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Re: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI]

  • From: Cliff Albert
  • Date: Mon Nov 29 06:12:51 2004 
On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 08:45:17AM +0200, Pekka Savola wrote:

> >Well, how many AS numbers would you like to give out? 30000 in 20 years? 
> >100k a year? A million in a month? 32 bits will then give you 2863 
> >millennia, 429 centuries or 357 years, respectively.
> 
> ASN exhaustion is IMHO just a symptom of the real problem.  Enlarging 
> the ASN space does not cure the disease, just makes it worse.

And this is exactly my point.

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Cliff Albert <[email protected]>