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Re: Setting sensible max-prefix limits


From: Hank Nussbacher <hank () interall co il>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2021 14:53:26 +0300

On 18/08/2021 13:03, Chriztoffer Hansen wrote:
On Wed, 18 Aug 2021 at 11:33, Lars Prehn <lprehn () mpi-inf mpg de> wrote:
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?

If you have automation in place. Another approach is to count the
received prefix. Store the counted value in a database. Based on the
avg prefix count over X (time period). Add e.g. 10 - 25 % headroom
over the avg prefix count and use the calculated value as the
max-prefix limit?

That works but all too often people forget to update it. Set a quarterly reminder in your calendar to check max-prefix setting.

-Hank


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