[lir-wg] AS Number Policy - continued

Look like those singlehomed ASs need to shutdown their primary link and
activate their backup link so RIPE NCC could verify their LEGAL use of ASes
:(

For the unused ASs, I think an annual renewal fee is a whole lot easier to
verify their intent to use then go thru INCOMPLETE global routing table and
non-distribute whois db :)

Ping Lu
Cable & Wireless USA
Network Tools and Analysis Group
W: +1-703-292-2359
E: plu at cw.net



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oliver Bartels [mailto:oliver at bartels.de]
> Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 9:31 AM
> To: lir-wg at ripe.net
> Subject: Re: [lir-wg] AS Number Policy - continued
> 
> 
> Hello,
> On Mon, 5 Aug 2002 14:52:13 +0200 (CEST), Sebastian Willing wrote:
> >ASs allocated to RIPE:		6016
> >ASs unassigned:			 616
> >ASs singlehomed:		 224
> >ASs unused:			1526
> Good peace of work, interesting ...
> 
> This statistics shows that the typical problem case isn't a 
> singlehomed
> ASn, it's just an *unused at all* ASn.
> 
> Thus it seems it isn't necessary to establish a big buerocracy
> with forms to be signed etc. (like we German tend to do ;-|, its
> just sufficient to validate their use in the global table and/or view
> peer/upstream AS references (listing in as-set or aut-num object
> of partner) corresponding to the ASn in the RIPE database.
> 
> IMHO this should give a large yield (1500+x) with little effort
> and covers most "I am $BIGCOMPANY and need a ASn because
> its rare and for free" cases.
> 
> Best Regards
> Oliver Bartels
> 
> 
> 
> Oliver Bartels F+E + Bartels System GmbH + 85435 Erding, Germany
> oliver at bartels.de + http://www.bartels.de + Tel. +49-8122-9729-0
> 
>