[ncc-services-wg] ASplain deployment

[Apologies for duplicates]


Dear Colleagues,

The RIPE NCC has now successfully completed the implementation of
ASPLAIN format in the RIPE Database.  If you are the maintainer of
any routing data in the RIPE Database that is associated with 32-bit
Autonomous System (AS) Numbers, please check your data to be sure
that it was correctly converted.

>From this point, any AS Numbers or references must be in the ASPLAIN
format. The ASDOT format will no longer be accepted in RIPE NCC
services such as the LIR Portal and the RIPE Database.

Please note that the Routing Information Service (RIS) RIS has not been
converted to ASPLAIN at this point. Some RIS tools may accept ASPLAIN
input, however this is not yet officially supported.

If you use AS Numbers internally, or with other tools that have not yet
been updated, you may be interested in a conversion tool that has been
provided by APNIC. This tool converts ASDOT format AS Numbers to ASPLAIN
and back. It can be downloaded from:
http://www.apnic.net/cgi-bin/convert-asn.pl

If you have any concerns about this matter, please send an email to
<asn32 at ripe.net>

Kind regards,

Denis Walker
Business Analyst
Database Department
RIPE NCC