Re: Any info on devices that are running eBGP on the Internet?

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

MAC Addresses may cross into fear of disclosure of private identifying information.

All they really need is the OUI portion of the MAC addresses which is fairly anonymous in terms of identifying anyone 
specific, yet provides all the needed data.

Owen


> On Nov 7, 2019, at 11:08 , Sabri Berisha <sabri () cluecentral net> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> What you could consider is asking a few of the major internet exchanges if they'd be so kind to send you a list of 
> MAC addresses seen on their LANs. Based on the MAC you can determine the manufacturer. If you have three or four big 
> ones, you have a decent sample size as most larger networks are on multiple IXes anyway.
>
> If you do compile a list, I'm sure this list would be interested in the results :)
>
> Thanks, 
>
> Sabri 
>
>
> ----- On Nov 6, 2019, at 10:39 AM, Compton, Rich A <Rich.Compton () charter com <mailto:Rich.Compton () charter com>> 
> wrote:
> Hi, I am working with MANRS (https://www.manrs.org <https://www.manrs.org/>) on a tool for checking router configs 
> for BGP security / spoofing prevention (e.g. uRPF) https://github.com/manrs-tools/MANRS-validator 
> <https://github.com/manrs-tools/MANRS-validator>
> We are wondering if there is any research on the percentages of different types of devices running BGP on the 
> Internet. 
> Something like:
> Cisco IOS 30%
> Junos 30%
> Mikrotik 20%
> etc…
> We are looking to focus our tool on the most prevalent types of devices doing BGP (and the most prevalent with BGP 
> security/spoofing issues) so that we can have the greatest impact.  Does anyone have any information on this or know 
> where I can obtain this information?  Thanks in advance!
>  -Rich 
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