[address-policy-wg] Input Requested: How to Ensure Responsible ASN Resource Management
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Nick Hilliard
nick at foobar.org
Thu Jun 8 16:55:12 CEST 2023
Marco Schmidt wrote on 08/06/2023 14:30: > We also plan to intensify our ongoing project to clean up unused > Autonomous System (AS) Numbers [2]. Almost 2,000 unused ASNs have been > recovered as part of this work so far. Do you support our approach here? > And are there other ways we could improve the situation? Perhaps you > could add clarification on requesting and returning ASNs in the relevant > RIPE policy, or maybe we could give a stronger mandate and > responsibility to the sponsoring LIRs. Hi Marco, There are good reasons to clean up unused ASN16s, as they are categorised by policy as scarce resources. There isn't a compelling reason to get as excited about ASN32s, other than to say that normal good stewardship practices should apply. Unfortunately there is a disconnect between RIPE policy and RIPE NCC practice in regard to charges for ASNs. This is a real shame because paying for resources is one of the simpler ways of creating positive pressure to return them if they're unused. The community would benefit from the board re-thinking this. Nick
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