Re: AS Numbers unused/sitting for long periods of time

[Seth Mattinen <sethm () rollernet us>]

On 1/2/18 2:46 PM, James Breeden wrote:
> And before you come back with "Well they may be using it internally where it doesn't need to be in the GRT" - that's 
> why we have Private AS numbers.
>
>
> I.e. some form of ARIN or global policy that basically says "If AS number not routed or whois updated or used in 24 months, 
> said AS number can be public noticed via mailing list and website and then revoked and reissued to a pending, approved AS 
> request"


That's a very broken idea. Immediately to my mind is any internet 
exchange with route servers will have an AS number that will never show 
in a path, let alone a global table. Yet such a route server requires a 
real AS number.

~Seth