I'm kinda fearing this in South Africa, as we have a few large
incumbents who aren't really driving -NG versions of protocols.
They also have a "prove to us it's broken, and we may look at it in a
few months' time"-attitude towards it. :O
So 32-bit ASNs and IPv6 equally aren't really being driven, apart from
by a few key Academic players.
Just my ZAR 0.02
-H.
On 2010/12/20 14:43, bill manning wrote:
are y'all ready for this gift?
--bill
Begin forwarded message:
From: "Ernest - (AfriNIC)"<[email protected]>
Date: December 20, 2010 3:16:42 PST
To: [email protected]
Subject: [AfriNIC-announce] AfriNIC to assign AS Numbers from a common 32-bit
pool.
Dear Colleagues,
According to the "IANA Policy for Allocation of ASN Blocks to the
Regional Internet Registries (RIRs)" -
http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/AFPUB-2008-ASN-001.htm , IANA
will cease to make any distinction between 16 and 32-bit only
ASN blocks on 31 December 2010 when making allocations to RIRs.
After this date, the RIRs will assign AS Numbers from an
undifferentiated 32-bit ASN allocation pool.
Consequently, for any entity requesting an ASN, AfriNIC will cease
to present the ability to opt for a 16- or 32-bit ASN, and will
start issuing ASNs from a common 32-bit pool.
We therefore urge all IP network operators to ensure that their
routing infrastructure is 32-bit ASN compatible.
Kind regards,
Ernest Byaruhanga.
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