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Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI
From: Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch () muada com>
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 21:27:40 +0100
On 28-nov-04, at 20:56, Cliff Albert wrote:
I am looking from a RIPE point of view. Lately I see ISPs popping out ofthe ground requesting ASNs and having actually only 1 upstream (thereare 2 upstreams in the routing database, but in the real world there isonly 1 upstream).
RIPE wants to see (email) contact info for two peers / upstreams. AS numbers are invariably easier than getting IP addresses. (Except IPv6 address blocks, those have the fastest turnaround of any type of request, but you have to include a network diagram.)
RIPE checks new ASN assignments after 6 months for evidence of adherenceto the rules. I've personally seen this happen for a customer ASN.
This is good, but it should also happen for ASN's that are alreadyactive. An check for active use of the ASN and conforming to the currentrules every 6 months should be a nice thing.
Good luck trying to get those AS numbers back when they are ok by the rules as per the assignment, just not the current ones. This kind of stuff is why parents want their kids to go to law school.
Reclaiming AS numbers is a waste of time. We need to move beyond 16 bits at some point anyway.
Oh, and just for fun: tell me if you see AS12945 in your routing table. I can assure you that this AS number was assigned and is still used in full compliance with RIPE policies.
Current thread:
- Re: Instant IPv6 PI solution for everyone (Was: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI), (continued)
- Re: Instant IPv6 PI solution for everyone (Was: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI) Owen DeLong (Nov 29)
- Re: Instant IPv6 PI solution for everyone (Was: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI) Jeroen Massar (Nov 29)
- Re: Instant IPv6 PI solution for everyone Iljitsch van Beijnum (Nov 29)
- Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI Cliff Albert (Nov 28)
- Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI Henning Brauer (Nov 28)
- Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI Owen DeLong (Nov 28)
- Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI Cliff Albert (Nov 28)
- Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI Owen DeLong (Nov 28)
- Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI Daniel Roesen (Nov 28)
- Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI Cliff Albert (Nov 28)
- Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI Iljitsch van Beijnum (Nov 28)
- Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI Cliff Albert (Nov 28)
- Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI Iljitsch van Beijnum (Nov 28)
- Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI Cliff Albert (Nov 28)
- 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI] Pekka Savola (Nov 28)
- Re: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI] Iljitsch van Beijnum (Nov 29)
- Re: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI] Daniel Roesen (Nov 29)
- Re: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI] Cliff Albert (Nov 29)
- Re: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI] Jeroen Massar (Nov 29)
- Re: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI] Owen DeLong (Nov 29)
- Re: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI] Jeroen Massar (Nov 29)