Bad routes update

[Craig Metz]

In message <87d7xj9r21.fsf@jekyll.piermont.com>, you write:
>Although I can't possibly imagine a world where we'll need four
>billion ASes, I can easily imagine one where we need two hundred
>thousand, which certainly exceeds 16 bits.

  Remember that an AS more or less represents an independent inter-domain
routing policy. I suspect that there are other complexity reasons why more than
15k independent inter-domain routing policies would be a Bad Thing, making the
number space not as much of a problem.

  I'm no BGP expert. Hopefully, someone who is will step up and clarify.

								      -Craig