Tue, May 05, 2009 at 08:22:27PM +0200, Florian Weimer: > * Steve Crocker: > > > I strongly advise against quick reallocation of returned AS numbers. > > Returned AS numbers should stay out of service for a substantial > > period of time. > > Why? > > It seems to be consensus among operators that it's fine to use other > people's ASNs in the global routing table, so such reuse shouldn't > pose any additional problems. It IS fine to use an ASN that has been assigned or loaned to you. The question is why there should be moratorium on returned ASNs. I can think of one reason that could be of dis-service to a new assignee, but all we have so far is handwaving from the proponents. _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf