Date: May 29, 2007 12:50:02 PM PDT
Subject: I-D ACTION:draft-li-bgp-stability-00.txt
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Title : BGP Stability Improvements
Author(s) : T. Li
Filename : draft-li-bgp-stability-00.txt
Pages : 13
Date : 2007-5-29
BGP is the routing protocol used to tie the Autonomous Systems (ASes)
of the Internet together. The ongoing stability of BGP in the face
of arbitrary inputs, both malicious and unintentional, is of primary
importance to the overall stability of the Internet. The overall
issue is not a new one. Previously, one aspect of stability, known
as route flap damping was originally discussed in RFC 2439. In the
intervening years, a great deal of experience with flap damping and
other stability concerns has been accumulated. Most recently, the
issue of BGP stability has been highlighted in RAWS. This document
describes the experience that has been gained concerning stability in
the intervening years, hypotheses about remaining problems,
suggestions for experiments to be performed, and proposals for
possible alternatives.
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