backbone routers' priority settings for ICMP & UDP

Tue Feb 3 21:50:31 UTC 1998

Many people run 'ip spd' on busy ciscos.

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David Van Allen - FASTNET(tm) / You Tools Corporation
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-----Original Message-----
From: Marko B. [mailto:mrako at notwork.net]
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 1998 2:17 PM
To: nanog at merit.edu
Cc: marko at notwork.net
Subject: backbone routers' priority settings for ICMP & UDP

Greetings,

In my travels I have heard numerous times that it is a popular practice
to
give ICMP and even UDP traffic a lower priority on backbone routers in
times of congestion. 

Are there any providers that document this policy? How is this policy
carried out on the actual hardware? Any pointers would be appreciated.

Thanks.

-Marko