Just a heads up. This might or might not affect things like whois, traceroute and maybe a few more binaries. -------- Forwarded Message -------- > > Dear Colleagues, > > We are pleased to announce that from 1 January 2007 we will > accept requests for 4-byte (32-bit) AS Numbers. The request > form and supporting notes are available in the RIPE Document > Store at: > http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/asnrequestform.html > http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/asnsupport.html > > Assignments will come from the following range: > > 3.0 - 3.1023 > > ASN32 objects will appear in the RIPE Database from 1 January 2007. > Their format is different from the current 16-bit ASNs. The new > format is described in these documents: > > http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-michaelson-4byte-as-representation-02.txt > http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-uijterwaal-rpsl-4byteas-ext-01.txt > > The introduction of 32-bit AS Numbers may have an effect on tools > that query the RIPE Database or those based on RPSL. > Rgds. Ola Thoresen -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
