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I support adoption.

On 02/09/2026 01:50, Paolo Lucente via Datatracker wrote:
> This message starts a grow WG Call for Adoption of:
> draft-spaghetti-grow-downgrade-bgp-community-00
> 
> This Working Group Call for Adoption ends on 2026-09-18
> 
> Abstract:
>     This document outlines a method to mitigate Denial of Service (DoS)
>     attacks by using a well-known BGP community named "DOWNGRADE" as
>     signal to neighboring networks to treat traffic destined towards
>     "DOWNGRADE" tagged IP prefixes with low precedence.  The "downgrade"
>     strategy offers an appealing alternative to Remote Triggered
>     Blackhole (RTBH) filtering, because RTBH filtering completes the DoS
>     attack and hampers the defender's ability to monitor whether the
>     attack is still ongoing.
> 
> Please reply to this message and indicate whether or not you support adoption
> of this Internet-Draft by the grow WG. Comments to explain your preference
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