[DBWG] ASNs assigned to AFRINIC from IANA (missing from daily stats file)
Frank Habicht
geier at geier.ne.tz
Thu Aug 26 12:13:49 UTC 2021
Thanks for the update James.
Frank
On 25/08/2021 17:51, James wrote:
> Dear DBWG Members,
>
> The resolution was earlier responded to Ronald directly through the
> support ticket, however, we also find it imperative to inform the
> working group as well.
>
> This issue was caused by an error while handling the ASN resource pool
> on Tuesday 17th August and was eventually fixed on Friday 20th.
>
> Thank you and best regards,
>
> James
>
> On 20/08/2021 22:53, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
>> It may seem inconsequential, given everything else that's going on right
>> now, but I felt obliged to at least note for the record that there exists
>> some AS numbers that have been assigned by IANA to AFRINIC but that are
>> not showing up in the daily AFRINIC "stats" file.
>>
>> IANA has assigned to AFRINIC the following AS number ranges:
>>
>> 327680-328703
>> 328704-329727
>>
>> (See relevant IANA WHOIS records at end.)
>>
>> In theory, at least, this implies that the entirety of these AS ranges
>> should be represented in the daily AFRINIC stats file. If any of the
>> AS numbers in either range is not currently assigned, by AFRINIC, to any
>> resource member, then that ASN (or a range of ASNs containing it) should
>> still appear within the daily stats file, but it should be marked as either
>> "reserved" or "available".
>>
>> In the case of the first ASN range above, it appears that all ASNs in the
>> range are in fact represented within the daily AFRINIC stats file except
>> for the first three ASNs of the range, i.e. 327680, 327681, and 327682.
>>
>> In the case of the second ASN range above, all of the ASNs in the range
>> are represented in the daily stats file except for the ones in the
>> sub-range 328916-329727, inclusive... a total of some 812 "missing"
>> AS numbers.
>>
>> Hopefully, these small omissions from the daily AFRINIC stats file will
>> be rectified... by someone.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> rfg
>>
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