[lir-wg] AS Number Policy

Definitely there is AS number being used within our backbone but not
advertised to public
network. So the AS number should be allowed to be registered but not
advertised the same way
as IP address is treated.

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



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Robinson [mailto:matthew at crescent.org.uk]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 9:57 AM
> To: Vladimir A. Jakovenko
> Cc: Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACOnet; lir-wg at ripe.net
> Subject: Re: [lir-wg] AS Number Policy
> 
> 
> In the documentation for address space provision is made for 
> assigning addresses to organisations that will NEVER be 
> connected to the Internet but require uniqueness from private 
> address space.
> 
> Whilst I can't think of a specific example to apply to AS 
> numbers, should this uniqueness be extended to AS numbers 
> that do not show up in the routing table but are very much on-line?
> 
> I also recon 3 months to get online although given the length 
> of time it can take a big comapany to integrate a small one 
> lets say 12 months for returning.
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> Matthew
>