ACSP Consultation 2025.1: Consultation on Enforcing Hierarchical Naming for AS-SETs

Consultation Tracking Information

  • Requested By: Staff
  • Status: Closed
  • Comments Opened: Linked to Discussion Archives: 23 April 2025
  • Comments Closed: 23 May 2025
  • Suggestion Number: n/a

Consultation Description

AARIN is seeking feedback from the community on a potential improvement to ARIN’s Internet Routing Registry (IRR) that would enforce hierarchical naming for new AS-SETs.

A community member suggested that ARIN consider updating its IRR rules to prohibit the creation of non-unique AS-SET names in our authoritative IRR database. It is important to note that this proposed change will not impact existing AS-SETs, nor apply to AS-SET objects stored in third-party IRR databases, and retroactive enforcement is not under consideration.

To implement the proposed change, ARIN would need to update the rules for naming AS-SET objects. This would require modifications to both the web user interface and our RESTful API end point.

Questions for the Community:

  • Do you have automation that would be impacted by enforcement of this proposed change?
  • Are you negatively impacted by the current AS-SET naming conventions?
  • Should this work be prioritized ahead of other work on ARIN’s development roadmap?

Please provide comments to arin-consult@arin.net. You can subscribe to this mailing list at https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-consult.

This consultation will remain open until 5:00 PM ET on 23 May 2025. ARIN seeks clear direction through community input, so your feedback is important.

Thank you for your continued support to improve ARIN’s services.

Regards,

John Curran
President and CEO
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)

ARIN Actions

30 May 2025

From 23 April to 23 May, ARIN held a consultation seeking feedback from the community on a potential improvement to ARIN’s Internet Routing Registry (IRR) that would enforce hierarchical naming for new AS-SETs.

After reviewing and discussing the comments received during the consultation, ARIN plans to add this improvement to our list of features for future prioritization.

ARIN thanks those who provided valuable feedback on this consultation. We rely on this input from our members and community to help steer the organization as we continue our mission in support of the operation and growth of the Internet.

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