[163161] in North American Network Operators' Group
peeringdb accuracy research
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Job Snijders)
Thu May 23 06:29:10 2013
From: Job Snijders <job.snijders@atrato.com>
Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 12:28:58 +0200
To: "nanog@nanog.org list" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Dear fellow networkers,
I need your help!
For the good of PeeringDB I am researching the accuracy of the current =
PeeringDB
data set. We plan to compare three sources of information: peeringdb =
itself,
publicly available listings from IXP operators ... and the ultimate =
source of
truth: user submitted information, e.g. your "show bgp sum".
Why? I'd rather trust 10 sightings in the wild than one entry in =
PeeringDB! :-)
What can you do?
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We've created a webapp where you can copy + paste the output from your =
routers'
show ip bgp sum / show bgp sum / show ipv6 bgp sum. The webapp extracts =
the ASN
and remote IP for the sessions and store those after your confirmation.=20=
Go to the following URL and submit your BGP data now!
https://research.peeringdb.com/=20
If you prefer, you can also submit the data in CSV format [2].
What data are we using, exactly?
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Only the following tuples of information are used:=20
(remote_ASN, remote_IP)
All other data is purged from the data set: I don't care if you are even
exchanging prefixes or how many, nor does it matter what your own ASN =
is. The=20
_only_ thing that matters is that you confirm that you have a BGP =
session up=20
and running with a certain remote IP and ASN. You can submit such =
confirmations
by copying + pasting your routers' bgp summaries.
Please submit your BGP summaries from all your IXP facing routers!
So when will I hear back about this?
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I will present the findings at the upcoming NANOG meeting in New Orleans =
[1].
Given that the NANOG meeting is approaching rapidly, I urge you to =
submit your
data sooner rather than later. :-)
Kind regards,
Job Snijders
[1] - CSV format should be formatted like column 1: ASN, column 2: =
remote IP,
separated by a comma. example: "5580,195.69.144.229"
[2] - http://www.nanog.org/meetings/abstract?id=3D2140
