Building and Expanding the BGP.tools Realtime BGP Collector

Learn how a large-scale BGP collector operates and processes data from over 1000 BGP sessions in this 27-minute NANOG conference talk. Explore the architecture and functionality of bgp.tools, a significant BGP collection project alongside RIPE RIS and University of Oregon Route Views. Discover the challenges of running such a system, understand various data sources, and examine how bgp.tools achieves proximity to networks for optimal route collection. Gain insights into Internet Exchanges, SFP Optics, preference trees, and latency considerations as speaker Ben Cartwright-Cox details the technical infrastructure and capabilities of this extensive network monitoring platform.