[address-policy-wg] Re: [ncc-services-wg] 32-bit AS Number status?

Shane,

> I noticed that the proposed updated AS Number policy was sent to the
> address-policy-wg recently.

Note that this change is only supposed to clean up language, not change
the meaning of any part of the policy.

> I'm not sure exactly what this means, but I think it is supposed to mean
> that people get 32-bit AS Numbers now. Did this happen?

As I understood the policy, it means we think of the ASN space as a
single pool of 32 bit numbers, but continue to assign numbers under
65000 (at the discretion of the RIRs?) until we run out.

The original policy proposal meant all assignments would be >=65536 as
of the start of this year, but that changed to this modified sense
during the policy's discussion.

Others may understand it differently to I. :)

Cheers,
Rob

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