For example for any given prefix to get which ASNs have originated that
prefix over time and when.
I think that could be interesting for discovering if a prefix has been
hijacked in the past.
RIS from RIPE NCC provides something like this:
http://www.ripe.net/data-tools/stats/ris/routing-information-service
We have used it to verify some "suspicious" announcements of prefixes.
Regards,
as
On 17 Jan 2012, at 19:52, Manish Karir wrote:
>
> Hi Arturo,
>
> We could easily archive older copies of the database when we update the data,
> but I think our issue right now
> is that we dont fully understand how to add the notion of time to the user
> interface and we dont understand how
> folks might want to use it. Do you have a simple use case description of an
> example which might help us
> figure out how the notion of time can help answer a question.? What would be
> an example of a query
> that uses time?
>
> Thanks.
> -manish
>
>
> On Jan 16, 2012, at 12:53 PM, Arturo Servin wrote:
>
>> Manish,
>>
>> Nice tool.
>>
>> Is it possible to see the "history" of a prefix?
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> .as
>>
>>
>>
>> On 13 Jan 2012, at 18:19, Manish Karir wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> All,
>>>
>>> We would like to announce the availability of the bgpTables Project at
>>> Merit at: http://bgptables.merit.edu
>>> bgpTables allows users to easily navigate global routing table data
>>> collected via routviews.org. bgptables
>>> essentially processes the data collected at routeviews and makes is
>>> available in a somewhat easier
>>> to use interface. The goal of bgpTables is to represent global prefix and
>>> AS visibility information from the
>>> vantage point of the various bgp table views as seen at routeviews.
>>> The data is currently updated nightly (EST) but we hope to improve this
>>> over time.
>>> Please see the FAQ (http://bgptables.merit.edu/faq.php) for some simple
>>> examples of how you can use bgpTables.
>>>
>>> Some examples:
>>> - You can query for a specific ASN by entering the text 'as' followed by
>>> the AS number into the search box. For example to query for information
>>> about AS 237 you would enter 'as237' [without quotation marks] into the
>>> search box and then click 'search'. You can then use the view navigator map
>>> to switch to different routing table views for this ASN
>>>
>>> - You can query for a specific prefix by directly entering the prefix into
>>> the search box. For example to query for information about prefix
>>> 12.0.0.0/8 you would simply enter '12.0.0.0/8' [without quotation marks]
>>> into the search box and then click 'search'. You can then use the view
>>> navigator map to switch to different routing table views for the prefix.
>>>
>>> - You can find a particular prefix that you might be interested in by
>>> running a 'contained within' query via the search box. For example to
>>> quickly browse a list of prefixes contained within 1.0.0.0/8 to find the
>>> particular prefix you might be interested in, you can enter the text
>>> 'cw1.0.0.0/8' [without quotation marks] into the search box and click
>>> 'search'. You can then browse the resulting table to select the particular
>>> prefix you might be interested in.
>>>
>>> - You can simply enter the text 'as' followed by the company name into the
>>> search box then click search to view a list of possible matches for that
>>> text. For example, to view all matching google ASNs you can simply enter
>>> 'asgoogle' into the search box and click search. A list of possible
>>> matching ASNs that reference Google by name will be returned from which you
>>> an then select the particular ASN that is of interest to you.
>>>
>>>
>>> Comments, corrections, and suggestions are very welcome. Please send them
>>> to mka...@merit.edu. Hopefully folks will find this useful.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>> -The Merit Network Research and Development Team
>>>
>>
>
