[members-discuss] BGP peer requirement for new AS Number

Dear Edward

Let's imagine an LIR that has IPv4 & IPv6 allocation without AS Number.
When they ask for an AS Number RIPE NCC says you have to have two peers.
But this new LIR only has one peer. Is it impossible?

So if RIPE NCC asks for our peer to confirm, why don't they contact them to
confirm?
And they can easily find the LIR contact of those AS Numbers and get
confirm from them. Why should we tell the email and the phone number of our
peer to RIPE NCC?
This question just makes our process longer.

On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 5:45 PM, Edward Dore <
ripe at freethought-internet.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi Shahin,
>
> Currently section 2.0 of RIPE's Autonomous System (AS) Number Assignment
> Policies document (http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-525) says "A
> network must be multihomed in order to qualify for an AS Number", therefore
> under the currently policy you shouldn't be requesting an ASN if you only
> intend to peer with one other ASN.
>
> If you have a single upstream provider then you are deemed to have the
> same routing policy as them and as such not require an ASN.
>
> There is however a proposal to change this policy and remove the
> multihoming requirement:
> http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2014-03
>
> Edward Dore
> Freethought Internet
>
> On 12 Jan 2015, at 12:48, Shahin Gharghi <ripe at rased.ir> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> When an LIR (new LIR or existed one) wants to have a new AS Number, RIPE
> NCC asks for their peers. At least two peer should be listed.
> I want to ask is it important for the RIPE NCC to know who are the peers?
> For example in Iran most of ISP's has only one peer and that is AS12880 or
> AS48159. And this company(TIC) won't confirm any request.
> Even if it is important for the RIPE NCC, they can search their database
> and ask the LIR contact of those LIR's to confirm the new peer's request.
>
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