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[db-wg] AS-NULL

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Nick Hilliard nick at inex.ie
Tue Dec 16 14:12:54 CET 2014

On 16/12/2014 08:51, Wilfried Woeber wrote:
> After having a look at some RFCs I'd suggest to rather go for an AS-EMPTY,
> as the use of AS0 (AS zero or null) seems to have some semantics attached.

AS0 is autonomous system number 0 which is not what we're talking about here.

"Null" has a very specific meaning: it refers to a set with no members.
Given that RPSL is designed around set theory, AS-NULL is a more
appropriate name than AS-EMPTY.

Nick

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