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Traffic Flow Analyzer
by KARIM MEKKAOUI 28 Feb '25

28 Feb '25

Hi Nanog Community We're looking for a (open source, free, cost effective) tool that is able to analyze traffic flow coming from a couple of router interfaces and display capacity utilisation per IP, top talkers, etc. Thank you in advance for your help KARIM

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Weekly Global IPv4 Routing Table Report
by Routing Table Analysis Role Account 28 Feb '25

28 Feb '25

This is an automated weekly mailing describing the state of the Global IPv4 Routing Table as seen from APNIC's router in Japan. The posting is sent to APOPS, NANOG, AfNOG, SANOG, PacNOG, SAFNOG UKNOF, TZNOG, MENOG, BJNOG, SDNOG, CMNOG, LACNOG and the RIPE Routing WG. Daily listings are sent to bgp-stats(a)lists.apnic.net. For historical data, please see https://thyme.apnic.net. If you have any comments please contact Philip Smith <pfsinoz(a)gmail.com>. IPv4 Routing Table Report 04:00 +10GMT Sat 01 Mar, 2025 IPv4 BGP Table (Global) as seen at Japan. Report Website: https://thyme.apnic.net Detailed Analysis: https://thyme.apnic.net/current/ Analysis Summary ---------------- BGP routing table entries examined: 976495 Prefixes after maximum aggregation (per Origin AS): 373759 Deaggregation factor: 2.61 Unique aggregates announced (without unneeded subnets): 475448 Number of IPv4 prefixes with a valid ROA: 527690 Number of IPv4 prefixes with an invalid ROA: 2120 Number of IPv4 prefixes with no ROA: 446685 Total ASes present in the Internet Routing Table: 76714 Prefixes per ASN: 12.73 Origin-only ASes present in the Internet Routing Table: 65661 Origin ASes announcing only one prefix: 26909 Transit ASes present in the Internet Routing Table: 11053 Transit-only ASes present in the Internet Routing Table: 539 Average AS path length visible in the Internet Routing Table: 5.2 Max AS path length visible: 65 Max AS path prepend of ASN ( 37447) 57 Prefixes from unregistered ASNs in the Routing Table: 987 Number of instances of unregistered ASNs: 1005 Number of 32-bit ASNs allocated by the RIRs: 46215 Number of 32-bit ASNs visible in the Routing Table: 37939 Prefixes from 32-bit ASNs in the Routing Table: 199640 Number of bogon 32-bit ASNs visible in the Routing Table: 66 Special use prefixes present in the Routing Table: 1 Prefixes being announced from unallocated address space: 468 Number of addresses announced to Internet: 3110173824 Equivalent to 185 /8s, 97 /16s and 124 /24s Percentage of available address space announced: 84.0 Percentage of allocated address space announced: 84.0 Percentage of available address space allocated: 100.0 Percentage of address space in use by end-sites: 99.6 Total number of prefixes smaller than registry allocations: 320345 APNIC Region Analysis Summary ----------------------------- Prefixes being announced by APNIC Region ASes: 256651 Total APNIC prefixes after maximum aggregation: 76857 APNIC Deaggregation factor: 3.34 Prefixes being announced from the APNIC address blocks: 248562 Unique aggregates announced from the APNIC address blocks: 102733 APNIC Region origin ASes present in the Internet Routing Table: 14570 APNIC Prefixes per ASN: 17.06 APNIC Region origin ASes announcing only one prefix: 4442 APNIC Region transit ASes present in the Internet Routing Table: 1960 Average APNIC Region AS path length visible: 5.4 Max APNIC Region AS path length visible: 38 Number of APNIC region 32-bit ASNs visible in the Routing Table: 10050 Number of APNIC addresses announced to Internet: 750480896 Equivalent to 44 /8s, 187 /16s and 110 /24s APNIC AS Blocks 4608-4864, 7467-7722, 9216-10239, 17408-18431 (pre-ERX allocations) 23552-24575, 37888-38911, 45056-46079, 55296-56319, 58368-59391, 63488-64098, 64297-64395, 131072-155961 APNIC Address Blocks 1/8, 14/8, 27/8, 36/8, 39/8, 42/8, 43/8, 49/8, 58/8, 59/8, 60/8, 61/8, 101/8, 103/8, 106/8, 110/8, 111/8, 112/8, 113/8, 114/8, 115/8, 116/8, 117/8, 118/8, 119/8, 120/8, 121/8, 122/8, 123/8, 124/8, 125/8, 126/8, 133/8, 150/8, 153/8, 163/8, 171/8, 175/8, 180/8, 182/8, 183/8, 202/8, 203/8, 210/8, 211/8, 218/8, 219/8, 220/8, 221/8, 222/8, 223/8, ARIN Region Analysis Summary ---------------------------- Prefixes being announced by ARIN Region ASes: 287838 Total ARIN prefixes after maximum aggregation: 127909 ARIN Deaggregation factor: 2.25 Prefixes being announced from the ARIN address blocks: 289408 Unique aggregates announced from the ARIN address blocks: 136083 ARIN Region origin ASes present in the Internet Routing Table: 19254 ARIN Prefixes per ASN: 15.03 ARIN Region origin ASes announcing only one prefix: 7037 ARIN Region transit ASes present in the Internet Routing Table: 2012 Average ARIN Region AS path length visible: 4.6 Max ARIN Region AS path length visible: 34 Number of ARIN region 32-bit ASNs visible in the Routing Table: 5176 Number of ARIN addresses announced to Internet: 1348417536 Equivalent to 80 /8s, 95 /16s and 56 /24s ARIN AS Blocks 1-1876, 1902-2042, 2044-2046, 2048-2106 (pre-ERX allocations) 2138-2584, 2615-2772, 2823-2829, 2880-3153 3354-4607, 4865-5119, 5632-6655, 6912-7466 7723-8191, 10240-12287, 13312-15359, 16384-17407 18432-20479, 21504-23551, 25600-26591, 26624-27647, 29696-30719, 31744-33791 35840-36863, 39936-40959, 46080-47103 53248-55295, 62464-63487, 64198-64296, 393216-402332 ARIN Address Blocks 3/8, 4/8, 6/8, 7/8, 8/8, 9/8, 11/8, 12/8, 13/8, 15/8, 16/8, 17/8, 18/8, 19/8, 20/8, 21/8, 22/8, 23/8, 24/8, 26/8, 28/8, 29/8, 30/8, 32/8, 33/8, 34/8, 35/8, 38/8, 40/8, 44/8, 45/8, 47/8, 48/8, 50/8, 52/8, 54/8, 55/8, 56/8, 63/8, 64/8, 65/8, 66/8, 67/8, 68/8, 69/8, 70/8, 71/8, 72/8, 73/8, 74/8, 75/8, 76/8, 96/8, 97/8, 98/8, 99/8, 100/8, 104/8, 107/8, 108/8, 128/8, 129/8, 130/8, 131/8, 132/8, 134/8, 135/8, 136/8, 137/8, 138/8, 139/8, 140/8, 142/8, 143/8, 144/8, 146/8, 147/8, 148/8, 149/8, 152/8, 155/8, 156/8, 157/8, 158/8, 159/8, 160/8, 161/8, 162/8, 164/8, 165/8, 166/8, 167/8, 168/8, 169/8, 170/8, 172/8, 173/8, 174/8, 184/8, 192/8, 198/8, 199/8, 204/8, 205/8, 206/8, 207/8, 208/8, 209/8, 214/8, 215/8, 