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Re: 32-bit ASN acceptance by ISPs in ARIN region


From: Geoff Huston <gih () apnic net>
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 23:28:58 +1000


On 23/09/2013, at 8:01 PM, Nick Hilliard <nick () foobar org> wrote:

On 23/09/2013 00:15, John Curran wrote:
Not being able to use 32-bit ASNs in your network and support systems will  
inevitably lead to confusion for those customers who are assigned them.

I look forward to the day when we have proper 32 bit BGP community support
and ASN32s finally become usable on nontrivial networks.


Is there some reference that describes the problems with the use of RFC5668? I was not aware
that there were residual issues here.


regards,

   Geoff




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