<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 12:07 PM, Job Snijders <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:job@ntt.net" target="_blank">job@ntt.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span class="gmail-">On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 12:01:44PM -0800, Chris Woodfield wrote:<br>
> The thread that precipitated this proposal is here:<br>
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> <a href="http://lists.arin.net/pipermail/arin-ppml/2017-December/032112.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.arin.net/<wbr>pipermail/arin-ppml/2017-<wbr>December/032112.html</a><br>
> <<a href="http://lists.arin.net/pipermail/arin-ppml/2017-December/032112.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.arin.net/<wbr>pipermail/arin-ppml/2017-<wbr>December/032112.html</a>><br>
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> The main motivator appears to be differences in supply/demand ratios<br>
> for 16-bit ASNs in different regions. I agree that the problem<br>
> statement should capture this need.<br>
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</span>There is also the matter of consistency: when an organisation ends up<br>
moving a portion or all of their resources to another RIR, it would be<br>
strange if the ASNs have to be left behind. Renumbering ASNs can be a<br>
very expensive and involved process, so simply 'requesting a new one' in<br>
the other region may not be feasible.<br></blockquote><div><br></div>Personally I'd rather not go down the "ASNs that can be represented as a 16-bit integer" rabbit hole again. I think the better problem statement here is Job's one here. Maybe add something like this to the problem statement in the proposal?<br><br><div>"When an organisation ends up moving a portion or all of their IPv4 resources to another RIR, it is often most efficient to transfer the ASN used with them. Renumbering ASNs can be a very expensive and involved process, so simply 'requesting a new one' in the other region may not be feasible."</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div>-Scott</div></div></div></div>