[arin-ppml] ARIN 2-Byte ASN inventory and issuance (was: Re: 2-byte ASN policy)

[Brian Jones]

On Apr 8, 2016 7:26 PM, "David Farmer" <farmer at umn.edu> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 2:24 PM, Scott Leibrand <scottleibrand at gmail.com>
wrote:
>>
>> Thanks, John.
>>
>> It sounds to me like ARIN is already doing the right thing (saving
2-byte ASNs for people who specifically want them), and that is sufficient
for the time being.  It does not appear that additional restrictions on who
may request a 2-byte ASN are necessary at this time.  If at some point 5+
years down the road the rate of 2-byte ASN demand starts to exceed the
recovered supply and the 2-byte ASN inventory is depleted, we can consider
a waiting list and/or technical requirements for requesting a 2-byte ASN at
that time.
>>
>> Is there any other reason we need to consider taking action sooner?
>
>
> I agree the current procedures are meeting our needs and see no need for
immediate changes.   However, I would suggest the community get regular
reports on the inventory levels for 2-byte ASNs.  Adding a slide to one of
the many reports at the PPMs seems logical, but I'd leave it up to staff to
determine the best mechanism for such reporting.
>
> Assuming we stay on the current trajectory, I think we should look at
this again in about two years.  Hopefully, by then the rate of use for
2-byte ASNs will have slowed even more and any real operational threat from
running out of 2-byte ASNs will be greatly diminished if not non-existent.
If not we should still have sufficient time to plan for a soft landing.
>
>> Was there something else I'm missing that prompted ARIN staff to start
the consultation process around a 2-byte ASN waiting list?
>>
>> -Scott
>
>
> One side issue that came up in this discussion that I think could be
worthy of follow up and/or further discussion.  The number of ASNs in the
routing table that are not properly registered, surprised me a little;
 350+ unregistered ASNs and 900+ prefixes associated with them, were the
easy numbers for me to find.  What I don't know, does that represent a
constant churn of short-term issues, where most of them come and go over a
few months.  Or, are most those chronic long-term issues that are not
getting cleaned up even after several years.  If it's the later, then maybe
we need to do something about that.

+1 - I agree if this is a long term issue we really should be doing
something about it. Good information Thanks David.

>
> Thanks
>
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