@techreport{ymbk-rfd-usable-02, number = {draft-ymbk-rfd-usable-02}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ymbk-rfd-usable/02/}, author = {Cristel Pelsser and Keyur Patel and Olaf Maennel and Prodosh Mohapatra and Randy Bush}, title = {{Making Route Flap Damping Usable}}, pagetotal = 9, year = 2011, month = dec, day = 22, abstract = {Route Flap Damping (RFD) was first proposed to reduce BGP churn in routers. Unfortunately, RFD was found to severely penalize sites for being well-connected because topological richness amplifies the number of update messages exchanged. Many operators have turned RFD off. Based on experimental measurement, this document recommends adjusting a few RFD algorithmic constants and limits, to reduce the high risks with RFD, with the result being damping a non-trivial amount of long term churn without penalizing well-behaved prefixes' normal convergence process.}, }