Redundant AS's

Tue Mar 17 15:57:12 UTC 2009

On Mar 17, 2009, at 11:47 AM, Simon Brilus wrote:

> Out of interest, is there a report that details the number of unused  
> older AS's in the Internet and what is being done to recover them to  
> recycle, as we approach the 53k mark and the 32 bit numbering  
> scheme, it strikes me that we probably have a lot of stagnant AS's  
> out there due to takeovers etc..
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Simon

It's a bit dated now, but the RIPE report, ASN MIA, sounds like what  
you're looking for...
www.apnic.net/meetings/21/docs/sigs/routing/routing-pres-uijterwaal-asn-mia.ppt

TV