AS numbers question

Bill Manning bmanning at isi.edu
Fri Jul 5 22:09:02 UTC 1996


> 
> Are there "reserved" AS numbers, the same way there are reserved IP
> addresses for non-connected networks?

	Yes there are.  Something liek the top 1000 or so.
	I'll dig up the reference if you want.

> Are As numbers considered scarce ? (I think of many small Internet
> providers asking for AS numbers just to peer BGP with more than one ISP).

	About the same as IP numbers.
> 
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