[DBWG] ASNs assigned to AFRINIC from IANA (missing from daily stats file)

[Frank Habicht]

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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