Re: [44net] Proposal for allocation of AS numbers

On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 4:38 AM, Pedja YT9TP yt9tp@uzice.net wrote:

There is one problem. Private AS are not intended for public use, and 44net is de facto public network.

Private AS are used by other private networks and that could lead to conflicts.

Private ASNs can be used even if your address space is publicly advertised. It all depends on who you peer with.

For example, the flagship HamWAN network in the Seattle area peers with three different public ISPs and uses a legitimate public ASN. However, when other radio networks peer with just HamWAN, they use private ASNs. When those BGP routes get advertised on the global internet, they've been translated to appear from HamWAN's ASN. Their address space is still globally routable.