Re: [routing-wg]Four byte ASN notation

[Henk Uijterwaal henk@localhost]

Gert Doering wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 04:23:12PM +0100, Henk Uijterwaal wrote:
> > Right now, the time doesn't seem right yet to make this decision, so I
> > guess that we'll have to live with this situation for a while.
> I don't understand what other time would be better.
>
> *Now* folks need to get their tools and software adapted - and they need
> to know what format to code for.
I fully agree for the real world.  Here it seems that RIRs and some of
the vendors use asdot(+), so a safe bet would be to use that.

In the IETF world, things are a bit different: if this proposal would be
put back on the table, my guess is that it would result in an endless
discussion with no conclusion reached.   Which is why people just wait
hoping that some de-facto standard will evolve and the discussion can
be avoided.

Henk

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