[rpd] Require newly created AS-SETs to have hierarchical names AFPUB-2026-ASN-001-DRAFT01.

[Emmanuel Vitus]

I support this proposal.

The problem of AS-SET name collisions across IRR databases is real and well
documented. Requiring hierarchical names for newly created AS-SETs is a
pragmatic approach that improves uniqueness, strengthens authorization and
aligns AFRINIC with practices already adopted by other RIRs.

One point of clarification would be helpful. Has AFRINIC experienced
documented cases where such collisions have affected operators within the
region?

Overall, I believe this is a sensible and necessary improvement.
Best,
Emmanuel Vitus
Le lun. 1 juin 2026 à 10:24, James Bensley <james at inter.link> a écrit :

> Hi Frank,
>
> Thank you for taking the time to read the draft and suggest edits.
>
> Regarding this point from you:
>
> "4. References. In other regions, all IPv4 addresses have been exhausted
> and it seems that the equivalent to the soft-landing is not any more an
> issue, because most of the existing members only can access IPv4 addresses
> via transfers."
> this seems to be irrelevant for this proposal. Also the next section is
> also called "5. References". is it there by mistake?
>
> This wasn't me; I guess a copy and paste error from the AFRINIC team; this
> is text from another draft proposal. I will ask them to correct it.
>
> I believe I have incorporated the feedback from all over points from you
> except this one;
>
> 4.  The necessity of "3. Other set types such as route sets are excluded."
> was questioned. It's not absolutely necessary. But I believe it can
> help. Maybe it can start with "For the avoidance of doubt: "  ??
>
> I'm not sure what benefit the text "For the avoidance of doubt" is adding
> here. Can you explain what is unclear about the existing text which this
> helps with (that would help me to understand what's wrong with the existing
> wording)?
> "The proposal is not currently extended to any other set types such as
> route sets, to keep the scope of this change to a more manageable level."
>
> I've put the latest version on GitHub (this avoids the AFRINIC staff
> potentially having to process many version changes with potentially very
> minor changes), feel free to comment there or respond here via email and
> I'll update the gist:
> https://gist.github.com/jwbensley/d76bfd3e87a5cb85fb28585381623bc4
>
> Thank you for your input and support.
>
> With kind regards,
> James Bensley (he/him)
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> *From:* Frank Habicht <geier at geier.ne.tz>
> *Sent:* 22 May 2026 09:05
> *To:* rpd at afrinic.net <rpd at afrinic.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [rpd] Require newly created AS-SETs to have hierarchical
> names AFPUB-2026-ASN-001-DRAFT01.
>
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>
> so I'm a bit confused - sorry.
>
> On 5/22/2026 9:20 AM, Frank Habicht wrote:
> > 3. under 'Proposal'
> > "The first element of the name must be an ASN"
> > I hope we all understand that 'element' will be the things separated by
> > colons (":").
> > I would humbly like to suggest to add "preceded by AS-" at the end, so
> > this becomes
> > "The first element of the name must be an ASN preceded by 'AS-'"
> > I think this would just be an editorial change...
>
>
> RFC2622 section 5
> https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2622/#section-5
> gives valid examples such as "AS1:AS-CUSTOMERS, AS1:RS-EXPORT:AS2"
>
> but section 5.1 states that AS-SETs have to start with "as-".
>
> So maybe the word "ASN" in the text refers to a string such as "AS37181"
> and not just the number by itself.
>
> And even if not, likely what would need to be added in front would be
> "AS" and not "AS-" ...
>
> Not sure about item 3. of my comments - quoted above.
>
> Sorry for confusion.
>
> Frank
>
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