Fwd: 32-bit AS Numbers

[Dmitry Butskoy]

Ola Thoresen wrote:

>Just a heads up.  This might or might not affect things like whois,
>traceroute and maybe a few more binaries.
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>>Dear Colleagues,
>>
>>We are pleased to announce that from 1 January 2007 we will 
>>accept requests for 4-byte (32-bit) AS Numbers. The request 
>>form and supporting notes are available in the RIPE Document 
>>Store at:
>>http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/asnrequestform.html
>>http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/asnsupport.html
>>
>>Assignments will come from the following range:
>>
>>3.0 - 3.1023
>>
>>ASN32 objects will appear in the RIPE Database from 1 January 2007.
>>Their format is different from the current 16-bit ASNs.
>>

ACK: It is safe for the current traceroute-2.0.x  (when "traceroute -A" 
etc...)


Dmitry Butskoy
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