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

[Marshall Eubanks]

I would not prefer hex. How many different ways do we need to  
describe 32 bit numbers ? Are we going to
mix  hex and decimal with old and new ASN numbers ?

I do like the <second 16 bits>.<last 16 bits> notation if there is  
going to be any aggregation of ASN numbers, which it seems like there  
will be. In that case, though, why not use CIDR notation ? It seems  
like the  proposal
includes giving each RIR a /16 ASN block - I wonder if geographic  
based addressing models will start asking for ASN blocks (say, a /15  
to give one ASN for each US zip code) ?

Regards
Marshall Eubanks

On Dec 13, 2005, at 2:48 PM, David Kessens wrote:

>
> Geoff,
>
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 08:14:58PM +1100, Geoff Huston wrote:
>> 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
>
> I would prefer hex notation for the numbers. When numbers get larger,
> the ASCII version gets longer and longer. Hex could compress it's size
> considerably and we might even want to skip the '.' altogether.
>
> David Kessens
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