[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.
>>>
>>> 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 ...

"Some cases"  and "semi-private" doesn't sound to convincing to me :)

I think that this is up to the definition of "publicly visible". If I have 
one upstream and several peers, that is to me "public". I see few (no?) 
other real reasons for assigning an AS that is not seen through two or more 
paths in the global routing table.

Best regards,

- kurtis -