[ppml] Just say *NO* to PI space -- or howto make it less destructive

[Randy Bush]

>> BGP flap dampening is already well understood for limiting the impact
>> of flapping routes on your CPU, if that's a concern; it has no bearing
>> on address allocation policy decisionmaking.  
> 
> Dampening works, for the value of "works" which equals "suppressing new
> (better?) information about the path to a network," which is often equal
> to "misrouting data because a new path was not calculated."  If, following
> this proposed policy, aggressive dampening becomes commonly required by
> operators to maintain their networks, it might have a bearing on support 
> for this policy.  

the current ripe damping recommendations originated in ripe.  this
week, ripe will consider a proposal to recommend that flap damping
be un-recommended.

   <http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-52/agendas/routing.html>

randy