216/8, RIPE Region Analysis Summary ---------------------------- Prefixes being announced by RIPE Region ASes: 272485 Total RIPE prefixes after maximum aggregation: 132340 RIPE Deaggregation factor: 2.06 Prefixes being announced from the RIPE address blocks: 269922 Unique aggregates announced from the RIPE address blocks: 172290 RIPE Region origin ASes present in the Internet Routing Table: 28862 RIPE Prefixes per ASN: 9.35 RIPE Region origin ASes announcing only one prefix: 12068 RIPE Region transit ASes present in the Internet Routing Table: 3995 Average RIPE Region AS path length visible: 5.3 Max RIPE Region AS path length visible: 45 Number of RIPE region 32-bit ASNs visible in the Routing Table: 12291 Number of RIPE addresses announced to Internet: 732722816 Equivalent to 43 /8s, 172 /16s and 118 /24s RIPE AS Blocks 1877-1901, 2043, 2047, 2107-2136, 2585-2614 (pre-ERX allocations) 2773-2822, 2830-2879, 3154-3353, 5377-5631 6656-6911, 8192-9215, 12288-13311, 15360-16383 20480-21503, 24576-25599, 28672-29695 30720-31743, 33792-35839, 38912-39935 40960-45055, 47104-52223, 56320-58367 59392-61439, 61952-62463, 64396-64495 196608-216475 RIPE Address Blocks 2/8, 5/8, 25/8, 31/8, 37/8, 46/8, 51/8, 53/8, 57/8, 62/8, 77/8, 78/8, 79/8, 80/8, 81/8, 82/8, 83/8, 84/8, 85/8, 86/8, 87/8, 88/8, 89/8, 90/8, 91/8, 92/8, 93/8, 94/8, 95/8, 109/8, 141/8, 145/8, 151/8, 176/8, 178/8, 185/8, 188/8, 193/8, 194/8, 195/8, 212/8, 213/8, 217/8, LACNIC Region Analysis Summary ------------------------------ Prefixes being announced by LACNIC Region ASes: 123676 Total LACNIC prefixes after maximum aggregation: 29215 LACNIC Deaggregation factor: 4.23 Prefixes being announced from the LACNIC address blocks: 120582 Unique aggregates announced from the LACNIC address blocks: 48886 LACNIC Region origin ASes present in the Internet Routing Table: 11207 LACNIC Prefixes per ASN: 10.76 LACNIC Region origin ASes announcing only one prefix: 2664 LACNIC Region transit ASes present in the Internet Routing Table: 2508 Average LACNIC Region AS path length visible: 5.9 Max LACNIC Region AS path length visible: 56 Number of LACNIC region 32-bit ASNs visible in the Routing Table: 9149 Number of LACNIC addresses announced to Internet: 173813760 Equivalent to 10 /8s, 92 /16s and 48 /24s LACNIC AS Blocks 26592-26623, 27648-28671, 52224-53247, 61440-61951, 64099-64197, 262144-274844 + ERX transfers LACNIC Address Blocks 177/8, 179/8, 181/8, 186/8, 187/8, 189/8, 190/8, 191/8, 200/8, 201/8, AfriNIC Region Analysis Summary ------------------------------- Prefixes being announced by AfriNIC Region ASes: 34858 Total AfriNIC prefixes after maximum aggregation: 6813 AfriNIC Deaggregation factor: 5.12 Prefixes being announced from the AfriNIC address blocks: 47553 Unique aggregates announced from the AfriNIC address blocks: 15048 AfriNIC Region origin ASes present in the Internet Routing Table: 1912 AfriNIC Prefixes per ASN: 24.87 AfriNIC Region origin ASes announcing only one prefix: 698 AfriNIC Region transit ASes present in the Internet Routing Table: 384 Average AfriNIC Region AS path length visible: 6.0 Max AfriNIC Region AS path length visible: 65 Number of AfriNIC region 32-bit ASNs visible in the Routing Table: 1273 Number of AfriNIC addresses announced to Internet: 104494080 Equivalent to 6 /8s, 58 /16s and 116 /24s AfriNIC AS Blocks 36864-37887, 327680-329727 & ERX transfers AfriNIC Address Blocks 41/8, 102/8, 105/8, 154/8, 196/8, 197/8, APNIC Region per AS prefix count summary ---------------------------------------- ASN No of nets /20 equiv MaxAgg Description 9808 10331 8754 93 CHINAMOBILE-CN China Mobile Communication 7545 6215 843 659 TPG-INTERNET-AP TPG Telecom Limited, AU 4538 4813 4192 76 ERX-CERNET-BKB China Education and Resear 9498 4242 530 277 BBIL-AP BHARTI Airtel Ltd., IN 7552 3920 1332 26 VIETEL-AS-AP Viettel Group, VN 7713 3675 1044 66 TELKOMNET-AS-AP PT Telekomunikasi Indones 45899 3275 1869 102 VNPT-AS-VN VNPT Corp, VN 24560 2846 855 533 AIRTELBROADBAND-AS-AP Bharti Airtel Ltd., 4766 2353 11522 606 KIXS-AS-KR Korea Telecom, KR 45090 2207 1439 86 TENCENT-NET-AP Shenzhen Tencent Computer Complete listing at https://thyme.apnic.net/current/data-ASnet-APNIC ARIN Region per AS prefix count summary --------------------------------------- ASN No of nets /20 equiv MaxAgg Description 16509 12803 39185 3778 AMAZON-02, US 11492 4704 312 566 CABLEONE, US 7155 4175 286 83 VIASAT-SP-BACKBONE, US 6327 3623 1320 81 SHAW, CA 22773 3372 3033 180 ASN-CXA-ALL-CCI-22773-RDC, US 174 3289 8762 929 COGENT-174, US 749 3260 54879 2507 DNIC-AS-00749, US 16625 3004 1275 2201 AKAMAI-AS, US 396982 2935 3660 453 GOOGLE-CLOUD-PLATFORM, US 30036 2582 358 326 MEDIACOM-ENTERPRISE-BUSINESS, US Complete listing at https://thyme.apnic.net/current/data-ASnet-ARIN RIPE Region per AS prefix count summary --------------------------------------- ASN No of nets /20 equiv MaxAgg Description 12479 7758 1714 145 UNI2-AS, ES 39891 4797 293 62 ALJAWWALSTC-AS, SA 20940 3948 3395 131 AKAMAI-ASN1, NL 9009 3760 322 1928 M247, RO 12389 2989 2303 895 ROSTELECOM-AS, RU 34984 2367 361 580 TELLCOM-AS, TR 212238 2008 145 1483 CDNEXT, GB 8452 1617 1852 14 TE-AS TE-AS, EG 13188 1606 100 34 TRIOLAN, UA 62240 1489 98 748 CLOUVIDER Clouvider - Global ASN, GB Complete listing at https://thyme.apnic.net/current/data-ASnet-RIPE LACNIC Region per AS prefix count summary ----------------------------------------- ASN No of nets /20 equiv MaxAgg Description 8151 11783 3235 591 UNINET, MX 10620 3547 492 953 Telmex Colombia S.A., CO 13999 2512 539 370 Mega Cable, S.A. de C.V., MX 11830 1992 369 64 Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad y 28573 1351 2436 268 Claro NXT Telecomunicacoes Ltda, BR 3816 1329 777 211 COLOMBIA TELECOMUNICACIONES S.A. ESP BIC, 6147 1172 371 22 Telefonica del Peru S.A.A., PE 11664 1165 278 33 Techtel LMDS Comunicaciones Interactivas 6503 1130 374 163 Axtel, S.A.B. de C.V., MX 22884 1048 82 371 TOTAL PLAY TELECOMUNICACIONES SA DE CV, M Complete listing at https://thyme.apnic.net/current/data-ASnet-LACNIC AfriNIC Region per AS prefix count summary ------------------------------------------ ASN No of nets /20 equiv MaxAgg Description 24835 1683 599 30 RAYA-AS, EG 24863 1619 389 16 LINKdotNET-AS, EG 29571 1570 99 102 ORANGE-COTE-IVOIRE, CI 36992 1426 1518 286 ETISALAT-MISR, EG 36903 1249 554 96 MT-MPLS, MA 36935 1013 523 45 Vodafone-, EG 20011 980 183 284 INTERNET-SOLUTIONS, ZA 37069 847 1083 15 MOBINIL, EG 6713 558 1861 35 IAM-AS, MA 36914 553 82 3 KENET-AS, KE Complete listing at https://thyme.apnic.net/current/data-ASnet-AFRINIC Global Per AS prefix count summary ---------------------------------- ASN No of nets /20 equiv MaxAgg Description 16509 12803 39185 3778 AMAZON-02, US 8151 11783 3235 591 UNINET, MX 9808 10331 8754 93 CHINAMOBILE-CN China Mobile Communication 12479 7758 1714 145 UNI2-AS, ES 7545 6215 843 659 TPG-INTERNET-AP TPG Telecom Limited, AU 4538 4813 4192 76 ERX-CERNET-BKB China Education and Resear 39891 4797 293 62 ALJAWWALSTC-AS, SA 11492 4704 312 566 CABLEONE, US 9498 4242 530 277 BBIL-AP BHARTI Airtel Ltd., IN 7155 4175 286 83 VIASAT-SP-BACKBONE, US Complete listing at https://thyme.apnic.net/current/data-ASnet Global Per AS Maximum Aggregation summary ----------------------------------------- ASN No of nets Net Savings Description 8151 11783 11192 UNINET, MX 9808 10331 10238 CHINAMOBILE-CN China Mobile Communications Grou 12479 7758 7613 UNI2-AS, ES 7545 6215 5556 TPG-INTERNET-AP TPG Telecom Limited, AU 4538 4813 4737 ERX-CERNET-BKB China Education and Research Net 39891 4797 4735 ALJAWWALSTC-AS, SA 11492 4704 4138 CABLEONE, US 7155 4175 4092 VIASAT-SP-BACKBONE, US 9498 4242 3965 BBIL-AP BHARTI Airtel Ltd., IN 7552 3920 3894 VIETEL-AS-AP Viettel Group, VN Complete listing at https://thyme.apnic.net/current/data-CIDRnet List of Unregistered Origin ASNs (Global) ----------------------------------------- Bad AS Designation Net Originated Transit AS Transit AS Name 22542 UNALLOCATED 8.7.205.0/24 3356 LEVEL3, US 33123 UNALLOCATED 8.10.69.0/24 174 COGENT-174, US 12169 UNALLOCATED 8.15.207.0/24 32787 PROLEXIC-TECHNOLOGIES-D 46639 UNALLOCATED 8.17.66.0/24 701 UUNET, US 53775 UNALLOCATED 8.20.88.0/24 7029 WINDSTREAM, US 393266 UNALLOCATED 8.23.52.0/24 46887 CROWNCASTLE-AS46887, US 396894 UNALLOCATED 8.28.201.0/24 46887 CROWNCASTLE-AS46887, US 394936 UNALLOCATED 8.33.224.0/24 22442 HOU-PHONOSCOPE, US 54338 UNALLOCATED 8.33.241.0/24 3356 LEVEL3, US 46639 UNALLOCATED 8.38.73.0/24 3356 LEVEL3, US Complete listing at https://thyme.apnic.net/current/data-badAS Prefixes from the Special Purpose Address Registry (Global) ----------------------------------------------------------- Prefix Origin AS Description 192.88.99.0/24 6939 HURRICANE, US Complete listing at https://thyme.apnic.net/current/data-spar Advertised Unallocated Addresses -------------------------------- Unassigned Network ASN Information AS Name 14.192.20.0/22 Origin: 26658 HENGTONG-IDC-LLC, US 14.192.20.0/22 Transit: 6939 HURRICANE, US 23.140.16.0/24 Origin: 63371 RESERVED, ZZ 23.140.16.0/24 Transit: 10796 TWC-10796-MIDWEST, US 23.140.48.0/24 Origin: 63371 RESERVED, ZZ 23.140.48.0/24 Transit: 7018 ATT-INTERNET4, US 23.140.216.0/24 Origin: 27176 DATAWAGON, US 23.140.216.0/24 Transit: 20278 NEXEON, US 23.141.0.0/24 Origin: 395350 RESERVED, ZZ 23.141.0.0/24 Transit: 11426 TWC-11426-CAROLINAS, US Complete listing at https://thyme.apnic.net/current/data-add-IANA Number of prefixes announced per prefix length (Global) ------------------------------------------------------- /1:0 /2:0 /3:0 /4:0 /5:0 /6:0 /7:0 /8:16 /9:16 /10:42 /11:92 /12:304 /13:584 /14:1216 /15:2146 /16:13969 /17:8345 /18:13795 /19:24787 /20:44725 /21:52426 /22:112683 /23:101326 /24:599335 /25:688 /26:0 /27:0 /28:0 /29:0 /30:0 /31:0 /32:0 Advertised prefixes smaller than registry allocations ----------------------------------------------------- ASN No of nets Total ann. Description 12479 6712 7758 UNI2-AS, ES 8151 5985 11783 UNINET, MX 11492 3555 4704 CABLEONE, US 39891 3489 4797 ALJAWWALSTC-AS, SA 6327 3418 3623 SHAW, CA 7155 3121 4175 VIASAT-SP-BACKBONE, US 22773 2510 3372 ASN-CXA-ALL-CCI-22773-RDC, US 16509 2276 12803 AMAZON-02, US 30036 2242 2582 MEDIACOM-ENTERPRISE-BUSINESS, US 10620 2187 3547 Telmex Colombia S.A., CO Complete listing at https://thyme.apnic.net/current/data-sXXas-nos Number of /24s announced per /8 block (Global) ---------------------------------------------- 1:1668 2:1513 3:576 4:10 5:4534 6:167 7:6 8:1560 9:1 11:172 12:1379 13:350 14:2551 15:350 16:277 17:358 18:918 20:454 21:4 22:188 23:7347 24:2728 25:2 27:2666 29:19 31:3175 32:38 34:78 35:201 36:2422 37:4608 38:8728 39:897 40:153 41:4165 42:952 43:2523 44:350 45:18368 46:4997 47:293 49:1985 50:1892 51:590 52:1570 54:302 55:911 56:9 57:241 58:2161 59:1280 60:1167 61:2793 62:2885 63:1833 64:5499 65:2173 66:4621 67:3049 68:1122 69:3963 70:1104 71:609 72:2879 74:2786 75:1649 76:615 77:2668 78:1856 79:1727 80:2221 81:2012 82:2690 83:1391 84:1811 85:3359 86:1030 87:2408 88:1284 89:4304 90:777 91:8314 92:2802 93:2891 94:3917 95:4244 96:1343 97:318 98:973 99:739 100:71 101:1150 102:3644 103:32322 104:4801 105:758 106:998 107:2594 108:1219 109:4102 110:2232 111:3325 112:2047 113:1531 114:1944 115:2097 116:2049 117:2758 118:2416 119:1929 120:1896 121:1417 122:2771 123:2177 124:1617 125:2901 126:94 128:1559 129:964 130:1273 131:1849 132:794 133:450 134:1532 135:329 136:1310 137:1162 138:2890 139:1610 140:1563 141:1474 142:1824 143:1620 144:1066 145:467 146:2140 147:2068 148:2580 149:2876 150:1222 151:1704 152:2109 153:504 154:7510 155:1599 156:3215 157:1889 158:1262 159:2442 160:3530 161:1924 162:3690 163:1853 164:1700 165:2186 166:1368 167:1878 168:4049 169:794 170:5075 171:1003 172:4342 173:3232 174:915 175:1266 176:3625 177:4685 178:3766 179:2223 180:2575 181:4014 182:3377 183:1824 184:2299 185:21451 186:5078 187:4318 188:4197 189:4205 190:9650 191:1529 192:11179 193:9395 194:7749 195:5514 196:3283 197:3634 198:6193 199:8378 200:8167 201:6292 202:10580 203:10525 204:4560 205:3664 206:4622 207:3585 208:4197 209:5227 210:4806 211:2633 212:4510 213:3750 214:1054 215:42 216:6568 217:3108 218:1389 219:537 220:2101 221:1051 222:849 223:2343 End of report

