Interesting.... Carl, doing a manual static default route does not do the trick 
for you ? 

Regards. 

Faisal Imtiaz 
Snappy Internet & Telecom 
7266 SW 48 Street 
Miami, FL 33155 
Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 

Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net 

> From: "Carl Peterson" <cpeter...@portnetworks.com>
> To: af@afmug.com
> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 10:42:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Upstream BGP Questionairre

> For #3, I generally ask for full route + a default. The default is for default
> information originate for OSPF. If there isn't a default in the routing table,
> my edge router won't advertise a default to non-bgb ospf peers. You don't want
> a static default in case the peer goes down.

> On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 7:20 AM, Josh Baird < joshba...@gmail.com > wrote:

>> Many providers refer to this as 'RTBH' (remotely triggered blackhole 
>> filtering).
>> Josh

>> On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 10:21 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm <
>> thatoneguyst...@gmail.com > wrote:

>>> that request, lacking my fundamental understanding of the terminology, 
>>> would be
>>> phrased how?

>>> On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 5:56 PM, Josh Baird < joshba...@gmail.com > wrote:

>>>> Yes, it requires your upstream to support a blackhole BGP community. This 
>>>> allows
>>>> you to advertise host routes (/32 or smaller) to them using a specific BGP
>>>> community when you want your ISP to drop all traffic for the prefix before 
>>>> it
>>>> reaches you. This is -very- useful for DDoS defense.
>>>> Josh

>>>> On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 4:16 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm <
>>>> thatoneguyst...@gmail.com > wrote:

>>>>> That requires something specific?
>>>>> On May 14, 2016 7:33 AM, "Erich Kaiser" < er...@northcentraltower.com > 
>>>>> wrote:

>>>>>> We have started requiring our upstreams to filter by ASN vs Netblock. We 
>>>>>> are
>>>>>> moving away from upstreams that do not utilize IRR Entries and require
>>>>>> intervention every time we want to make a change, but it is continuous 
>>>>>> for us,
>>>>>> so for most guys the one time setup is not a big deal, plus the upstream 
>>>>>> has to
>>>>>> be trusting enough that we will have the correct filtering on our end.

>>>>>> Steve, I would add Blackhole BGP community or session to your list.

>>>>>> Erich Kaiser
>>>>>> The Fusion Network
>>>>>> er...@gotfusion.net
>>>>>> Office: 630-621-4804
>>>>>> Cell: 630-777-9291
>>>>>> On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 6:34 AM, Paul Stewart < p...@paulstewart.org > 
>>>>>> wrote:

>>>>>>> Or, quite a number of carriers (especially in APAC, some carriers in 
>>>>>>> Canada, a
>>>>>>> few in the US, and definitely a large number in Europe) will say “do 
>>>>>>> you have
>>>>>>> an IRR entry at RADB?” and if you say yes then they will use the route 
>>>>>>> object
>>>>>>> information but if you say no then they will tell you to open a ticket 
>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>> their NOC each time you have a prefix to add/remove ….

>>>>>>> I’m actually surprised by the number of transit providers that don’t’ 
>>>>>>> support
>>>>>>> automation via IRR

>>>>>>> Paul

>>>>>>> From: Af [mailto: af-boun...@afmug.com ] On Behalf Of Faisal Imtiaz
>>>>>>> Sent: May 13, 2016 9:25 PM
>>>>>>> To: af@afmug.com
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Upstream BGP Questionairre

>>>>>>> Let me clarify this a bit more...

>>>>>>> You are recommending that one creates it's own AS Object in the 
>>>>>>> IRR..(aka learns
>>>>>>> and manages their own RR entries) (it really does not matter which IRR 
>>>>>>> it is,
>>>>>>> at the end of the day they are all sort of synced, it is only a 
>>>>>>> question of who
>>>>>>> is maintaining it, and who can provide help to newbies). .. BTW, I 
>>>>>>> agree with
>>>>>>> this.. however ....

>>>>>>> Cause at the end of the day, someone in the up-stream is very likely to 
>>>>>>> create
>>>>>>> the record for you, if it is needed by them...

>>>>>>> This is one of those things that most carriers find... "too much 
>>>>>>> trouble to
>>>>>>> teach vs just do it for that network !"

>>>>>>> :)

>>>>>>> Regards.

>>>>>>> Faisal Imtiaz
>>>>>>> Snappy Internet & Telecom
>>>>>>> 7266 SW 48 Street
>>>>>>> Miami, FL 33155
>>>>>>> Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232

>>>>>>> Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net

>>>>>>>> From: "George Skorup" < geo...@cbcast.com >
>>>>>>>> To: af@afmug.com
>>>>>>>> Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 7:15:26 PM
>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Upstream BGP Questionairre
>>>>>>>> I recommend adding your route or AS objects in ARIN's IRR. Merit RADb 
>>>>>>>> is not
>>>>>>>> free. Most carriers use RADb, and RADb mirrors ARIN's IRR anyway.

