Re: [sig-policy] [New Policy Proposal] prop-114: Modification in the ASN

To: Scott Leibrand <scottleibrand at gmail dot com>
Subject: Re: [sig-policy] [New Policy Proposal] prop-114: Modification in the ASN eligibility criteria
From: Sanjeev Gupta <sanjeev at dcs1 dot biz>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 14:17:43 +0800
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On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 2:04 PM, Scott Leibrand <scottleibrand at gmail dot com> wrote:

See criterion #3 at https://blog.apnic.net/2014/09/02/2-byte-asn-run-out/ for a brief explanation of why 2-byte ASNs are still preferred for IXP peering.

Scott, thank you. I was looking only at the other peer, and its equipment, supporting 4byte. As we are not using communities (small operator, here), I did not remember that use case.

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