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** NANOG Hallway Conversation Sparks AI Breakthrough, Announcing N94 Keynote! + More
by Nanog News 27 Feb '25

27 Feb '25

*** Announcing NANOG 94 Keynote!* ------------------------------------------------------------ *"Data Center Futures: Scaling the Backbone of Tomorrow’s Digital World" w/ COO US Signal, John White* In an era of rapid technological evolution, open source is on the cusp of the next major disruption. This keynote explores the transformative power of the industry's state and open-source technologies. *LEARN MORE <https://nanog.org/events/nanog-94/> *( https://nanog.org/events/nanog-94/) *** NANOG Hallway Conversation Sparks AI Breakthrough* ------------------------------------------------------------ *A Chance Encounter at the NANOG Espresso Bar Leads to an AI Milestone* "I took a hallway conversation and turned it into a working proof-of-concept within 12 hours,” said John Capobianco, product marketing evangelist for Selector.AI. *READ MORE <https://nanog.org/stories/articles/hallway-innovations-how-nanogs-conversat…> *( https://nanog.org/stories/articles/hallway-innovations-how-nanogs-conversat… ) *** N93 Pics Available!* ------------------------------------------------------------ *Hold Onto Your Cables—N93 Pics Have Officially Hit our NANOG Flickr Albums* Dive in, download your favorites, and relive the magic of a NANOG meeting one frame at a time. *VIEW NOW* <https://www.flickr.com/photos/nanog/albums>( https://www.flickr.com/photos/nanog/albums) *** Stay Connected* ------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.facebook.com http://www.instagram.com/nanog_org/ http://www.linkedin.com/company/nanog/ https://www.twitter.com/nanog/ http://nanog.org

