[ppml] Proposed Policy: 4-Byte AS Number Policy Proposal

[Bill Darte]

I believe the proposal addresses the issue in that it prepares the industry
for the transition and transitions the allocation process allowing
flexibility throughout.
In the end-state, the remaining 2 byte numbers will be allocated in 4 byte
format, right.

bd

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ppml-bounces at arin.net [mailto:ppml-bounces at arin.net] On 
> Behalf Of Andrew Dul
> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 12:09 PM
> To: ppml at arin.net
> Subject: Re: [ppml] Proposed Policy: 4-Byte AS Number Policy Proposal
> 
> 
> >  -------Original Message-------
> >  From: william(at)elan.net <william at elan.net>
> >  Subject: Re: [ppml] Proposed Policy: 4-Byte AS Number 
> Policy Proposal
> >  Sent: 12 Dec '05 09:28
> >  
> >  
> >  On Mon, 12 Dec 2005, Andrew Dul wrote:
> >  
> >  > This is proposed as a temporary policy, which to me 
> means that if 
> > the  > policy is approved at some point it will automatically be 
> > removed from  > the NPRM on 1/1/2010.  Which means we will 
> then only 
> > have the current AS  > number policy.  Does everyone feel that the 
> > current text will then be  > sufficient in a 4 byte world?  
> Or do we 
> > need additional text to deal  > with the new issues in a 
> 4-byte world?
> >  
> >  What issues?
> 
> Suppose I wanted, for some reason, an AS from the old 2-byte 
> space.  Could I request one?   Or maybe I wanted a 4-byte for 
> another reason could I request one be allocated from that range?
> 
> Mostly I just asking the question, since moving to a 4-byte 
> world seems to be a pretty big step and we should try and 
> cover the various cases that are going to develop from this change.
> 
> Andrew
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