BGP Peering (2)

15 August 2022 | Comments Off on BGP Peering (2)

I recorded the beginnings of a BGP training series over at Packet Pushers a short while back; they’ve released these onto youtube (so you can find the entire series there). I’m highlighting one of these every couple of weeks ’til I’ve gone through the entire set of recordings. In this recording, I’m talking through some more interesting aspects of BGP peering, including challenges with IPv6 link local nexthops, promiscuous peering, and capabilities.

BGP Intra-AS and Route Reflection

21 June 2022 | Comments Off on BGP Intra-AS and Route Reflection

Since BGP is designed to be an overlay protocol, it doesn’t really have good mechanisms for carrying routes within an autonomous system. In this video, I’m discussing some of the techniques developed to carry routes within an AS, including route reflectors.

How BGP Really Converges

31 May 2022 |

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

Service Fabrics

28 May 2019 | Comments Off on Service Fabrics

Short Take: Peering in the DFZ

21 May 2019 | Comments Off on Short Take: Peering in the DFZ

BGP Communities

15 May 2019 | Comments Off on BGP Communities

NTP Best Practices

7 May 2019 | Comments Off on NTP Best Practices

Short Take: Customizing Your World

1 May 2019 | Comments Off on Short Take: Customizing Your World

Short Take: Flowspec and BCP38

23 April 2019 | Comments Off on Short Take: Flowspec and BCP38

DNS Challenge and Response

10 April 2019 | Comments Off on DNS Challenge and Response