Re: autosys to a PS

Bill Manning <bmanning@isi.edu> Sat, 11 March 1995 16:29 UTC

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From: Bill Manning <bmanning@isi.edu>
Subject: Re: autosys to a PS
To: Peter Lothberg <roll@stupi.se>
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 1995 08:18:38 -0800
Cc: yakov@watson.ibm.com, bgp@ans.net
In-Reply-To: <199503101602.AA15696@interlock.ans.net> from "Peter Lothberg" at Mar 10, 95 02:56:53 pm
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> 
> > Folks,
> > 
> > of an Autonomous System (AS)" Internet draft
> > (draft-ietf-idr-autosys-guide-02.txt) to a Proposed Standard. If anyone
> 
> I have problems with this paper, as it is used by the registrys to
> refuce people who have good technical reasons for using BGP to get an
> AS-number.
> 
> So now, when we can't use it, and are limited to using leakings IGP's or 
> other kludges, what did we gain by this?
> 
> If running out of AS-numbers is a problem, how about make them 32
> bits?
> 

I said I'd keep my mouth shut, but I have to concur with Peter on this one.
The draft, as is, is to restrictive.

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--bill