RIPE NCC moves to close off a routing registry loophole
RPSL changes at the RIPE NCC on 4 September will affect APNIC region resource holders.
Tag: routing
The state of traffic engineering – an ISP’s perspective
Guest Post: As networks grow in size and complexity, operators find themselves needing an increasing array of tools to manage the flow of traffic.
How to: router configuration for connecting to an Internet Exchange
Best practice document assists with configuring routers for connecting to IXes.
Does the Internet route around damage in 2018?
Guest Post: The RIPE Labs team takes a look at a recent outage at one of the largest IXPs in Europe to see how well the Internet was able to route around it.
Routing Basics is now live!
The APNIC Academy has launched a new course on ‘Routing Basics’.
RIPE NCC removes out-of-region ‘ROUTE’ object process from the RIPE IRR
RIPE NCC will soon close off the creation of new foreign ROUTE and ROUTE6 objects in their database. Read why.
14,000 incidents — routing security in 2017
Guest Post: 2017 was marred by a number of highly publicized routing incidents, further demonstrating the lack of routing controls that could prevent them from happening.
Do we really need a new BGP?
Guest post: BGP gets a bad rap from some but maybe the problem is with people not the protocol.
IPv6 flow label: misuse in hashing
Guest Post: Learn about the history of the IPv6 flow label and when you should avoid using them as a hash component.
BGP in 2017
A look back on the global routing system in 2017 for both IPv4 and IPv6.