[rpd] [Last Call] Draft Policy Proposal - Hierarchical Names for New AS-SETs (AFPUB-2026-ASN-001-DRAFT02)

[Frank Habicht]

Hi,

On 7/30/2026 7:59 AM, Fundiswa Nadia Maseko wrote:
[snip]
> Where I still have reservations is the suggestion that these naming 
> rules, by themselves, provide a continuous, globally authoritative 
> identity for AS-SET objects across all routing tools and IRR consumers. 
> If that is part of the proposal's intended benefit, it would be helpful 
> to see the implementation evidence or operational examples that 
> demonstrate this behaviour in practice.

Like with previous proposals, also here we will see implementation 
evidence or operational examples only after it is implemented.


> If that evidence does not exist, then I believe the proposal and its 
> Impact Assessment would be stronger if they simply described the 
> guarantees the mechanism actually provides, without extending those 
> claims further.

In my reading, the guarantees the mechanism actually provides are 
described in the proposal.

 From the proposal:
Therefore, there is a need for AS-SET names to be unique across 
authoritative IRR database, and to authorize the name assigned to the 
AS-SET. This can be achieved by enforcing newly created AS-SETs to have 
hierarchical names. This makes the AS-SET name unique because the AS 
number at the front of the AS-SET is uniquely assigned by the RIR which 
assigned the AS number.

Regards,
Frank