[ppml] Policy Proposal 2005-9: 4-Byte AS Number

Tony Li tony.li at tony.li
Wed Dec 21 16:54:43 EST 2005


> 	not to confuse policy w/ design but...
>
> 	hum... an i had thought that -all- ASN's were defined in 4 byte
> 	space - but historically only the low order bytes were delegated.
> 	e.g. there is no such thing as a 2 byte ASN, just a 2 byte  
> representation.
>


Bill,

That would have been nice...  however, that doesn't match reality.

Tony




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