16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI]
Cliff Albert
cliff at oisec.net
Mon Nov 29 11:11:47 UTC 2004
On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 08:45:17AM +0200, Pekka Savola wrote:
> >Well, how many AS numbers would you like to give out? 30000 in 20 years?
> >100k a year? A million in a month? 32 bits will then give you 2863
> >millennia, 429 centuries or 357 years, respectively.
>
> ASN exhaustion is IMHO just a symptom of the real problem. Enlarging
> the ASN space does not cure the disease, just makes it worse.
And this is exactly my point.
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Cliff Albert <cliff at oisec.net>
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