Routing Archives - Page 2 of 8 - The Forwarding Plane

by Nick Buraglio — 4 years ago

OpenDNS acquires BGPMon and the future of route monitoring

For those that run BGP networks, BGPmon is often a tool they turn to for some really unique and hard to find information. Remember back in February 2008 when Pakistan Telecom “blocked” Youtube? That one was a really, really public... Read more →

by Nick Buraglio — 4 years ago

Network Field Day #9

In a few weeks I’ll have the opportunity to participate in another Network Field Day. I’ve been lucky enough to have the opportunity to attend in the past and have done some remote participation when possible, but like some of... Read more →

by Nick Buraglio — 5 years ago

Why you don’t need a firewall [how to secure an open perimeter network]

I admit that the title was meant to be inflammatory. However, there are use cases that aren’t terribly uncommon where an in-line security appliance is just not the correct tool for the job. Someone once told me “a firewall protects... Read more →

by Nick Buraglio — 5 years ago

Aging hardware, IPv6 and the growing route table

I’ve blathered on about BGP forever. Say what you will about the venerable protocol, it runs the interwebs, is reliable, extendable and well documented. I’ve also espoused ad nauseam about IPv6, so none of this [admitted] rant... Read more →

by Nick Buraglio — 5 years ago

NIX4NetEng #2 IPv4/6 address investigation tools – whois + dig

I don’t care what your vendor alignment of choice is, Cisco, Juniper, Brocade, Alcatel….it doesn’t matter. At one point or another you’re going to need to bird dog an address to see where it’s coming from, who owns... Read more →