[165827] in North American Network Operators' Group
32-bit ASN acceptance by ISPs in ARIN region (was: Re: Weekly
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Curran)
Sun Sep 22 19:15:49 2013
From: John Curran <jcurran@arin.net>
To: "nanog@nanog.org List" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 23:15:28 +0000
In-Reply-To: <201309201851.r8KIp0eZ029012@thyme.rand.apnic.net>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Sep 20, 2013, at 2:51 PM, Routing Analysis Role Account <cscora@apnic.ne=
t> wrote:
> Analysis Summary
> ----------------
> ...
> Number of 32-bit ASNs allocated by the RIRs: 5066
> Number of 32-bit ASNs visible in the Routing Table: 3947
> ...
> ARIN Region Analysis Summary
> ----------------------------
> ...
> Number of ARIN region 32-bit ASNs visible in the Routing Table: 21
Folks -=20
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If you work for a Internet service provider, please check your readiness
to accept customers with 32-bit ASNs as soon as possible. While we still =
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have some 16-bit ASNs in ARIN's regional pool, availability is limited and=
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we do not anticipate receiving additional 16-bit ASN blocks from IANA.
Not being able to use 32-bit ASNs in your network and support systems will=
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inevitably lead to confusion for those customers who are assigned them.
Thanks!
/John
John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN
