[57733] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Low AS - Number
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Kuhnke)
Mon Apr 21 12:14:51 2003
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Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 09:11:35 -0700
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From: Eric Kuhnke <eric@fnordsystems.com>
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The US Army Aberdeen Proving Ground controls ASN 666. Coincidence? I think not!
:)
At 12:10 PM 4/21/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>On Mon, 21 Apr 2003, Dwight Ringdahl wrote:
>> Nope strictly for marketing reasons... ASN has almost no place in BGP
>> selection.
>
>Dang Geek Pride! (Still MH94 and 3901 after all these years..)
>
>It's worse than hanging around Ham radio guys with 4 digit call signs...
>
>.. Next we'll get into .. "I booted off of paper tape.." and then..
>"I booted off of flip switches".. but I'm one of the few that have
>strung ferrites on a loom.. Martha.. get me my cane..
>
>------- And to get completely off topic.. Why/how would you use
>an ASN for marketing purposes? And should this even be considered..
>except as a tongue in cheek geek thing?
