Re: Fwd: 32-bit AS Numbers

[Dmitry Butskoy <buc odusz so-cdu ru>]

Ola Thoresen wrote:

> Just a heads up.  This might or might not affect things like whois,
> traceroute and maybe a few more binaries.
>
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>  
>
> > 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
http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/DmitryButskoy