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REMINDER: Scheduled Maintenance: Mailman Upgrade
by Valerie Wittkop 27 Feb '25

27 Feb '25

Friendly reminder the NANOG Mailman instances are undergoing upgrade and migration tomorrow… Full message below ~ Valerie On Feb 20, 2025 at 15:29:50, Valerie Wittkop <vwittkop(a)nanog.org> wrote: > NANOG Community, > > During the evening on Friday February 28, 2025 between 8 pm to 12 am EST > (Saturday March 1, 0100 to 0500 UTC), NANOG will perform an upgrade of the > mailman software and migration of archives. During this time, all mailing > lists will be unavailable, including the ability to make changes to your > subscription options. > > We expect this migration to be completed in three hours time or backed out. > > Detailed notes: > > NANOG will be migrating to mailman 3 during this time. All lists at < > mailman.nanog.org> will be migrated to <lists.nanog.org>. All users will > be migrated transparently, and optionally can create an account on > lists.nanog.org to manage their subscription. > > The nanog(a)nanog.org and other @nanog.org list posting addresses will > remain as an alias, but we request that you use [listname](a)lists.nanog.org > to post after the migration. The RFC 2919 and 2369 List-ID headers will > change, so any filters members use may need to be updated on their systems. > > The archives will be imported, but the existing static archive will be > maintained for historical link purposes. > > For testing purposes we have a list ‘test’ < > https://lists.nanog.org/mailman3/lists/test.lists.nanog.org/> configured > the same as the NANOG list. Users may subscribe to it and test out the new > mailman 3 interface if they desire before the migration. > > Sincerely, > > NANOG Staff > > ----------------------------------------- > *Valerie Wittkop* > Program Directorvwittkop(a)nanog.org | +1 734-730-0225 <+17347300225> > (mobile) | www.nanog.org > NANOG | 305 E. Eisenhower Pkwy, Suite 100 | Ann Arbor, MI 48108, USA > ASN 19230 >

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Filtering "Illegal" Video
by Mike Hammett 27 Feb '25

27 Feb '25

I've never paid much attention to the abilities to filter traffic because I didn't care what my customers were doing until which time a lawful order told me to care. Someone recently asked me that since there was only one legal way in a particular country to consume television service over IP, was there any way to block the "illegal" streams. I put "illegal" in quotes because some of it really is the pirated crap, but some is likely just watching Netflix, Prime, Hulu, etc. over a VPN. With the tooling I have, no, I can't block that stuff. Well, at least not with any precision. I'd certainly miss a bunch and there would be a bunch of collateral damage. However, I also know that I'm not using overly sophisticated tooling or methods to achieve this. Are there platforms out there that can accomplish this with any precision? No, I don't know what constitutes "TV" in that jurisdiction, nor do I ask this group to weigh in on that. Are YouTube, Vimeo, and Rumble "TV"? Are Netflix and Prime "TV"? ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com

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South carolina local fiber providers
by Mehmet 25 Feb '25

25 Feb '25

Hello there Looking for local fiber providers in South Carolina for a hyperscale DC project Located between I-26 and I-85 Ideallly these providers can build fiber to few key points like Charlotte or already have it. Please contact me offlist Mehmet

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Discord folks?
by Drew Weaver 23 Feb '25

23 Feb '25

Anyone from Discord monitor here? Please contact me. Thanks, -Drew

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Paging RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology) network/sytems people
by Rich Kulawiec 21 Feb '25

21 Feb '25

I filed an abuse report 11 days ago (Feb 9) and have received no response. Attempts to follow up by phone using the contact info in ARIN's records have yielded: - one phone number that's an overall campus directory - one phone number that's a generic outbound line - one phone number that offers an option to connect to "the on-call person", however, no such person has ever been available (on repeated attempts during business hours) and the recorded message directs callers to an "escalation procedure" without stating exactly where that procedure can be found ---rsk

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Weekly Global IPv4 Routing Table Report
by Routing Table Analysis Role Account 21 Feb '25

