[address-policy-wg] 2009-07 New Policy Proposal (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Policy for Allocation of ASN Blocks (ASNs) to Regional Internet Registries)

On 27 May 2009, at 15:48, Filiz Yilmaz wrote:

> Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Policy for Allocation of  
> ASN Blocks (ASNs) to Regional Internet Registries
[...]
>    http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2009-07.html

Hi, Filiz, everyone --

I support this proposal.

As somebody involved with spreading information about the operational  
problems that were discovered with several asn32 implementations,  
please could I make a few comments :

  - The time-extension should be to help mitigate effects of the first  
generation asn32 bgp code, not buy a solution to inertia.  ASN32 is  
now broadly safe to plan and implement, so understand the issues that  
were uncovered last year and then please do roll out a safe  
implementation on your networks !

  - Do we need an additional RIPE policy alongside this advisory,  
extending the asn16 space in the ripe region by some months or a year ?


Kind regards,
Andy Davidson