On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 10:31:52AM +0200, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
As you (hopefully) know, as of 1-1-2010, the RIRs will only be giving out 32-bit AS numbers. I'm writing an article for Ars Technica about this, and I was wondering about the perspective of network operators who may be faced with customers with a 32-bit AS number in the near future, and how the vendor support for 32-bit AS numbers is working out.
If you send me info in private mail, let me know your title/affiliation and whether I can quote you or not.
Chris Malayter and I gave a presentation at NANOG45 earlier this year that touches on some of the operational issues. http://www.nanog.org/meetings/nanog45/presentations/Tuesday/Hankins_4byteASN... We also started a Wiki with content based on the presentation that has more updated information, including a current list of vendor support. If you see a vendor missing, let us know and we can update the list. Or better yet, create an account and add some content yourself :-). http://as4.cluepon.net/index.php/Main_Page Greg -- Greg Hankins <ghankins@mindspring.com>