Topic: bgp
New alert options for DASH
APNIC Blog | Published on: 2022-12-09
APNIC is pleased to announce the release of a new feature in the Dashboard for Autonomous System Health (DASH). Based on the alignment of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) with Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) and Internet Routing Registry (IRR) objects, DASH now has alerts for when these......
IBGP Source Interface Selection Still Requires Configuration
ipSpace.net Blog Posts | Published on: 2024-12-10
A fellow networking engineer recently remarked, “FRRouting automatically selects the correct [IBGP] source interface even when not configured explicitly.” TL&DR: No, it does not. You were just lucky. Basics first. BGP runs over TCP sessions. One of the first things a router does when......
Event Wrap: Peering Asia 4.0
APNIC Blog | Published on: 2022-12-02
APNIC supported and participated in Peering Asia 4.0, held from 2 to 3 November 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand. The event welcomed around 270 participants to hear from speakers on topics including BGP security, Internet operations in Thailand, RPKI and ROAs for Internet Exchange Points (IXPs), and......
Use Disaggregated BGP Prefixes to Influence Inbound Internet Traffic
ipSpace.net Blog Posts | Published on: 2024-12-13
As much as I love explaining how to use BGP in an optimal way, sometimes we have to do what we know is bad to get the job done. For example, if you have to deal with clueless ISPs who cannot figure out how to use BGP communities, you might be forced to use the Big Hammer of disaggregated......
SONiC builds muscle for enterprise-network service in 2023
Network World | Published on: 2022-12-08
The coming year could be a very big one for the open-source network operating system SONiC as it garners start-up support and increasing interest from major networking vendors. The Linux-based Software for Open Networking in the Cloud decouples network software from the underlying hardware and......
BGP in 2024
APNIC Blog | Published on: 2025-01-06
At the start of each year, it’s been my habit to report on the behaviour of the Internet’s inter-domain routing system during the previous 12 months, looking in some detail at some metrics from the routing system that can show the essential shape and behaviour of the underlying interconnection......
