[148516] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ANNOUNCE: bgptables.merit.edu - understanding visibility of your
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Manish Karir)
Tue Jan 17 16:53:17 2012
From: Manish Karir <mkarir@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <DB9EF22D-627E-4204-8387-DE34079940B7@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:52:21 -0500
To: Arturo Servin <arturo.servin@gmail.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org list" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Hi Arturo,
We could easily archive older copies of the database when we update the =
data, but I think our issue right now
is that we dont fully understand how to add the notion of time to the =
user interface and we dont understand how
folks might want to use it. Do you have a simple use case description =
of an example which might help us
figure out how the notion of time can help answer a question.? What =
would be an example of a query=20
that uses time?
Thanks.
-manish
On Jan 16, 2012, at 12:53 PM, Arturo Servin wrote:
> Manish,
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> Nice tool.
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> Is it possible to see the "history" of a prefix?
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> Regards,
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> On 13 Jan 2012, at 18:19, Manish Karir wrote:
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>> All,
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>> We would like to announce the availability of the bgpTables Project =
at Merit at: http://bgptables.merit.edu
>> bgpTables allows users to easily navigate global routing table data =
collected via routviews.org. bgptables
>> essentially processes the data collected at routeviews and makes is =
available in a somewhat easier
>> to use interface. The goal of bgpTables is to represent global prefix =
and AS visibility information from the
>> vantage point of the various bgp table views as seen at routeviews.=20=
>> The data is currently updated nightly (EST) but we hope to improve =
this over time.=20
>> Please see the FAQ (http://bgptables.merit.edu/faq.php) for some =
simple examples of how you can use bgpTables.
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>> Some examples:
>> - You can query for a specific ASN by entering the text 'as' followed =
by the AS number into the search box. For example to query for =
information about AS 237 you would enter 'as237' [without quotation =
marks] into the search box and then click 'search'. You can then use the =
view navigator map to switch to different routing table views for this =
ASN
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>> - You can query for a specific prefix by directly entering the prefix =
into the search box. For example to query for information about prefix =
12.0.0.0/8 you would simply enter '12.0.0.0/8' [without quotation marks] =
into the search box and then click 'search'. You can then use the view =
navigator map to switch to different routing table views for the prefix.
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>> - You can find a particular prefix that you might be interested in by =
running a 'contained within' query via the search box. For example to =
quickly browse a list of prefixes contained within 1.0.0.0/8 to find the =
particular prefix you might be interested in, you can enter the text =
'cw1.0.0.0/8' [without quotation marks] into the search box and click =
'search'. You can then browse the resulting table to select the =
particular prefix you might be interested in.
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>> - You can simply enter the text 'as' followed by the company name =
into the search box then click search to view a list of possible matches =
for that text. For example, to view all matching google ASNs you can =
simply enter 'asgoogle' into the search box and click search. A list of =
possible matching ASNs that reference Google by name will be returned =
from which you an then select the particular ASN that is of interest to =
you.
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>> Comments, corrections, and suggestions are very welcome. Please send =
them to mkarir@merit.edu. Hopefully folks will find this useful.
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>> Thanks.
>> -The Merit Network Research and Development Team
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