[93547] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The IESG Approved the Expansion of the AS Number Registry
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris L. Morrow)
Fri Dec 1 12:34:16 2006
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 17:04:38 +0000 (GMT)
From: "Chris L. Morrow" <christopher.morrow@verizonbusiness.com>
In-reply-to: <877ixbo8ge.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de>
To: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
Cc: Andy Davidson <andy@nosignal.org>,
NANOG Off-topic Gripes <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Fri, 1 Dec 2006, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Chris L. Morrow:
>
> > So, all of the current devices need to get upgraded before 'day one' of
> > 32-bit ASN use... that'll be fun :)
>
> | 6. Transition
> |
> | The scheme described in this document allows a gradual transition
> | from 2-octet AS numbers to 4-octet AS numbers. One can upgrade one
> | Autonomous System or one BGP speaker at a time.
>
> Routers on stub ASs don't need upgrading at all, for instance.
but filter lists and such I imagine might :(
