[HN Gopher] BGP.Tools: Browse the Internet Ecosystem
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       BGP.Tools: Browse the Internet Ecosystem
        
       Author : luu
       Score  : 217 points
       Date   : 2023-06-30 08:18 UTC (14 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (bgp.tools)
 (TXT) w3m dump (bgp.tools)
        
       | AndyMcConachie wrote:
       | It even picks up what my DNS server is. Neat!
        
         | TechBro8615 wrote:
         | That's surprising to me. Any idea how it does it?
        
           | qmarchi wrote:
           | Pretty easy. The website will request a specific DNS domain
           | via XHR, something like: 49uz89psdfu89.dns.bgp.tools and will
           | record the address that contacts the DNS server.
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           | A follow up request to the backend fills in the response.
        
       | guerby wrote:
       | For network debugging participating in the NLNOG ring is a must:
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       | https://ring.nlnog.net/
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       | ssh access to VMs hosted just about everwhere with lots of tools.
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       | https://ring.nlnog.net/toolbox/
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       | https://ring.nlnog.net/toolbox/looking-glass/
        
       | johnea wrote:
       | Anonymous pubic SSH for access to the tools is really a nice
       | option...
        
       | donkey-hotei wrote:
       | Sweeeeeet!
        
       | buro9 wrote:
       | Credit to Ben who built this, it's really nice.
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       | If you're a network engineer and aren't yet using this... What
       | are you doing?
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       | Also check out the Prometheus metrics available as a feed format
       | you can scrape (paying customers).
       | 
       | Ben's great and this area is not one that sees much innovation,
       | this is all round a far better bgp.he.net and indispensable for
       | network teams.
       | 
       | The changelog is always impressive.
        
         | belter wrote:
         | For serious stuff you have services like ThousandEyes (
         | disclaimer: No affiliation of any kind with the company ).
        
         | FiloSottile wrote:
         | Quoting for endorsement.
         | 
         | Ben, of https://blog.benjojo.co.uk [1] and https://age-
         | encryption.org/design fame, built something genuinely useful
         | out of sheer technical depth, use case understanding, and
         | experience.
         | 
         | I don't really work with networks but the changelog is indeed a
         | great read because 1) I learn stuff, and 2) it's great to see a
         | useful focused product just get better.
         | 
         | [1] https://hn.algolia.com/?query=benjojo.co.uk
        
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         | bdavbdav wrote:
         | Ben is an amazing guy - some really cool sw/hw reverse
         | engineering / POCs on his personal blog.
        
       | pipo234 wrote:
       | Wow! Lots of information in a snappy interface.
        
       | supriyo-biswas wrote:
       | In a similar vein, there's also https://bgp.he.net.
        
       | eddyg wrote:
       | You can also `ssh lg@bgp.tools` for terminal-based "Looking
       | Glass" queries (which is how such an interface is referred to, as
       | they provide a view into internet routing _from_ each provider.
       | https://www.bgplookingglass.com/)
        
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