[148535] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ANNOUNCE: bgptables.merit.edu - understanding visibility of your
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Suresh Ramasubramanian)
Tue Jan 17 23:23:11 2012
In-Reply-To: <9E11240C-22DA-4B1D-8806-579F398B5284@merit.edu>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:52:19 +0530
From: Suresh Ramasubramanian <ops.lists@gmail.com>
To: Manish Karir <mkarir@merit.edu>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org list" <nanog@nanog.org>,
Arturo Servin <arturo.servin@gmail.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Well - for starters, if you get a prefix that was announced by ASN
xxxx from [timestamp] to [timestamp], went to ASN yyyy on [timestamp]
etc.
Quite useful if you want to tie this into route leak, prefix hijack,
malicious ASN etc tracking tools.
--srs
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 3:22 AM, Manish Karir <mkarir@merit.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi Arturo,
>
> We could easily archive older copies of the database when we update the d=
ata, but I think our issue right now
> is that we dont fully understand how to add the notion of time to the use=
r interface and we dont understand how
> folks might want to use it. =C2=A0Do you have a simple use case descripti=
on of an example which might help us
> figure out how the notion of time can help answer a question.? =C2=A0What=
would be an example of a query
> that uses time?
>
> Thanks.
> -manish
>
>
> On Jan 16, 2012, at 12:53 PM, Arturo Servin wrote:
>
>> Manish,
>>
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Nice tool.
>>
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Is it possible to see the "history" of a prefix?
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> .as
>>
>>
>>
>> On 13 Jan 2012, at 18:19, Manish Karir wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> All,
>>>
>>> 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 col=
lected via routviews.org. =C2=A0bgptables
>>> essentially processes the data collected at routeviews and makes is ava=
ilable in a somewhat easier
>>> to use interface. The goal of bgpTables is to represent global prefix a=
nd AS visibility information from the
>>> vantage point of the various bgp table views as seen at routeviews.
>>> The data is currently updated nightly (EST) but we hope to improve this=
over time.
>>> Please see the FAQ (http://bgptables.merit.edu/faq.php) for some simple=
examples of how you can use bgpTables.
>>>
>>> Some examples:
>>> - You can query for a specific ASN by entering the text 'as' followed b=
y the AS number into the search box. For example to query for information a=
bout AS 237 you would enter 'as237' [without quotation marks] into the sear=
ch box and then click 'search'. You can then use the view navigator map to =
switch to different routing table views for this ASN
>>>
>>> - You can query for a specific prefix by directly entering the prefix i=
nto 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 th=
e search box and then click 'search'. You can then use the view navigator m=
ap to switch to different routing table views for the prefix.
>>>
>>> - You can find a particular prefix that you might be interested in by r=
unning a 'contained within' query via the search box. For example to quickl=
y browse a list of prefixes contained within 1.0.0.0/8 to find the particul=
ar 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 t=
hen browse the resulting table to select the particular prefix you might be=
interested in.
>>>
>>> - 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 tha=
t 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 matchin=
g ASNs that reference Google by name will be returned from which you an the=
n select the particular ASN that is of interest to you.
>>>
>>>
>>> Comments, corrections, and suggestions are very welcome. =C2=A0Please s=
end them to mkarir@merit.edu. =C2=A0Hopefully folks will find this useful.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>> -The Merit Network Research and Development Team
>>>
>>
>
>
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Suresh Ramasubramanian (ops.lists@gmail.com)
