ON THE NET – Page 3 – rule 11 reader

BGP Peering (1)

Why does BGP use TCP for peering? What happens if two BGP speakers begin the peering process at the same time? In this video, recorded for Packet Pushers, I start looking at the BGP peering process.

https://packetpushers.net/learning-bgp-module-2-lesson-1-peering-part-1-video/

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While this talk is titled privacy for providers, it really applies to just about every network operator. This is meant to open a conversation on the topic, rather than providing definitive answers. I start by looking at some of the kinds of information network operators work with, and whether this information can or should be considered “private.” In the second part of the talk, I work through some of the various ways network operators might want to consider when handling private information.

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How BGP Really Converges

This lesson in Russ White’s BGP course gets into withdrawing a route, MRAI time, implicit withdraws, BGP Hunt, graceful restart, and other topics.

Original link at Packet Pushers here

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OT’N: BGP Loop Free Paths

Over at Packet Pushers—

Russ White’s BGP series continues with a discussion of building loop-free paths with the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). Topics include AS (Autonomous System) paths, loop prevention, why loop checks are inbound, and more on IBGP and EBGP.

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Is an IP Address Protected Information?

My third article on privacy and networking is up over at Packet Pushers—

Here’s a question for network or application folks tasked with protecting user and/or customer privacy: Is an IP address personally identifiable information (PII)? While there are many kinds of PII in networks (see the last column for more details), the IP address is just about the most common.

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Legal and Ethical Aspects of Privacy

My second post on privacy for network engineers is up over at Packet Pushers—

Given the arguments from the first article in this series, if privacy should be and is essential—what does the average network engineer do with this information? How does privacy impact network design and operations? To answer this question, we need to look at two other questions.

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Providers and Privacy at NANOG 84

I’m speaking (in person) at NANOG84 on providers and privacy—

Privacy is a hot topic, but there’s little information for the networking professional in this area. This presentation will provide a quick overview and thoughts on the area of privacy aimed at transit provider operations personnel, including packet processing and logging. Note this presentation does not constitute legal advice, but rather just presents general concepts and thoughts from the perspective of a network engineer in an area of interest.

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