[members-discuss] BGP peer requirement for new AS Number

Hi,

> Op 12 jan. 2015, om 06:47 heeft rob.golding at astutium.com het volgende geschreven:
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> The requirement to multihome in order to get an ASN has been (or is being) removed - Nigel spoke about it at the last LINX meeting.

There is a policy proposal on this subject (http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2014-03) but it is still being discussed. Any input on this would be greatly appreciated in the RIPE address policy working group.

And on how the RIPE NCC implements our policy: they do actually contact the peers/upstreams on occasion to verify the request. The reason that they ask for contact information is that with bigger ISPs the people who are listed in the RIPE database aren't always the people who know about the organisation who wants to get an ASN. For example when a company wants an ASN they usually are still talking to the sales department, and the people listed in the RIPE database are usually not the sales people.

If anybody wants to discuss the policy: please join the address policy mailing list. Implementation details are probably best discussed in the NCC services working group.

Cheers,
Sander