[afnog] AS Path transparency on Route Server

[Anibe Onuche]

Hello Tayeb

Thanks.
The Mikrotik option is a nice one but lacking documentation.
Do you have any?



On 6/10/2013 10:38 AM, Tayeb Meftah wrote:
> Try routeros
> Mikrotik
>
> Envoyé de mon iPhone
>
> Le 10 juin 2013 à 10:47, Anibe Onuche <a.onuche at nixp.net 
> <mailto:a.onuche at nixp.net>> a écrit :
>
>>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I quite appreciate the multiple response I have gotten .
>>
>> 1. When i implement the route server client.. the Established BGP 
>> session goes into active mode. so it has nothing to do with Layer 2
>> 2. My BGP logs shows invalid or corrupt ASN received when the route 
>> server client is implemented.
>> 3.  My research shows that there are issues with quagga Route server 
>> client : Mostly issues with rs-client code ,  Due to structure 
>> locking issues
>>    source: 
>> http://www.uknof.org.uk/uknof13/Hughes-IXP_routeservers.pdf     ( 
>> page 8 )
>> 4. Bird..ah Bird .. Please Andy, i will be grateful if i can have the 
>> perl script. We are a non profit IXP and as such welcome any 
>> contribution like your to the exchange point.
>>
>>
>> Regards
>> Anibe Onuche
>>
>>
>>
>> On 6/10/2013 3:57 AM, Andy Davidson wrote:
>>> Hi, Anibe --
>>>
>>> You wrote:
>>>> For the purpose of AS Path transparency, I implemented a Quagga
>>>> Route server with the following  configuration
>>> [...]
>>>> Unfortunately, the status on my BGP shows active  :-(
>>> Your config looks correct.  (That said, your peer client in production
>>> configuration should use route-maps or at the bare minimum
>>> prefix-lists/distribute-lists in order to prevent leaks of non-customer
>>> prefixes to the route-server.)
>>>
>>> You should use standard BGP troubleshooting to look into this (I.e. 
>>> Check
>>> that layer 1/2 connectivity exists (you can ping); Check that you can
>>> telnet from the route-server client to the route-server on port 179 and
>>> get a tcp connection; check logs and debug output).
>>>
>>>> Tried working with BIRD routing protocol but some features lacking
>>>> (i.e peer groups),also the learning curve is somewhat steep.
>>> Please do look again at BIRD.  If you are a not for profit Internet
>>> Exchange point then you are welcome to my perl scripts that build 
>>> the BIRD
>>> route-server configuration at LONAP and IXLeeds in the UK.  The same
>>> Scrips are used on the excellent NAP Africa IX in South Africa too.
>>>
>>> They perform IRRDB filtering (which is a useful thing for you to do in
>>> order
>>> To build trust in the route-server service), and also individual RIBs
>>> (routing tables) for each ASN connected to the route-server (which is
>>> useful in the event that you want to offer filtering between 
>>> route-server
>>> participants.)
>>>
>>> In my experience, BIRD scales further than Quagga, especially when you
>>> have a routing table per connected ASN.
>>>
>>> Good luck with your project.
>>>
>>> Andy
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Anibe Onuche
>> Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria
>> Network /Communication Department
>>
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>>
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Anibe Onuche
Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria
Network /Communication Department

Tel:+234-809-3878-113
NOC:+234-809-3878-110
Website:www.ixp.net.ng

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