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Re: [Idr] new ID on expansion of private use ASN range

Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> Tue, 03 July 2012 09:05 UTC

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Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:05:34 +0900
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Subject: Re: [Idr] new ID on expansion of private use ASN range
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the motivation is not clearly stated.  the only thing i could find
was

   The limited size of the current range of private use ASNs has led to
   the usage of a number of implementation specific features that
   manipulate the AS_PATH or remove AS_PATH based loop prevention
   described in Section 9 of [RFC4271].

and it is not clear how more private ASs will ameliorate this.

perhaps a clear statement of need, and why this is the best solution,
right up front would be helpful.

randy

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