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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Incentive for route stabilty
At 11:15 AM 11/1/96 -0800, Eric Ziegast wrote: >> Finanical compensation for bgp dampening policies. >> >> Deep pockets = very little flap penalty >> Shallow pockets = very heavy flap penalty > >The main risk (IMHO) when accepting a new peer is how stable the peer >is. Without confidence in the design of the peer's network or trust >in its engineers to prevent/solve problems, connecting to a new peer >with a significant number of routes can be scary. A peer's having >deep pockets usually implies that there's more to lose if they mess >up and that they _might_ want to hire good engineers and pre-plan >their network, but whether they actually do is another story. :^( Well, now that the ra statistics page has information on this sort of thing couldn't that be used as a tool for determining if provider X is doing a good job of keeping their external announcements stable. This is only possible if the person in question has been perring with /someone/ for a reasonable period of time. Justin Newton Network Architect Erol's Internet Services - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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