RFC 1930:Guidelines for creation, selection, and r...
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... provider, or the rest of the site. In such an instance, a sepa- rate AS must be created for the affected prefixes. This situa- tion is rare and should almost never happen. Very few stub sites ...
... This is ALMOST THE ONLY case where a network operator should create its own AS number. In this case, the site should ensure that it has the necessary facilities to run appropriate routing protocols ...
... service provider but has plans to connect to another at some point in the future. This is not enough of a reason to create an AS before you really need it. The AS number ...
... to routing policy. All too often ASes have been created purely because it was seen as "part of the process" of connecting to the Internet ...



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