RE: BGP Session

[Tim Burke <tb () tburke us>]

Sounds like one of those sketchy 'triple-opt-in' mailing lists... :-)

Or they're running 37 FTP's, 6 Ventrillos, 71 teleconferences, etc. Oh, and SSL. Can't forget about SSL. 

-----Original Message-----
From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces () nanog org] On Behalf Of Suresh Ramasubramanian
Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2014 11:59 AM
To: Abuse Contact
Cc: nanog () nanog org
Subject: Re: BGP Session

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 () gmail com>
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 () herrin us> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 4:05 AM, Abuse Contact 
> > <stopabuseandreport () gmail com> 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 () dirtside com  bill () herrin us 
> > Owner, Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/> 
> > Can I solve your unusual networking challenges?