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

No to the contrary, this proposal is being made to AVOID problems like that. By defining a method to allocate AS numbers in a way that can be directly derived from agreed numbers (like the IP address in my proposal, and the E.212 number in the one that I am going to adapt), we guarantee that the AS numbers that we choose are not going to collide with the ones that others take. Not that this is very likely anyway. There are over 95 million AS numbers in the 32-bit range, and unless you do things like "private AS start at 4200000000 so we'll start numbering from there" it is not very likely that you will meet another network that has chosen the same numbers. And again: this is NOT related to AS numbers used on Internet. Our AS number on internet is 3265 and it will remain the same. Rob