[c-nsp] BGP dampening enabled or not

[Bill Wichers]

> Hi guys,
>
> I'm wondering who actively use BGP dampening feature enabled or who
> doesn't.
> Occasionally our customer BGP sessions were flapped, and saw their
> traffic not recovered to normal for some time.
> Is there any place I can check which providers enabled BGP dampening or
> which providers not?
> If you can tell whether your company/provider have enabled BGP Dampening
> or not, or what dampening attributes, I will appreciate it.
> Thanks.

I think just about everybody uses dampening at least a little. AFAIK, all
the big NSPs (Level(3), Sprint, etc.) do. Some are more severe in their
timeouts then others. You can check basic stats at
http://www.fixedorbit.com

     -Bill



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