[lir-wg] AS Number Policy

On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Kurt Erik Lindqvist wrote:

>> > 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.
>> 
>> Isn't that the definition of private AS?

Not exactly.

There are some cases where there is a valid reason for a public AS number
to be issued, despite of the fact that it has semi-private nature. Same
thing applies with IP addresses - take, for example, 147.204.0.0/16 ...

Regards,
Beri