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Re: Setting sensible max-prefix limits
From: Steve Lalonde <steve () enta net>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2021 10:46:34 +0100
On 18 Aug 2021, at 10:33, Lars Prehn <lprehn () mpi-inf mpg de <mailto:lprehn () mpi-inf mpg de>> wrote:
As I understand by now, it is highly recommended to set a max-prefix limit for peering sessions. Yet, I can hardly find any recommendations on how to arrive at a sensible limit. I guess for long standing peers one could just eyeball it, e.g., current prefix count + some safety margin. How does that work for new peers? Do you negotiate/exchange sensible values whenever you establish a new session? Do you rely on PeeringDB (if available)? Do you apply default values to everyone except the big fishes? Apart from your peers, do you also apply a limit to your transit sessions?
We always use PeeringDB data and refuse to peer with networks not in PeeingDB ( I think there are only 2 exceptions ) Automation keeps the max_prefix numbers up to date. Our transits we use data from the weekly routing table reports and allow some expansion room. So far this works for us Regards Steve
Current thread:
- Setting sensible max-prefix limits Lars Prehn (Aug 18)
- Re: Setting sensible max-prefix limits Steve Lalonde (Aug 18)
- Re: Setting sensible max-prefix limits Denis Fondras (Aug 18)
- Re: Setting sensible max-prefix limits Lars Prehn (Aug 18)
- Re: Setting sensible max-prefix limits Sabri Berisha (Aug 18)
- Re: Setting sensible max-prefix limits Matthew Walster (Aug 18)
- PeerinDB refuses to register certain networks [was: Setting sensible max-prefix limits] Patrick W. Gilmore (Aug 18)
- Re: PeerinDB refuses to register certain networks [was: Setting sensible max-prefix limits] Sabri Berisha (Aug 18)
- Re: PeerinDB refuses to register certain networks [was: Setting sensible max-prefix limits] Patrick W. Gilmore (Aug 18)
- Re: PeerinDB refuses to register certain networks [was: Setting sensible max-prefix limits] Sabri Berisha (Aug 18)
- Re: PeerinDB refuses to register certain networks [was: Setting sensible max-prefix limits] Niels Bakker (Aug 18)
- Re: PeerinDB refuses to register certain networks [was: Setting sensible max-prefix limits] Rubens Kuhl (Aug 18)
- Re: Setting sensible max-prefix limits Denis Fondras (Aug 18)
- Re: Setting sensible max-prefix limits Steve Lalonde (Aug 18)