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)