> > I believe that this note should have been CCed to this mail list. I > > believe this action is of general interest. > > > Do you want me to forward this to the NANOG list? I don't see that as necessary (though certainly not harmful). I don't think anyone is chomping at the bit for these... To get an ASN, folk go to the RIRs. The RIRs have policies in place for requesting/obtaining ASNs. But, with the expanded space, there is an issue of how to transition to the larger numbers. This is a software problem as much as anything. Until all software understands the bigger numbers, people will want to continue using the 16-bit ones. Meanwhile, to encourage the migration to 4-byte ASNs, the RIRs have been developing a globally-coordinated policy for how to transition to 4-byte ASNs (hi Geoff!). The first step of that process, effective January 1, 2007, is to allow requestors to obtain 4-byte ASNs (if they specifically request them). But, in order for the RIRs to be able to offer them, IANA has to give them some. Hence, the IESG action mentioned in the note. See http://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2005_9.html for more details. Thomas > > > > > > >To: IANA <iana@xxxxxxxx> > > >From: IESG Secretary <iesg-secretary@xxxxxxxx> > > >Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:56:13 -0500 > > >Cc: iesg@xxxxxxxx > > >Subject: The IESG Approved the Expansion of the AS Number Registry > > > > > >Dear IANA, > > > > > >The IESG has approved the expansion of the size of the AS Number > > >registry described in draft-ietf-idr-as4bytes-12.txt before the > > >approval of the document. Please expand the AS Number space to > > >include the values 65536 through 4294967295, initially marked as > > >"Held by IANA". > > > > > >Allocations can be made to the RIRs prior to the publication of > > >this RFC. > > > > > >Thank You, > > >The IESG > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ietf mailing list > > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > > > --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf