BGP Session

Sat Jul 19 17:06:48 UTC 2014

An Anycasting node. For example, as part of a reliable DNS service.
A /24 is usually the smallest prefix length that is portably accepted.

Also, applications where connections need to appear to be coming from many
source IPs.

On Saturday, July 19, 2014, Suresh Ramasubramanian <ops.lists at gmail.com>
wrote:

> A single linux box with a whole /24 on it? What sort of use case is that,
> BTW?
>  On 19-Jul-2014 10:26 pm, "Abuse Contact" <stopabuseandreport at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> > I know, the DC is going to be giving me a BGP session on their router so
> I
> > can set it up, I'm not using a Linux server as a router.
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 9:04 AM, William Herrin <bill at herrin.us
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 4:05 AM, Abuse Contact
> > > <stopabuseandreport at gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > > > So I just purchased a Dedicated server from this one company and I
> > have a
> > > > /24 IPv4 block that I bought from a company on WebHostingTalk, but I
> am
> > > > clueless on how to setup the /24 IPv4 block using the BGP Session. I
> > want
> > > > to set it up to run through their network as if it was one of their
> > IPs,
> > > > etc. I keep seeing things like iBGP (which I think means like a inner
> > > > routing BGP) and eBGP (what I'm talking about??) but I have no idea
> how
> > > to
> > > > set those up or which one I would need.
> > >
> > > Howdy,
> > >
> > > Unless you have (1) a real router available, not a just a server and
> > > (2) an expert available to help you with your first BGP configuration
> > > I strongly recommend you simply ask your service provider to announce
> > > the /24 to the Internet on your behalf.
> > >
> > > Server-based BGP software like Quagga for Linux is reasonably good but
> > > it should absolutely not be involved in your _first_ attempt to
> > > connect with the Internet's default-free zone. Simple mistakes with
> > > eBGP can cause tremendous damage to other folks on the Internet. Trial
> > > and error is simply not OK. If it isn't worth it to you to buy a
> > > BGP-capable router then you also aren't prepared to make the
> > > investment in learning it takes to use BGP without causing harm.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Bill Herrin
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > William Herrin ................ herrin at dirtside.com <javascript:;>
> bill at herrin.us <javascript:;>
> > > Owner, Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/>
> > > Can I solve your unusual networking challenges?
> > >
> >
>