[144710] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The Cidr Report - 4byte ASN handling
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Hamelin)
Sat Sep 17 01:12:16 2011
In-Reply-To: <201109171239.10460.mtinka@globaltransit.net>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 22:11:30 -0700
From: Joe Hamelin <joe@nethead.com>
To: mtinka@globaltransit.net
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
I say we all start using octal two's complement for extended ASNs.
(note to self: don't post to NANOG after a night out with a vendor.)
--
Joe Hamelin, W7COM, Tulalip, WA, 360-474-7474
On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 9:39 PM, Mark Tinka <mtinka@globaltransit.net>wrote:
> On Saturday, September 17, 2011 04:49:17 AM Tassos
> Chatzithomaoglou wrote:
>
> > btw, am i the only one who finds it easier to remember
> > asdot formatted ASNs?
>
> They're easier to remember, but if you operate an ASN for a
> reasonable period of time, it's okay to assume that you will
> remember it, whether it's as-plain or otherwise.
>
> The same would hold true for your favorite upstreams, peers,
> customers and role model ISP's :-).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mark.
>
