[address-policy-wg] AS Number Assignments - Transitioning to Policy Compliance Completed

On Thu, 25 Jan 2024, Marco Schmidt wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> In November 2023, I shared with you during the RIPE meeting and on this 
> mailing list that the RIPE NCC intends to assign Autonomous System Numbers 
> (ASNs) from an undifferentiated 32-bit AS Number pool, as defined in the 
> Autonomous System (AS) Number Assignment Policies.
>
> I am pleased to inform you that this change has been successfully 
> implemented. The option to choose between a 16-bit or 32-bit AS Number as 
> been removed. When submitting a request, the RIPE NCC will assign the next 
> available AS Number from the undifferentiated allocation pool.

Hi,

could you please elaborate on what this "undifferentiated 32-bit AS Number 
pool" is?

I'm mainly curious if it means we'll deplete 16 bit ASNs (allocate from 
the lowest available number)?

Thanks.

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Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike at swm.pp.se