ARIN Hosts 4-byte ASN Wiki [Archived]

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Posted: Monday, 22 June 2009

In response to a suggestion received through the ARIN Consultation and Suggestion Process (ACSP), ARIN has created a wiki at www.get4byteasn.info to focus on issues related to 4-byte Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs). This wiki provides a central repository for ongoing discussion and information exchange associated with 4-byte ASN topics and issues.

Ongoing Internet growth is rapidly depleting the existing pool of 2-byte ASNs (65,536 numbers in total). As a result, the IETF has approved the expansion of AS Numbers from 2-bytes to 4-bytes, to include over 4 billion ASNs. Following a globally coordinated policy, ARIN and the other Regional Internet Registries began assigning 4-byte ASNs by request in January 2007 and by default in January 2009. However, some routers do not support the use of these 4-byte ASNs.

ARIN has set up this wiki to help educate the community about 4-byte ASN operational issues, to help vendors understand how to provide 4-byte ASN support in their products and to help network operators find those products. A wide range of community stakeholders will be able to share and benefit from information contributed to www.get4byteasn.info . ARIN looks forward to participation from everyone, including users, ISPs, and vendors, with interest in this topic.

Regards,

Leslie Nobile
Director of Registration Services
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)

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