[165848] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: 32-bit ASN acceptance by ISPs in ARIN region
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nick Hilliard)
Mon Sep 23 10:46:32 2013
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Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 15:35:47 +0100
From: Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org>
To: "R. Benjamin Kessler" <Ben.Kessler@zenetra.com>
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On 23/09/2013 15:30, R. Benjamin Kessler wrote:
> I'd like to see an option for a larger private ASN block - 1K of private ASNs can be quite a pain in really large organizations.
>
> I have seen others mention this in the past - e.g.
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/cisco/nsp/158375
>
> But apparently there's not enough traction to cause movement.
For 32 bit ASNs, there's RFC 6996. If you're looking for more 16 bit
private ASNs, you've missed the boat: they're all gone.
Nick
