Circuit design and active/active considerations: Part 1 — Network edge design
Guest Post: Path diversity, ASN filtering, and resiliance are all important condsiderations when designing your network edge. What else should you be thinking about?
Tag: ASNs
Mapping ASNs to organizations with ASINT
Guest Post: A new research tool helps map ASNs to their real operating organizations, reducing false positives in BGP hijack detection and improving operational visibility.
The scourge of excessive AS-SETs
Guest Post: Many AS-SETs have grown so large they effectively whitelist most of the routing table, defeating their purpose. How are AS-SETs actually used for filtering, and what can be done when they get too big?
How we measure: ISP user counts
Breaking down APNIC Labs ISP user count measurement and its caveats.
A comprehensive review of RIR policies in the domain of ASN management
Guest Post: Comprehensively examining various RIR policies and their ASN assignment and allocation practices.
APNIC membership hits 10,000
On 29 February 2024, APNIC welcomed its 10,000th Member.
RFC 9234 observed in the wild
Guest Post: There is still hope for BGP route leak prevention.
Improving the inference of sibling Autonomous Systems
Guest Post: Addressing inaccuracies on sibling relations and their root causes in whois data.
The 2022 National Internet Segment Reliability Research
Guest Post: Annual report sheds light on critical nature of certain Autonomous Systems and how their outage might affect the connectivity of an economy.
Interdomain BGP policies — do not transit
Guest Post: Examining the reasons and techniques used when an operator does not want traffic via a specific AS.