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* Chris L. Morrow: >> | 6. Transition >> | >> | The scheme described in this document allows a gradual transition >> | from 2-octet AS numbers to 4-octet AS numbers. One can upgrade one >> | Autonomous System or one BGP speaker at a time. >> >> Routers on stub ASs don't need upgrading at all, for instance. > > but filter lists and such I imagine might :( Only if you want to keep your fine-grained filters, which shouldn't be a problem over the next few years. From a purely BGP 4 perspective, the transition looks like a new tier 1 ISP entering the stage. (But if more than one of your peers switch, you better upgrade as well.)
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