[163530] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Single AS multiple Dirverse Providers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Mon Jun 10 15:37:59 2013
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
In-Reply-To: <835D1CC6-CA40-4C39-939A-B444291A2869@atrato.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:37:23 -0400
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Jun 10, 2013, at 15:23 , Job Snijders <job.snijders@atrato.com> =
wrote:
>> The alternative is to expect "networks" with 100s or 1000s of =
locations to burn 100s or 1000s of ASNs. Which I think is a bit silly. =
Hence my question about possibly changing the rules.
>=20
> I see no issue with that, we have an ASN pool of roughly 4294967280 =
ASNs. There is no shortage. Also BCP6 section 5 [1] would support the =
philosophy to just get more ASNs when you need to manage multiple =
islands.=20
Ever tried to get a single peer set up sessions in 50+ places with 50+ =
ASNs?
Neither have I. Nor do I plan to try any time soon.
Anyway, looks like the comments lean towards "leave it as it is", and =
some people will knowingly violate the rules, as has been done since the =
Internet began.
--=20
TTFN,
patrick
