<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 4:24 PM, John Curran <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jcurran@arin.net" target="_blank">jcurran@arin.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Apr 6, 2016, at 4:17 PM, Bill Buhler <<a href="mailto:bill@tknow.com">bill@tknow.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Thanks for the clarification John,<br>
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> So I understand you, regarding IPv4 you are recycling the deadbeat resources already.<br>
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> My impression though is that you aren’t doing the same with 2-byte ASN? I think it would be good policy to begin reclamation of those resources.<br>
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</span>We are recycling ASN’s that are returned - after the hold period we confirm that<br>
they’re not in active routing and then will reissue if someone makes an explicit<br>
request for a 2-byte ASN.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>If a 2-byte ASN comes available and no one immediately requests an explicit 2-byte ASN, will you reissue the 2-byte ASN to the next non-explicit ASN requester (who presumably would be just as happy with a 4-byte ASN), or do you keep the 2-byte ASN in inventory until the next explicit 2-byte ASN request?</div><div><br></div><div>-Scott</div><div><br></div></div></div></div>