21 Feb '25

This is an automated weekly mailing describing the state of the Global IPv4 Routing Table as seen from APNIC's router in Japan. The posting is sent to APOPS, NANOG, AfNOG, SANOG, PacNOG, SAFNOG UKNOF, TZNOG, MENOG, BJNOG, SDNOG, CMNOG, LACNOG and the RIPE Routing WG. Daily listings are sent to bgp-stats(a)lists.apnic.net. For historical data, please see https://thyme.apnic.net. If you have any comments please contact Philip Smith <pfsinoz(a)gmail.com>. IPv4 Routing Table Report 04:00 +10GMT Sat 22 Feb, 2025 IPv4 BGP Table (Global) as seen at Japan. Report Website: https://thyme.apnic.net Detailed Analysis: https://thyme.apnic.net/current/ Analysis Summary ---------------- BGP routing table entries examined: 975966 Prefixes after maximum aggregation (per Origin AS): 373351 Deaggregation factor: 2.61 Unique aggregates announced (without unneeded subnets): 475760 Number of IPv4 prefixes with a valid ROA: 332986 Number of IPv4 prefixes with an invalid ROA: 1212 Number of IPv4 prefixes with no ROA: 641768 Total ASes present in the Internet Routing Table: 76673 Prefixes per ASN: 12.73 Origin-only ASes present in the Internet Routing Table: 65614 Origin ASes announcing only one prefix: 26873 Transit ASes present in the Internet Routing Table: 11059 Transit-only ASes present in the Internet Routing Table: 535 Average AS path length visible in the Internet Routing Table: 5.2 Max AS path length visible: 65 Max AS path prepend of ASN ( 37447) 57 Prefixes from unregistered ASNs in the Routing Table: 1056 Number of instances of unregistered ASNs: 1074 Number of 32-bit ASNs allocated by the RIRs: 46159 Number of 32-bit ASNs visible in the Routing Table: 37882 Prefixes from 32-bit ASNs in the Routing Table: 199407 Number of bogon 32-bit ASNs visible in the Routing Table: 61 Special use prefixes present in the Routing Table: 1 Prefixes being announced from unallocated address space: 515 Number of addresses announced to Internet: 3113283456 Equivalent to 185 /8s, 144 /16s and 239 /24s Percentage of available address space announced: 84.1 Percentage of allocated address space announced: 84.1 Percentage of available address space allocated: 100.0 Percentage of address space in use by end-sites: 99.6 Total number of prefixes smaller than registry allocations: 320234 APNIC Region Analysis Summary ----------------------------- Prefixes being announced by APNIC Region ASes: 256430 Total APNIC prefixes after maximum aggregation: 76844 APNIC Deaggregation factor: 3.34 Prefixes being announced from the APNIC address blocks: 248440 Unique aggregates announced from the APNIC address blocks: 102850 APNIC Region origin ASes present in the Internet Routing Table: 14552 APNIC Prefixes per ASN: 17.07 APNIC Region origin ASes announcing only one prefix: 4445 APNIC Region transit ASes present in the Internet Routing Table: 1954 Average APNIC Region AS path length visible: 5.4 Max APNIC Region AS path length visible: 38 Number of APNIC region 32-bit ASNs visible in the Routing Table: 10028 Number of APNIC addresses announced to Internet: 754011136 Equivalent to 44 /8s, 241 /16s and 76 /24s APNIC AS Blocks 4608-4864, 7467-7722, 9216-10239, 17408-18431 (pre-ERX allocations) 23552-24575, 37888-38911, 45056-46079, 55296-56319, 58368-59391, 63488-64098, 64297-64395, 131072-155961 APNIC Address Blocks 1/8, 14/8, 27/8, 36/8, 39/8, 42/8, 43/8, 49/8, 58/8, 59/8, 60/8, 61/8, 101/8, 103/8, 106/8, 110/8, 111/8, 112/8, 113/8, 114/8, 115/8, 116/8, 117/8, 118/8, 119/8, 120/8, 121/8, 122/8, 123/8, 124/8, 125/8, 126/8, 133/8, 150/8, 153/8, 163/8, 171/8, 175/8, 180/8, 182/8, 183/8, 202/8, 203/8, 210/8, 211/8, 218/8, 219/8, 220/8, 221/8, 222/8, 223/8, ARIN Region Analysis Summary ---------------------------- Prefixes being announced by ARIN Region ASes: 287524 Total ARIN prefixes after maximum aggregation: 127702 ARIN Deaggregation factor: 2.25 Prefixes being announced from the ARIN address blocks: 289223 Unique aggregates announced from the ARIN address blocks: 135948 ARIN Region origin ASes present in the Internet Routing Table: 19233 ARIN Prefixes per ASN: 15.04 ARIN Region origin ASes announcing only one prefix: 7016 ARIN Region transit ASes present in the Internet Routing Table: 2009 Average ARIN Region AS path length visible: 4.6 Max ARIN Region AS path length visible: 34 Number of ARIN region 32-bit ASNs visible in the Routing Table: 5162 Number of ARIN addresses announced to Internet: 1348540160 Equivalent to 80 /8s, 97 /16s and 23 /24s ARIN AS Blocks 1-1876, 1902-2042, 2044-2046, 2048-2106 (pre-ERX allocations) 2138-2584, 2615-2772, 2823-2829, 2880-3153 3354-4607, 4865-5119, 5632-6655, 6912-7466 7723-8191, 10240-12287, 13312-15359, 16384-17407 18432-20479, 21504-23551, 25600-26591, 26624-27647, 29696-30719, 31744-33791 35840-36863, 39936-40959, 46080-47103 53248-55295, 62464-63487, 64198-64296, 393216-402332 ARIN Address Blocks 3/8, 4/8, 6/8, 7/8, 8/8, 9/8, 11/8, 12/8, 13/8, 15/8, 16/8, 17/8, 18/8, 19/8, 20/8, 21/8, 22/8, 23/8, 24/8, 26/8, 28/8, 29/8, 30/8, 32/8, 33/8, 34/8, 35/8, 38/8, 40/8, 44/8, 45/8, 47/8, 48/8, 50/8, 52/8, 54/8, 55/8, 56/8, 63/8, 64/8, 65/8, 66/8, 67/8, 68/8, 69/8, 70/8, 71/8, 72/8, 73/8, 74/8, 75/8, 76/8, 96/8, 97/8, 98/8, 99/8, 100/8, 104/8, 107/8, 108/8, 128/8, 129/8, 130/8, 131/8, 132/8, 134/8, 135/8, 136/8, 137/8, 138/8, 139/8, 140/8, 142/8, 143/8, 144/8, 146/8, 147/8, 