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

Hello Mikael and colleagues,

Thank you for the question, and I'm happy to provide clarification.

At present, we assign the highest available ASN from our 
undifferentiated pool, but we are planning to adopt a more randomized 
approach in the future. As a result, there will be no depletion of the 
lower digit (16-bit) ASNs anytime soon.

Kind regards,

Marco Schmidt
Manager Registration Services
RIPE NCC


On 25/01/2024 16:07, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
> 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.
>