Hi, On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 12:58:44PM +0200, Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACOnet wrote:
Wrong. there are valid cases where a (globally unique) AS# is required which does not show up in the DFZ. (and, of course, there are places where a private AS# would do just as well).
Hmmm. I'm curious: could you name a few? The things that I could imagine are "private peerings somewhere", which "should" work using private AS#s just fine.
The bottom line is: how much are we (collectively) prepared to pay (in real money for RIR staff salaries, complexity, hassle and delay for *all* requests) in order to save a couple of AS numbers...
Or to phrase it differently: will it be more expensive than to upgrade all routers world-wide to be able to handle 32bit AS#s? While there *is* the option to never reclaim AS#s and just go to 32bits, I, for one, do not really want to handle 32-bit-long AS#s in daily operation, and do not really want to see all the new and exciting bugs that they would bring with them... Gert Doering -- NetMaster -- SpaceNet AG Mail: netmaster@Space.Net Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Tel : +49-89-32356-0 80807 Muenchen Fax : +49-89-32356-299