RIPE "Golden Networks" Document ID - 229/210/178

Thu Sep 2 15:44:34 UTC 2004

Hello folks,

This is actually NANOG applicable, despite referring to RIPE... ;-)

How many of you who manage BGP speaking networks implement the RIPE 
"best practices"  regarding dampening parameters  for so-called "golden 
networks"?

See: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/routeflap-damping.html
and
http://www.qorbit.net/documents/golden-networks (thanks, Steve!)

If you do, what parameters do you use, or do you not dampen the "golden 
networks" at all?

If you don't implement ripe-229, why not?

If there is enough interest/response (i.e if anyone besides me feels 
this is a real operational issue currently and wants to deal with it), 
I'll work on compiling the responses and producing a report.

Note: A *significant* number of networks appear to *not* follow 
ripe-229 guidelines at all.

Thanks,

Rodney Joffe
CenterGate Research Group, LLC
http://www.centergate.com
"Technology so advanced, even WE don't understand it"(R)