[lir-wg] AS Number Policy

> Why do you think confederate AS should belong to the same company ?
> And you can force one of them to use private AS ?

Uhm...why would you like to do confederations over multiple administrative 
domains? Beats me.


>> I may imagine only one case - customer's AS peering with public IX.
>>
>
> Yes, IX is another example that AS is originated but not visible in the
> GLOBAL routing table.

If the IX doesn't provide services they wan't visible to the entire world, 
why can't they use a private AS? Most IX:Es will require you to announce 
their AS if they peer with you, so that common services (like root 
name-servers, NTP servers, etc) are visible to all. Then they need a public 
AS and it will be visible.

- kurtis -