On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 4:13 PM Chris Woodfield <[email protected]> wrote:
> And I’d point to the evidence of a transfer market specifically for 16-bit > ASNs as good evidence of this. > > That said, I’d like to understand better the relative imbalance of supply > and demand for these resources in the various RIR regions before I form a > conclusion as to whether that imbalance justifies a policy change to > resolve. > > +1 Chris’s sentiments about better understanding the imbalances of supply and demand for these resources in the various RIR regions before discussing policy changes. — Brian > -C > > > On Feb 6, 2018, at 12:39 PM, Job Snijders <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Feb 06, 2018 at 10:27:55AM -0800, Chris Woodfield wrote: > >> RFC8092 was published roughly a year ago. I can’t imagine that we’ll > >> see universal support for it anytime soon, and there’s plenty of gear > >> out there on the internet today that won’t be getting a software > >> update to support it. > > > > It'll be end of 2018 for general available software on the majority of > > platforms - and for a company like NTT, a deployment of configurations > > that use large community are likely to be in 2019 or maybe even 2020. > > I don't intend this statement as a roadmap announcement, but rather to > > illustrate the timescale. > > > > I'm tracking large community support here: > http://largebgpcommunities.net/implementations/ > > > >> I have encountered exactly this scenario, albeit on a private network, > >> but I can’t imagine this not being a real-world issue for multiple > >> operators with public 32-bit ASNs. > > > > yes, there are real-world issues for 32-bit ASN users today related to > > communities. If I'd have to do a greenfield deployment of a new transit > > network today, using a 16-bit ASN would be a blocking requirement due to > > BGP communities. I imagine that for a number of years to come 16-bit > > ASNs will be more desirable than 32-bit ASNs. > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Job > > > > _______________________________________________ > PPML > You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to > the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). > Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: > http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml > Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
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