[163620] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: peeringdb accuracy research
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Job Snijders)
Thu Jun 13 12:50:55 2013
From: Job Snijders <job.snijders@atrato.com>
In-Reply-To: <F3064EE6-3B01-4CB2-BC5A-A9BDC3A0F7C6@atrato.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:48:41 +0200
To: "nanog@nanog.org list" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
My dear fellow networkers,
Good news everyone, 99% of the parsable data in PeeringDB is valid! :-)
Measuring this number would have been inpossible without all the =
submissions
to the research app. Thank you!
If you are interested in the details, please see these slides:=20
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http://nanog.org/sites/default/files/wed.general.peeringdb.accuracy.snijde=
rs.14.pdf
Kind regards,
Job
On May 23, 2013, at 12:28 PM, Job Snijders <Job.Snijders@atrato.com> =
wrote:
> Dear fellow networkers,
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> I need your help!
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> 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".
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> Why? I'd rather trust 10 sightings in the wild than one entry in =
PeeringDB! :-)
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> 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
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> Go to the following URL and submit your BGP data now!
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> https://research.peeringdb.com/=20
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> If you prefer, you can also submit the data in CSV format [2].
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> What data are we using, exactly?
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> Only the following tuples of information are used:=20
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> (remote_ASN, remote_IP)
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> 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.
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> Please submit your BGP summaries from all your IXP facing routers!
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> 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. :-)
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> Kind regards,
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> Job Snijders
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> [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
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