[75928] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Iljitsch van Beijnum)
Sun Nov 28 15:28:13 2004
In-Reply-To: <20041128195655.GA21918@oisec.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
From: Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch@muada.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 21:27:40 +0100
To: Cliff Albert <cliff@oisec.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On 28-nov-04, at 20:56, Cliff Albert wrote:
>>> I am looking from a RIPE point of view. Lately I see ISPs popping
>>> out of
>>> the ground requesting ASNs and having actually only 1 upstream (there
>>> are 2 upstreams in the routing database, but in the real world there
>>> is
>>> only 1 upstream).
RIPE wants to see (email) contact info for two peers / upstreams. AS
numbers are invariably easier than getting IP addresses. (Except IPv6
address blocks, those have the fastest turnaround of any type of
request, but you have to include a network diagram.)
>> RIPE checks new ASN assignments after 6 months for evidence of
>> adherence
>> to the rules. I've personally seen this happen for a customer ASN.
> This is good, but it should also happen for ASN's that are already
> active. An check for active use of the ASN and conforming to the
> current
> rules every 6 months should be a nice thing.
Good luck trying to get those AS numbers back when they are ok by the
rules as per the assignment, just not the current ones. This kind of
stuff is why parents want their kids to go to law school.
Reclaiming AS numbers is a waste of time. We need to move beyond 16
bits at some point anyway.
Oh, and just for fun: tell me if you see AS12945 in your routing table.
I can assure you that this AS number was assigned and is still used in
full compliance with RIPE policies.
