Re: Flow Tools AS-Path

2023-04-04 Thread Jörg Kost
Hi, Extreme also supports it, and we use it for conducting statistics against dst_as/dst_peer_as to perform "traffic engineering" specifically for the transit paths. dst_as_path can also identify possible future peering situations or undesirable paths. BR Jörg On 4 Apr 2023, at 16:48, Peter P

Re: Flow Tools AS-Path

2023-04-04 Thread Dobbins, Roland via NANOG
On 4 Apr 2023, at 21:48, Peter Phaal mailto:peter.ph...@gmail.com>> wrote: Export of destination AS-Path is supported in the sFlow extended_gateway structure. As a consumer of sFlow, [as well as NetFlow, IPFIX, etc.] I haven’t run into the use of this option in production, FWIW. In addition

Re: Flow Tools AS-Path

2023-04-04 Thread Peter Phaal
Export of destination AS-Path is supported in the sFlow extended_gateway structure. /* Extended Gateway Data */ /* opaque = flow_data; enterprise = 0; format = 1003 */ struct extended_gateway { next_hop nexthop; /* Address of the border router that should

Re: Flow Tools AS-Path

2023-04-04 Thread Niels Bakker
* na...@ics-il.net (Mike Hammett) [Tue 04 Apr 2023, 15:06 CEST]: 1) How common is it to have the additional extensions to include that data for analysis? pmacct is a commonly used tool to enrich flow data with such information. -- Niels.

Re: Flow Tools AS-Path

2023-04-04 Thread Dobbins, Roland via NANOG
On 4 Apr 2023, at 20:04, Mike Hammett mailto:na...@ics-il.net>> wrote: 2) I have seen flow tools that show the entire AS path. Are they just cherry picking which platforms they showcase for the best marketing, or are they enriching the data they receive from "lesser" platforms from an outside

Flow Tools AS-Path

2023-04-04 Thread Mike Hammett
One of the reasons to analyze flow data is to make purchase\peering decisions. The sFlow standard seems to only include source and destination AS, though I know some route platforms have extensions to provide additional data. 1) How common is it to have the additional extensions to include tha