Re: as numbers

[Geoff Huston <cidr-report () potaroo net>]

At 08:15 PM 1/08/2005, Stephen J. Wilcox wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Jul 2005, Geoff Huston wrote:
>
> > So - to NANOG at large - if you want your vendor to include 4-Byte AS 
> support
> > in their BGP code anytime soon, in order to avoid some last minute 
> panic in a
> > couple of years hence, then it would appear that you should talk to 
> them now
> > and say clearly that you want 4-Byte AS support in your BGP software right
> > now.
>
> Geoff, excellent idea..
>
> before I forward this email to my suppliers tho, is there a reference I can
> send.. excuse my ignorance but I'm not familiar with research done on 4-byte
> ASNs, is there a proposed standard implementation?

There is a draft  draft-ietf-idr-as4bytes-10.txt- it is a draft because 
under the current
IETF procedures there needs to be 2 independent implementations of the 
specification,
and at the moment only Redback's BGP has implemented this. Once there is a 2nd
implementation it will enter the Internet Standards track as a Draft Standard.



> If I have something definite to request I will immediately send those emails,


http://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2005-08/as.html

contains the analysis of the AS number consumption data

  regards,

    Geoff