[routing-wg] IPv6 Routing Recommendations

On 28 Apr 2010, at 01:32, Randy Bush wrote:

>>> and how many years did it take to clean up the ripe docco on route
>>> flap dampening recommendations?
>> Worse than that, there still are a significant subset of newcomers who
>> switch on their favourite vendor recommended values for flap damping
>> because they read old versions of their vendor documentation. :-(
> 
> moral of story: we need to be careful what we recommend
> 

indeed!

> i can see an isp refusing to route a multi-homed content site because
> ripe docco 666 says no prefix longer than /36.
> 

that's why a number, any prefix length, would be wrong, imho and one should stick to the principles and give people an idea of costs of the options (to everyone). Basically create an atmosphere that makes normal people feel this is not a decision without impact.

Joao
PS: do you want to have that RIPE doc # reserved in advance for this doc? ;)