148/8, 149/8, 152/8, 155/8, 156/8, 157/8, 158/8, 159/8, 160/8, 161/8, 162/8, 164/8, 165/8, 166/8, 167/8, 168/8, 169/8, 170/8, 172/8, 173/8, 174/8, 184/8, 192/8, 198/8, 199/8, 204/8, 205/8, 206/8, 207/8, 208/8, 209/8, 214/8, 215/8, 216/8, RIPE Region Analysis Summary ---------------------------- Prefixes being announced by RIPE Region ASes: 272217 Total RIPE prefixes after maximum aggregation: 132166 RIPE Deaggregation factor: 2.06 Prefixes being announced from the RIPE address blocks: 269601 Unique aggregates announced from the RIPE address blocks: 172682 RIPE Region origin ASes present in the Internet Routing Table: 28853 RIPE Prefixes per ASN: 9.34 RIPE Region origin ASes announcing only one prefix: 12055 RIPE Region transit ASes present in the Internet Routing Table: 4005 Average RIPE Region AS path length visible: 5.3 Max RIPE Region AS path length visible: 45 Number of RIPE region 32-bit ASNs visible in the Routing Table: 12281 Number of RIPE addresses announced to Internet: 732236928 Equivalent to 43 /8s, 165 /16s and 12 /24s RIPE AS Blocks 1877-1901, 2043, 2047, 2107-2136, 2585-2614 (pre-ERX allocations) 2773-2822, 2830-2879, 3154-3353, 5377-5631 6656-6911, 8192-9215, 12288-13311, 15360-16383 20480-21503, 24576-25599, 28672-29695 30720-31743, 33792-35839, 38912-39935 40960-45055, 47104-52223, 56320-58367 59392-61439, 61952-62463, 64396-64495 196608-216475 RIPE Address Blocks 2/8, 5/8, 25/8, 31/8, 37/8, 46/8, 51/8, 53/8, 57/8, 62/8, 77/8, 78/8, 79/8, 80/8, 81/8, 82/8, 83/8, 84/8, 85/8, 86/8, 87/8, 88/8, 89/8, 90/8, 91/8, 92/8, 93/8, 94/8, 95/8, 109/8, 141/8, 145/8, 151/8, 176/8, 178/8, 185/8, 188/8, 193/8, 194/8, 195/8, 212/8, 213/8, 217/8, LACNIC Region Analysis Summary ------------------------------ Prefixes being announced by LACNIC Region ASes: 123795 Total LACNIC prefixes after maximum aggregation: 29154 LACNIC Deaggregation factor: 4.25 Prefixes being announced from the LACNIC address blocks: 120856 Unique aggregates announced from the LACNIC address blocks: 48862 LACNIC Region origin ASes present in the Internet Routing Table: 11208 LACNIC Prefixes per ASN: 10.78 LACNIC Region origin ASes announcing only one prefix: 2663 LACNIC Region transit ASes present in the Internet Routing Table: 2507 Average LACNIC Region AS path length visible: 5.9 Max LACNIC Region AS path length visible: 56 Number of LACNIC region 32-bit ASNs visible in the Routing Table: 9142 Number of LACNIC addresses announced to Internet: 173869056 Equivalent to 10 /8s, 93 /16s and 8 /24s LACNIC AS Blocks 26592-26623, 27648-28671, 52224-53247, 61440-61951, 64099-64197, 262144-274844 + ERX transfers LACNIC Address Blocks 177/8, 179/8, 181/8, 186/8, 187/8, 189/8, 190/8, 191/8, 200/8, 201/8, AfriNIC Region Analysis Summary ------------------------------- Prefixes being announced by AfriNIC Region ASes: 34944 Total AfriNIC prefixes after maximum aggregation: 6819 AfriNIC Deaggregation factor: 5.12 Prefixes being announced from the AfriNIC address blocks: 47331 Unique aggregates announced from the AfriNIC address blocks: 14986 AfriNIC Region origin ASes present in the Internet Routing Table: 1912 AfriNIC Prefixes per ASN: 24.75 AfriNIC Region origin ASes announcing only one prefix: 694 AfriNIC Region transit ASes present in the Internet Routing Table: 383 Average AfriNIC Region AS path length visible: 6.0 Max AfriNIC Region AS path length visible: 65 Number of AfriNIC region 32-bit ASNs visible in the Routing Table: 1269 Number of AfriNIC addresses announced to Internet: 104361216 Equivalent to 6 /8s, 56 /16s and 109 /24s AfriNIC AS Blocks 36864-37887, 327680-329727 & ERX transfers AfriNIC Address Blocks 41/8, 102/8, 105/8, 154/8, 196/8, 197/8, APNIC Region per AS prefix count summary ---------------------------------------- ASN No of nets /20 equiv MaxAgg Description 9808 10343 8754 93 CHINAMOBILE-CN China Mobile Communication 7545 6213 844 661 TPG-INTERNET-AP TPG Telecom Limited, AU 4538 4812 4192 76 ERX-CERNET-BKB China Education and Resear 9498 4240 530 275 BBIL-AP BHARTI Airtel Ltd., IN 7552 3918 1331 25 VIETEL-AS-AP Viettel Group, VN 7713 3672 1036 72 TELKOMNET-AS-AP PT Telekomunikasi Indones 45899 3271 1869 102 VNPT-AS-VN VNPT Corp, VN 24560 2846 854 531 AIRTELBROADBAND-AS-AP Bharti Airtel Ltd., 4766 2356 11522 606 KIXS-AS-KR Korea Telecom, KR 45090 2207 1439 86 TENCENT-NET-AP Shenzhen Tencent Computer Complete listing at https://thyme.apnic.net/current/data-ASnet-APNIC ARIN Region per AS prefix count summary --------------------------------------- ASN No of nets /20 equiv MaxAgg Description 16509 12761 39188 3791 AMAZON-02, US 11492 4705 312 562 CABLEONE, US 7155 4175 286 83 VIASAT-SP-BACKBONE, US 6327 3623 1320 81 SHAW, CA 174 3489 8764 936 COGENT-174, US 22773 3370 3033 179 ASN-CXA-ALL-CCI-22773-RDC, US 749 3260 54879 2507 DNIC-AS-00749, US 16625 2972 1272 2184 AKAMAI-AS, US 396982 2931 3660 450 GOOGLE-CLOUD-PLATFORM, US 30036 2588 359 278 MEDIACOM-ENTERPRISE-BUSINESS, US Complete listing at https://thyme.apnic.net/current/data-ASnet-ARIN RIPE Region per AS prefix count summary --------------------------------------- ASN No of nets /20 equiv MaxAgg Description 12479 7770 1714 145 UNI2-AS, ES 39891 4797 293 62 ALJAWWALSTC-AS, SA 20940 3932 3395 131 AKAMAI-ASN1, NL 9009 3733 320 1919 M247, RO 12389 2998 2303 894 ROSTELECOM-AS, RU 34984 2369 361 581 TELLCOM-AS, TR 212238 2018 147 1491 