<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On Mar 14, 2012, at 9:09 AM, John Curran wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="BodyFragment"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><div class="PlainText"> I've been asked why 4-Byte ASN's don't seem work in the ARIN region, but <br>
do seem to work all of the other regions.<br></div></span></font></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>FUD</div><div><br></div><div>I've implemented them with perfect success, only to have them removed because someone was told a scary story. I have likewise met vendors who have gear which supports 4-byte ASNs who are unwilling to implement them in our peering session due to unreasoned, no-facts-need-apply fear.</div><br><div>
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