Hello,

I agree with Reinaldo on this point. Any aggregation ID or other indirect ID  
implying ASN or other group relationships could be used as a selection. 


Best regards,
 - Yan

> Hello,
> 
> I think what you are asking is this:
> 
> If the ALTO protocol uses any type of indirect aggregation (ASNs, PID, etc) 
> as opposed to plain prefixes, does the ALTO Server needs to expand them? I do 
> no think this issue is specific to ASNs.
> 
> As long as you have the proper interfaces /query mechanism in place, it seems 
> to me you are free to use an aggregation method that suits your deployment.  
> The ALTO Protocol draft and the presentation at the last IETF provided 
> examples on PIDs usage and resolution. But that could be ASNs or any other 
> aggregation.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Reinaldo
> 
> 
> On 4/21/09 1:16 AM, "Sebastian Kiesel" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Wouldn't it be better to mandate that the second line has to be expanded
> to the corresponding cidr lines at the ALTO server side, to ensure that
> the ALTO client does not have to deal with AS numbers?
> 
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