[address-policy-wg] 2014-03 two cents on multi homing ASN requirement

On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 01:09:40PM +0100, Nick Hilliard wrote:
> On 16/08/2014 12:31, Job Snijders wrote:
> > A new AS Number should only be assigned when the End User expresses a need
> > that cannot be satisfied with an existing AS Number. RIPE NCC will record,
> > but not evaluate this need.
> 
> This is an excellent idea.  I have a legitimate operational need for a
> large number of autonomous system numbers - slightly less than 2^32.  The
> rest of the internet will be left with a couple of thousand which should do
> for the rest of time, assuming that they're handled sparingly.  Anyways,
> people can use the private assignment range if they're stuck.

Already today you can request slightly less than 2^32 ASNs. For each
request indicate that the requested ASN will peer with the two ASNs
requested previously.

> So count this as definite support for the proposal as it stands.

Thank you for your support.

Kind regards,

Job