IPv4 and ASN Policy draft on-line

>> in arin-land, i think they actually ask to see proof of dual-homing before
>> issuing the asn.but you want to TEST that it is actually deployed.what
>> is not clear to me is HOW to do that.please take into account the problem
>> of bgp best-path-only propagation.
> I do the same in RIPEland as well.  BGP best-path-only does put a crimp in
> the works which is why one needs to check a few public route servers.  I
> cycle thru all multihomers (that I have allocated) every few months and
> check 3-4 large route servers or LGs and see who doesn't show up at all
> (went bellyup) or has only 1 path (dropped the 2nd due to economic
> downturn).

expecting an ec-style bureaucracy (<g>) to do something like that seems
unreasonable.  what if one link is down for a day or a week (should a metric
week have ten days?:-)?  i suspect this is among the reasons the rirs use
more administrative tests.  all in all, it's a pain.

randy