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All Things BGP: Discovering BGP Zombies & More
Manage episode 504421600 series 2819996
Dive into the world of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)—the backbone of the Internet—and explore everything from BGP zombies to BGP monitoring best practices.
Tune in for this special conversation with Lefteris Manassakis and The Internet Report team. A seasoned researcher and network engineer, Lefteris Manassakis co-founded Code BGP, which is now part of Cisco ThousandEyes. He currently serves as a Software Engineering Technical Leader at ThousandEyes, focusing on BGP monitoring. To learn more, follow Lefteris on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/manassakis/) or visit his website (https://manassakis.net/)
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
01:11 What Is BGP?
07:05 May 2023 Incident
17:16 Challenges of BGP Monitoring
19:16 BGP Zombies
33:45 Get in Touch
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For additional BGP insights, check out these links:
- Monitoring Root DNS Prefixes: https://www.thousandeyes.com/blog/monitoring-root-dns-prefixes?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fy26q1_internetreport_q1fy26ep3_podcast
- BGP Zombies Show Up Regularly: https://www.thousandeyes.com/blog/bgp-zombies-show-up-regularly?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fy26q1_internetreport_q1fy26ep3_podcast
- Monitor BGP Routes to and From Your Network: https://www.thousandeyes.com/solutions/bgp-and-route-monitoring?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fy26q1_internetreport_q1fy26ep3_podcast
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Want to get in touch?
If you have questions, feedback, or guests you would like to see featured on the show, send us a note at [email protected]. Or follow us on LinkedIn or X: @thousandeyes
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ABOUT THE INTERNET REPORT
This is The Internet Report, a podcast uncovering what’s working and what’s breaking on the Internet—and why.
Tune in to hear ThousandEyes’ Internet experts dig into some of the most interesting outage events from the past couple weeks, discussing what went awry—was it the Internet, or an application issue?
Plus, learn about the latest trends in ISP outages, cloud network outages, collaboration network outages, and more.
Catch all the episodes on YouTube or your favorite podcast platform:
- Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-internet-report/id1506984526
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ADFvqAtgsbYwk4JiZFqHQ?si=00e9c4b53aff4d08&nd=1&dlsi=eab65c9ea39d4773
- SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/ciscopodcastnetwork/sets/the-internet-report
120 episodes
Manage episode 504421600 series 2819996
Dive into the world of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)—the backbone of the Internet—and explore everything from BGP zombies to BGP monitoring best practices.
Tune in for this special conversation with Lefteris Manassakis and The Internet Report team. A seasoned researcher and network engineer, Lefteris Manassakis co-founded Code BGP, which is now part of Cisco ThousandEyes. He currently serves as a Software Engineering Technical Leader at ThousandEyes, focusing on BGP monitoring. To learn more, follow Lefteris on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/manassakis/) or visit his website (https://manassakis.net/)
———
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
01:11 What Is BGP?
07:05 May 2023 Incident
17:16 Challenges of BGP Monitoring
19:16 BGP Zombies
33:45 Get in Touch
———
For additional BGP insights, check out these links:
- Monitoring Root DNS Prefixes: https://www.thousandeyes.com/blog/monitoring-root-dns-prefixes?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fy26q1_internetreport_q1fy26ep3_podcast
- BGP Zombies Show Up Regularly: https://www.thousandeyes.com/blog/bgp-zombies-show-up-regularly?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fy26q1_internetreport_q1fy26ep3_podcast
- Monitor BGP Routes to and From Your Network: https://www.thousandeyes.com/solutions/bgp-and-route-monitoring?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fy26q1_internetreport_q1fy26ep3_podcast
———
Want to get in touch?
If you have questions, feedback, or guests you would like to see featured on the show, send us a note at [email protected]. Or follow us on LinkedIn or X: @thousandeyes
———
ABOUT THE INTERNET REPORT
This is The Internet Report, a podcast uncovering what’s working and what’s breaking on the Internet—and why.
Tune in to hear ThousandEyes’ Internet experts dig into some of the most interesting outage events from the past couple weeks, discussing what went awry—was it the Internet, or an application issue?
Plus, learn about the latest trends in ISP outages, cloud network outages, collaboration network outages, and more.
Catch all the episodes on YouTube or your favorite podcast platform:
- Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-internet-report/id1506984526
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ADFvqAtgsbYwk4JiZFqHQ?si=00e9c4b53aff4d08&nd=1&dlsi=eab65c9ea39d4773
- SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/ciscopodcastnetwork/sets/the-internet-report
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