Happy Birthday BGP
How has this critically important routing protocol fared over these 30 years and what are its future prospects?
Tag: BGP
Large European routing leak sends traffic through China Telecom
Guest Post: A Swiss data centre leaked over 70,000 routes to China Telecom, some for over two hours.
Public DNS in Taiwan the latest victim of BGP hijack
Guest Post: Traffic going through a public DNS in Taiwan was rerouted to an entity in Brazil for about three and a half minutes.
The speed of BGP network propagation
Guest Post: There’s quite a gap between providers propagating BGP route updates fastest and slowest to their peers.
BGP and DNS workshops at PacNOG 24
Register now for BGP and DNS workshops happening at PacNOG 2019 in Apia, Samoa from 25 to 28 June.
Simplicity is key to network redesign for LINE
Guest Post: How the engineers behind one of Asia’s most popular messaging apps redesigned its network from scratch with a focus on simplicity and capacity for growth.
BGP zombies
Guest Post: New study sheds light on the appearance and behaviour of BGP zombies.
Visibility of IPv4 and IPv6 prefix lengths in 2019
Guest Post: Are networks using prefix lengths differently today compared to eight years ago?
BGP Large Communities uptake – an update
Guest Post: RIPE Labs’ Emile Aben looks at the uptake of BGP Large Communities as observed by their Routing Information Service (RIS).
BGP communities: A weapon for the Internet (Part 2)
Guest Post: BGP communities provide an ideal playground for malicious actors.