevent single-source misattribution in abuse and routing workflows.

Association HUGUET (formerly INDIA-01)

AS216174 is a RIPE-assigned autonomous system number held by the French nonprofit association HUGUET, formerly INDIA-01, with no active routing footprint. Conflicting public telemetry data labels the same ASN as Spearware Networks LLC, creating attribution uncertainty that directly affects abuse handling and routing policy enforcement.

Why It Matters

A misreading of the attribution could redirect abuse complaints, RPKI routing-security actions, or investigative resources to the wrong organisation. Conversely, if AS216174 becomes active, the split identity will complicate network intelligence unless the evidence is reconciled.

What Public Sources Show

AS216174 is a RIPE-registered autonomous system number held by a French nonprofit association that recently changed its legal identity from INDIA-01 to HUGUET. The number itself carries no active prefixes in the global routing table, and its registry record has not yet been updated to reflect the new association name.

The profile matters because public routing-telemetry sources label the same ASN as Spearware Networks LLC in the United States, creating a split attribution that can mislead abuse handlers and threat analysts who rely on a single data point.

Registry evidence from RIPE RDAP and WHOIS mirrors shows AS216174 was assigned to Association INDIA-01 on 11 October 2023, with the aut-num object last modified on 2 September 2025. IPinfo and bgp.tools confirm the network has zero active IPv4 or IPv6 prefixes and does not appear in the global routing table. The RIPE database therefore provides the sole authoritative operating surface for the number today.

French public association records offer a deeper institutional layer. The organisation was created on 29 August 2023 under RNA W273009027 in Nonancourt, originally named INDIA-01. A Journal Officiel modification published on 22 April 2026 changed the title to HUGUET and restructured it as a loi-1901 holding-style association, with its website now at huguet-groupe.com.

The group describes itself as a nonprofit reinvesting all resources into members and projects, and it lists HUGUET-CONNECT as one of its operating entities.

HUGUET-CONNECT publicly advertises digital training, IT assistance, network maintenance, and administration of online infrastructure and communications-electronics systems. This aligns with the association's self-described mission but does not, by itself, prove active network operations. The concrete control surfaces for AS216174 remain the RIPE registry object, its maintainer and contact roles, and any associated AS-SET records. No PeeringDB entry or IXP presence has been identified in the current evidence set.

A critical uncertainty arises from Cloudflare Radar, which labels AS216174 as Spearware Networks LLC – a US-based company that holds AS833 under ARIN. IPinfo's prefix page for 165.140.200.0/24 places that block under AS833 Spearware, while other public datasets have at times associated the same or nearby prefixes with AS216174. Without live BGP table data or an operator statement, the conflict cannot be resolved.

It may stem from a stale route-origin attribution, a brief leak, or a more persistent misconfiguration.

Analysts who accept the Cloudflare or ARIN label at face value risk linking activity originating from Spearware Networks LLC to the French nonprofit, or vice versa. A future abuse complaint, routing incident, or RPKI policy change could therefore target the wrong organisation unless the attribution split is acknowledged and verified against live routing data.

The assessment shifts when the RIPE registry record is updated to name HUGUET, when AS216174 begins originating prefixes in the global BGP table, when PeeringDB or IXP records appear, or when an authoritative explanation for the Spearware label is published. Any newly discovered prefix announcements should be cross-checked against RouteViews or RIPE RIS before operational decisions are made.

Operating Surface

The subject is a registry-only network number holder undergoing an organisational rename from INDIA-01 to HUGUET. Its public control surface is limited to the RIPE AS216174 object and associated French association records; no active prefixes or peering relationships are publicly visible.

The conflict between the RIPE registrant and the Cloudflare Radar label means any operational decision based on a single source is likely wrong. Tracking registry changes, BGP announcements, and the resolution of the Spearware link helps prevent misattribution of abuse or routing incidents.

Watchpoints

The AS216174 registration is held by a small French nonprofit with no active routing presence, but conflicting public telemetry attribution introduces significant uncertainty for network intelligence consumers. The strategic value is in monitoring the resolution of this conflict, as it will signal either a cleanup of stale data or the emergence of operational activity under the HUGUET umbrella.

Immediate: whether the RIPE ORG-AI250-RIPE record is updated to HUGUET. Near-term: any BGP prefix announcements from AS216174 or cross-registry transfers. Medium-term: public statements by Spearware or HUGUET that clarify the link; authoritative French government confirmation of the association's current status.

We lack a direct authoritative French government association page for RNA W273009027; the RIPE RDAP record may not yet reflect the rename; no BGP table evidence confirms current prefix origination for AS216174; no PeeringDB or IXP records exist; no operator statement explains why Cloudflare Radar labels the ASN as Spearware.

Sources

• Registry RDAP / WHOIS record - public-source identity and registry context for ASN-SNL.
• Registry RDAP / WHOIS record - RIPE's public RDAP service is the authoritative-style lookup path for RIPE aut-num objects; the AS216174 object is the registry basis for the Association INDIA-01/AS216174 identity discussed here.
• Registry RDAP / WHOIS record - RIPE-mirrored WHOIS output for AS216174 lists as-name INDIA-01, org ORG-AI250-RIPE, status ASSIGNED, creation on 2023-10-11, last modification on 2025-09-02, and organisation name Association INDIA-01 in France.
• ipinfo.io - IPinfo lists AS216174 as Association INDIA-01 in France, website india-01.com, registry RIPE, allocated 2023-10-11, updated 2025-09-02, with no known IP addresses, hosted domains, peers, upstreams, or downstreams on the AS page.
• bgp.tools - bgp.tools reports AS216174 as not currently in the global routing table and shows 0 IPv4 and 0 IPv6 prefixes originated on the page, while also linking the network to india-01.com and an AS-SET label AS216174:AS-INDIA-01.
• assoce.fr - Assoce links INDIA-01 to RNA W273009027 in Nonancourt and reports a 2026-04-22 Journal Officiel modification changing the title to HUGUET, changing the object to a holding-style association, and listing huguet-groupe.com as the site.
• huguet-groupe.com - The HUGUET site describes a French loi 1901 association group, 100 percent nonprofit, with resources reinvested into members and projects, and lists HUGUET-CONNECT and HUGUET PRODUCTION as association entities.
• huguet-connect.fr - HUGUET-CONNECT publicly describes digital training, IT assistance, network maintenance, and administration of online infrastructure and communications-electronics systems.
• radar.cloudflare.com - Cloudflare Radar labels AS216174 as Spearware Networks LLC in the United States, providing evidence of a current public routing-telemetry attribution conflict with RIPE/IPinfo registry-oriented records.
• ipgeolocation.io - ARIN-oriented evidence for Spearware Networks LLC identifies Spearware as the holder of AS833 SWN-AS and OrgID SNL-119, which supports treating Spearware as a separate organisation candidate rather than assuming it is the registry holder of AS216174.
• ipinfo.io - IPinfo's 165.140.200.0/24 page places that prefix under AS833 Spearware Networks LLC with ARIN WHOIS details, while other public pages tie the same or nearby prefixes to AS216174, reinforcing the need to verify route-origin state before attribution.