Bad routes update

[Perry E. Metzger]

Craig Metz <cmetz@inner.net> writes:
> 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.

I think that we're thinking way too small. I'm sure that number would
be bad NOW, but will it be bad in fifteen years, when lightbulbs will
have more compute power than high end PCs do now?

Best not to limit the future overmuch.

Perry