Re: The IESG Approved the Expansion of the AS Number Registry

* Chris L. Morrow:

So, all of the current devices need to get upgraded before 'day one' of 32-bit ASN use... that'll be fun :)

| 6. Transition | | The scheme described in this document allows a gradual transition | from 2-octet AS numbers to 4-octet AS numbers. One can upgrade one | Autonomous System or one BGP speaker at a time. Routers on stub ASs don't need upgrading at all, for instance.