Re: [address-policy-wg] Re: [db-wg] Re: [routing-wg]2008-09 New Policy Proposal (ASPLAIN Format for the Registration of 4-byte ASNs)

[Geoff Huston gih@localhost]

On 22/10/2008, at 12:47 AM, Randy Bush wrote:

> while we can hope that the ietf and rfced will process the asplain  
> draft
> before eoy, when the rirs start issuing 4-byte asns, there is no  
> need to
> bet on it.  after all, the ietf was not very swift about processing  
> the
> base 4-byte asn draft, were they?
in the meantime the IETF has completed its work:

28th October 2008
Protocol Action: 'Textual Representation of AS Numbers'  to Proposed  
Standard
The IESG has approved the following document:

- 'Textual Representation of AS Numbers '
  <draft-ietf-idr-as-representation-01.txt> as a Proposed Standard

This document is the product of the Inter-Domain Routing Working Group.

The IESG contact persons are David Ward and Ross Callon.

A URL of this Internet-Draft is:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-idr-as-representation-01.txt

Technical Summary

A textual representation for Autonomous System (AS) numbers is
  defined as the decimal value of the AS Number.  This textual
  representation is to be used by all documents, systems and user
  interfaces referring to AS numbers.


 asplain
     refers to a syntax scheme of representing all AS numbers using
     decimal integer notation.  Using asplain notation an AS number of
     value 65526 would be represented as the string "65526" and an AS
     number of value 65546 would be represented as the string "65546".

Working Group Summary

  It was readily accepted.

Document Quality

 No issues

Personnel

  Dave Ward