>>>>>>>> On 5/13/2016 3:49 PM, Faisal Imtiaz wrote:

>>>>>>>>> See answers in-line below:-

>>>>>>>>> Faisal Imtiaz
>>>>>>>>> Snappy Internet & Telecom
>>>>>>>>> 7266 SW 48 Street
>>>>>>>>> Miami, FL 33155
>>>>>>>>> Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232

>>>>>>>>> Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net

>>>>>>>>>> From: "That One Guy /sarcasm" <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>> To: af@afmug.com
>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 11:35:10 AM
>>>>>>>>>> Subject: [AFMUG] Upstream BGP Questionairre
>>>>>>>>>> Im going to expose the breadth of my incompetence here, but there 
>>>>>>>>>> are some
>>>>>>>>>> questions in this document I want to make sure im answering 
>>>>>>>>>> accurately

>>>>>>>>>> 1. Are you the owner of the AS Number with RIR- This im assuming is 
>>>>>>>>>> our ARIN
>>>>>>>>>> direct allocation?

>>>>>>>>> They are asking if you have a AS # assigned to you from ... (would be 
>>>>>>>>> ARIN for
>>>>>>>>> North America).

>>>>>>>>>> 2. Are you registered with an Internet Routing Registry? - Im not 
>>>>>>>>>> sure what this
>>>>>>>>>> is, is this also ARIN or do I need to register something elsewhere?

>>>>>>>>> Routing Registry.... it is a way to build authorized prefixes from a 
>>>>>>>>> DataBase...

>>>>>>>>> You can read up about it from here 
>>>>>>>>> https://www.arin.net/resources/routing/

>>>>>>>>> Justin Wilson did a blog about it too... 
>>>>>>>>> http://www.mtin.net/blog/?p=245

>>>>>>>>> and yes ARIN also provides a Routing Registry Service ... (along with 
>>>>>>>>> a few
>>>>>>>>> others)

>>>>>>>>>> 3. Which type of routes do you want to receive? - Full routes is 
>>>>>>>>>> what we want,
>>>>>>>>>> but are there caveats in this answer I need to be prepared for?

>>>>>>>>> No Caveats, as long as your equipment is able to take full routes, 
>>>>>>>>> then do so.

>>>>>>>>>> 4. Do you have downstream ASNs? - I assume this would be customers 
>>>>>>>>>> with their
>>>>>>>>>> own allocations? We currently do not, but do not want to close the 
>>>>>>>>>> door on that
>>>>>>>>>> in the future. Is this something easily updated in the future?

>>>>>>>>> Answer this question in the Present.. (you don't have any so say 
>>>>>>>>> no)... no
>>>>>>>>> future door is closed due to this... this is just info asked / 
>>>>>>>>> collected for
>>>>>>>>> the upstream to be able to build their ACL filters.... (This is also 
>>>>>>>>> a flag for
>>>>>>>>> them to collect your BGP LOA's as well as your Customers to you..)

>>>>>>>>> This becomes a mute topic, if you are versed in using the Routing 
>>>>>>>>> Registry and
>>>>>>>>> maintaining your own Route Objects etc.

>>>>>>>>>> 5. List all prefixes to be announced so that we can confirm the BGP 
>>>>>>>>>> ACL prior to
>>>>>>>>>> activation: We only have a /22, but we do want the option down the 
>>>>>>>>>> road to pull
>>>>>>>>>> /24 from one provider if need be. Would we list the /24s 
>>>>>>>>>> independently or the
>>>>>>>>>> /22 as the aggregate?

>>>>>>>>> You want to ask them for the following:-

>>>>>>>>> xx.xx.xx.xx/22 please use the 'le 24' option with the filter.

>>>>>>>>> Note: this will have them build a filter that can accept larger 
>>>>>>>>> prefixes between
>>>>>>>>> 24 - 22, so it is not a 'specific' filter...

>>>>>>>>>> 6. MD5 Password: On this is it standard practice to use the same 
>>>>>>>>>> password with
>>>>>>>>>> all providers or different ones?

>>>>>>>>> Your choice... either way.... no big deal, as long as you keep track 
>>>>>>>>> of them.

>>>>>>>>>> --

>>>>>>>>>> If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your 
>>>>>>>>>> team as part
>>>>>>>>>> of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.

>>> --
>>> If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as 
>>> part
>>> of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.

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