Re: Max Prefix Out, was Re: Verizon 701 Route leak?

[Randy Bush <randy () psg com>]

> > > i have 142 largish bgp customers, a large enough number that the number
> > > of prefixes i receive from them varies annoyingly.  how do i reasonably
> > > automate setting of my outbound prefix limit?
> >
> > First, it seems you know the inbound so automating the outbound is simple
> > arithmetic.
>
> I would have said the same... i ought to know high-water marks for your
> inbound peer count(s), and can work out a +20% outbound...

you just assumed that the transitive closure of everybody's cones
implement and propagate count.  ain't gonna happen.