>>> 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.