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

[Geoff Huston]

my mistake - I did mean 16 bit separation - I just didn't type it!


ok - unless I hear to the contrary I'll run with the notation <high>.<low>

e.g. 10.1


  Geoff

At 06:14 PM 13/12/2005, Owen DeLong wrote:
>I think it's fine, although, I'm not sure we need nibble separation rather
>than just two 16 bit fields as originally proposed.
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>I think AS 45.1234 (equivalent to 2,950,354 or 45*65536+1234) is fine.
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>I suspect that is what you meant, but, a nibble is 4 bits or one hex digit.
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>Owen
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>--On December 13, 2005 5:14:05 PM +1100 Geoff Huston <gih at apnic.net> wrote:
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>>Your point about syntactical confusion with AS number communities is well
>>taken.
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>>What about a dot as the nibble separator within the AS number then?
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>>Geoff
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>>At 05:07 PM 13/12/2005, Owen DeLong wrote:
>>>In general, I like the policy, however, I think the nomenclature is a bad
>>>idea as specified below:
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>>>>          Nomenclature
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>>>>          It is proposed to identify 4-byte AS Numbers using a syntax of
>>>>          <high order 16 bit value in decimal>:<low order 16 bit value
>>>>          in decimal>. Accordingly, a 4-byte AS number of value 65546
>>>>          (decimal) would be identified as "1:10".
>>>That fits really well with the current ASN:Comm syntax used for
>>>communities... NOT!  This will create no end of confusion by
>>>using this nomenclature.  Is 45:1234 AS45 community 1234 or
>>>is it AS45:1234?  What about communities within 16 bit ASNs?
>>>Will it then become AS45:1234:5678?
>>>
>>>Perhaps using dot as a separator as in 45.1234 instead would be a better
>>>idea.  Perhaps hyphen, perhaps something else.  I really don't care, but,
>>>I'd hate to see : used as it will do nothing but create confusion.
>>>
>>>Owen
>>>
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