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

[Geoff Huston <gih () apnic net>]

On 24/09/2013, at 12:02 AM, Job Snijders <job.snijders () atrato com> wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 11:28:58PM +1000, Geoff Huston wrote:
>
> > On 23/09/2013, at 8:01 PM, Nick Hilliard <nick () foobar org> wrote:
> >
> > > 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.
>
> It would've been really nice if one could fit more than 16 bit in the
> locally administrated part. 
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Job


I'm sorry, but I'm still confused, as I see your comment as one that relates to the
size of the payload field here, as distinct from the support for 32 bit AS numbers
per se.


   Geoff