<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 2:24 PM, Scott Leibrand <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:scottleibrand@gmail.com" target="_blank">scottleibrand@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Thanks, John.<div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Is there any other reason we need to consider taking action sooner? </div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Was there something else I'm missing that prompted ARIN staff to start the consultation process around a 2-byte ASN waiting list?</div><div><br></div><div>-Scott</div></div></blockquote><div> <br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks </div><div><br></div></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">===============================================<br>David Farmer <a href="mailto:Email%3Afarmer@umn.edu" target="_blank">Email:farmer@umn.edu</a><br>Networking & Telecommunication Services<br>Office of Information Technology<br>University of Minnesota <br>2218 University Ave SE Phone: 612-626-0815<br>Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029 Cell: 612-812-9952<br>=============================================== </div>
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