IPv4 and ASN Policy draft on-line

At 12:58 25/09/01 +0200, Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACOnet wrote:
> >If I go the Oregon router server and look up their /19 and find only 1
> >path to that /19 or I find that the ASN origin has disappeared and been
> >replaced by their upstream then there is no justification for getting an
> >ASN.
> >
> >>
> >> randy
> >>
> >
> >Hank
>
>   Wrong.
>   there are valid cases where a (globally unique) AS# is required which
>   does not show up in the DFZ.  (and, of course, there are places where a
>   private AS# would do just as well).
>
>   The bottom line is: how much are we (collectively) prepared to pay (in
>   real money for RIR staff salaries, complexity, hassle and delay for
>   *all* requests) in order to save a couple of AS numbers...

Based on my estimates, 15-20% fall into the now defunct or now single homed 
category.  Totally not insignificant.

-Hank

>
>   -WW
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