[address-policy-wg] 2014-03 Review Period extended until 19 May 2015 (Remove Multihoming Requirement for AS Number Assignments)

On 16/05/2015 03:33, David Huberman wrote:
> If the RIRs don't do anything to preserve 2-byte AS numbers, then things
> are going to start really breaking.

s/RIRs don't do anything to preserve/vendors don't to anything to support/

ASN16 runout is inevitable and is now within sight: IANA's stock is gone.
The RIRs can twiddle policy this way or that, but they can't stop runout
and will find it difficult even to slow it down.

If the vendors are pretending otherwise - either to themselves or their
customers - then they are deluded.  If RIR run-out hits before they have
implemented asn32 support and shaken out all the bugs, then they will find
that their kit is obsolete for new customers and this will have commercial
implications for them.

Nick