On Wed, May 14, 2025 at 07:43:51AM +0000, James Bensley via NANOG wrote:
I raised a request with ARIN to enforce the use of hierarchical AS-SET names in the ARIN DB moving forward
Thank you for taking this initiative!
ARIN have opened a consultation process, which closes on the 23rd of May.
If you would like to see ARIN also adopt the requirement for newly created AS-SETs to have hierarchical names, please visit the following page and contact ARIN to record your support for this request: https://www.arin.net/participate/community/acsp/consultations/2025/2025-1/
I'd love to see this implemented for a few reasons: - helps reduce opportunity for (human) error - seems low hanging fruit to implement - no disruption to legacy configurations A more elaborate overview is available here: https://manrs.org/2022/12/why-network-operators-should-use-hierarchical-as-s... Kind regards, Job