Re: draft-savola-multi6-asn-pi-01.txt

[Pekka Savola <pekkas@netcore.fi>]

On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
> On 31 jan 2004, at 8:35, Pekka Savola wrote:
> 
> > I've sent it to be published to the I-D secretariat, and in the
> > meantime is available at:
> 
> > http://www.netcore.fi/pekkas/ietf/draft-savola-multi6-asn-pi-01.txt
> 
> While limiting this to 15 bits worth of AS numbers solves some 
> problems, it also immediately removes much of the potential use from 
> this proposal, as this way there is still no solution for people who 
> want/need to multihome in IPv6 but don't have an AS number today.
> 
> I think if we want to do _something_ like this, there are probably 
> better ways to do it.

I've targeted this solution for the biggest corporations, for which 
(IMHO) multiple addresses are a non-starter.  Such corporations have 
AS numbers.  Such corporations don't crop up from nowhere.

But if folks feel we should just allow everyone, one could just as 
well allow full 16 bits or even 32 bits.  That would just lead to the 
exhaustion of AS numbers, though -- and folks would be worse off than 
before, as also small enterprises would get AS numbers for the "easy 
multihoming ticket".

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Netcore Oy                    kingdom bleeds."
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