[metrics-bugs] #27154 [Metrics/Relay Search]: lets use something else than AS0 for "unknown" AS number

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#27154: lets use something else than AS0 for "unknown" AS number
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 Reporter:  nusenu                |          Owner:  metrics-team
     Type:  enhancement           |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  Medium                |      Milestone:
Component:  Metrics/Relay Search  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                |     Resolution:  wontfix
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Comment (by nusenu):

 Replying to [comment:2 irl]:
 > English words are not numbers.

 I guess no one claimed that.

 > The reason for choosing AS0 was that it will never appear in that field
 otherwise. The specification you have linked talks about AS0 being used
 for *non-routed* networks. If an IP address is non-routed then it would
 not appear in the routing tables that are used to generate this
 information.

 correct and that is the reason why it is confusing to use AS0 for actually
 routed IP addresses


 > RFC7606 was part of the reasoning for choosing AS0.

 RFC7606 - "Revised Error Handling for BGP UPDATE Messages"
 not sure how this is related, I did not find "AS0" or "AS 0" in that
 document

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