Re: ARIN Consultation: Hierarchical AS-SET Names

[Job Snijders via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

On Wed, May 14, 2025 at 07:43:51AM +0000, James Bensley via NANOG wrote:
> I raised a request with ARIN to enforce the use of hierarchical AS-SET
> names in the ARIN DB moving forward

Thank you for taking this initiative!

> ARIN have opened a consultation process, which closes on the 23rd of
> May.
>
> If you would like to see ARIN also adopt the requirement for newly
> created AS-SETs to have hierarchical names, please visit the following
> page and contact ARIN to record your support for this request:
> https://www.arin.net/participate/community/acsp/consultations/2025/2025-1/

I'd love to see this implemented for a few reasons:

- helps reduce opportunity for (human) error
- seems low hanging fruit to implement
- no disruption to legacy configurations

A more elaborate overview is available here:
https://manrs.org/2022/12/why-network-operators-should-use-hierarchical-as-sets/

Kind regards,

Job
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