[c-nsp] Dampening

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net]On Behalf Of David Barak
> Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 1:33 PM
> To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: [c-nsp] Dampening
> 
> 
> I seem to be in a minority regarding dampening,
> although I would encourage anyone else to read Randy
> Bush, Tim Griffin, and Z. Mao's research presentation
> regarding how dampening ACTUALLY works in the world - 
> 
> http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0210/ppt/flap.pdf
> 
> The key takeaway is that dampening is NOT per path,
> rather, it's per prefix.
> 

My only comment is something along the lines of, over
the last year I can count the number of times I can
recall us being dampened on the fingers of one hand.

Like the kids tipping over the cybo, it's nasty when it
happens but it don't happen often enough to bother
doing anything about it.

Ted