CDNEXT, GB 13188 1606 100 34 TRIOLAN, UA 8452 1601 1852 14 TE-AS TE-AS, EG 62240 1498 99 749 CLOUVIDER Clouvider - Global ASN, GB Complete listing at https://thyme.apnic.net/current/data-ASnet-RIPE LACNIC Region per AS prefix count summary ----------------------------------------- ASN No of nets /20 equiv MaxAgg Description 8151 11764 3231 596 UNINET, MX 10620 3544 492 951 Telmex Colombia S.A., CO 13999 2514 541 366 Mega Cable, S.A. de C.V., MX 11830 1992 369 64 Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad y 28573 1351 2437 265 Claro NXT Telecomunicacoes Ltda, BR 3816 1329 777 211 COLOMBIA TELECOMUNICACIONES S.A. ESP BIC, 11664 1157 278 33 Techtel LMDS Comunicaciones Interactivas 6147 1156 371 22 Telefonica del Peru S.A.A., PE 6503 1130 374 163 Axtel, S.A.B. de C.V., MX 22884 1049 98 372 TOTAL PLAY TELECOMUNICACIONES SA DE CV, M Complete listing at https://thyme.apnic.net/current/data-ASnet-LACNIC AfriNIC Region per AS prefix count summary ------------------------------------------ ASN No of nets /20 equiv MaxAgg Description 24835 1683 599 30 RAYA-AS, EG 24863 1644 389 16 LINKdotNET-AS, EG 29571 1559 98 102 ORANGE-COTE-IVOIRE, CI 36992 1426 1518 286 ETISALAT-MISR, EG 36903 1249 554 96 MT-MPLS, MA 36935 997 521 42 Vodafone-, EG 20011 980 183 284 INTERNET-SOLUTIONS, ZA 37069 847 1083 15 MOBINIL, EG 36914 559 82 3 KENET-AS, KE 6713 558 1861 35 IAM-AS, MA Complete listing at https://thyme.apnic.net/current/data-ASnet-AFRINIC Global Per AS prefix count summary ---------------------------------- ASN No of nets /20 equiv MaxAgg Description 16509 12761 39188 3791 AMAZON-02, US 8151 11764 3231 596 UNINET, MX 9808 10343 8754 93 CHINAMOBILE-CN China Mobile Communication 12479 7770 1714 145 UNI2-AS, ES 7545 6213 844 661 TPG-INTERNET-AP TPG Telecom Limited, AU 4538 4812 4192 76 ERX-CERNET-BKB China Education and Resear 39891 4797 293 62 ALJAWWALSTC-AS, SA 11492 4705 312 562 CABLEONE, US 9498 4240 530 275 BBIL-AP BHARTI Airtel Ltd., IN 7155 4175 286 83 VIASAT-SP-BACKBONE, US Complete listing at https://thyme.apnic.net/current/data-ASnet Global Per AS Maximum Aggregation summary ----------------------------------------- ASN No of nets Net Savings Description 8151 11764 11168 UNINET, MX 9808 10343 10250 CHINAMOBILE-CN China Mobile Communications Grou 12479 7770 7625 UNI2-AS, ES 7545 6213 5552 TPG-INTERNET-AP TPG Telecom Limited, AU 4538 4812 4736 ERX-CERNET-BKB China Education and Research Net 39891 4797 4735 ALJAWWALSTC-AS, SA 11492 4705 4143 CABLEONE, US 7155 4175 4092 VIASAT-SP-BACKBONE, US 9498 4240 3965 BBIL-AP BHARTI Airtel Ltd., IN 7552 3918 3893 VIETEL-AS-AP Viettel Group, VN Complete listing at https://thyme.apnic.net/current/data-CIDRnet List of Unregistered Origin ASNs (Global) ----------------------------------------- Bad AS Designation Net Originated Transit AS Transit AS Name 400866 UNALLOCATED 2.59.148.0/23 21859 ZEN-ECN, US 22542 UNALLOCATED 8.7.205.0/24 3356 LEVEL3, US 33123 UNALLOCATED 8.10.69.0/24 174 COGENT-174, US 12169 UNALLOCATED 8.15.207.0/24 32787 PROLEXIC-TECHNOLOGIES-D 46639 UNALLOCATED 8.17.66.0/24 701 UUNET, US 53775 UNALLOCATED 8.20.88.0/24 7029 WINDSTREAM, US 393266 UNALLOCATED 8.23.52.0/24 46887 CROWNCASTLE-AS46887, US 396894 UNALLOCATED 8.28.201.0/24 46887 CROWNCASTLE-AS46887, US 394936 UNALLOCATED 8.33.224.0/24 22442 HOU-PHONOSCOPE, US 54338 UNALLOCATED 8.33.241.0/24 3356 LEVEL3, US Complete listing at https://thyme.apnic.net/current/data-badAS Prefixes from the Special Purpose Address Registry (Global) ----------------------------------------------------------- Prefix Origin AS Description 192.88.99.0/24 6939 HURRICANE, US Complete listing at https://thyme.apnic.net/current/data-spar Advertised Unallocated Addresses -------------------------------- Unassigned Network ASN Information AS Name 14.192.20.0/22 Origin: 26658 HENGTONG-IDC-LLC, US 14.192.20.0/22 Transit: 6939 HURRICANE, US 23.140.16.0/24 Origin: 63371 RESERVED, ZZ 23.140.16.0/24 Transit: 10796 TWC-10796-MIDWEST, US 23.140.48.0/24 Origin: 63371 RESERVED, ZZ 23.140.48.0/24 Transit: 7018 ATT-INTERNET4, US 23.140.216.0/24 Origin: 27176 DATAWAGON, US 23.140.216.0/24 Transit: 20278 NEXEON, US 23.141.0.0/24 Origin: 395350 RESERVED, ZZ 23.141.0.0/24 Transit: 11426 TWC-11426-CAROLINAS, US Complete listing at https://thyme.apnic.net/current/data-add-IANA Number of prefixes announced per prefix length (Global) ------------------------------------------------------- /1:0 /2:0 /3:0 /4:0 /5:0 /6:0 /7:0 /8:16 /9:16 /10:42 /11:92 /12:307 /13:585 /14:1215 /15:2143 /16:13947 /17:8345 /18:13779 /19:24765 /20:44704 /21:52469 /22:112637 /23:101110 /24:599093 /25:701 /26:0 /27:0 /28:0 /29:0 /30:0 /31:0 /32:0 Advertised prefixes smaller than registry allocations ----------------------------------------------------- ASN No of nets Total ann. Description 12479 6723 7770 UNI2-AS, ES 8151 5968 11764 UNINET, MX 11492 3556 4705 CABLEONE, US 39891 3489 4797 ALJAWWALSTC-AS, SA 6327 3418 3623 SHAW, CA 7155 3121 4175 VIASAT-SP-BACKBONE, US 22773 2510 3370 ASN-CXA-ALL-CCI-22773-RDC, US 16509 2266 12761 AMAZON-02, US 30036 2248 2588 MEDIACOM-ENTERPRISE-BUSINESS, US 10620 2184 3544 Telmex Colombia S.A., CO Complete listing at https://thyme.apnic.net/current/data-sXXas-nos Number of /24s announced per /8 block (Global) ---------------------------------------------- 1:1668 2:1515 3:569 4:10 5:4494 6:165 7:6 8:1556 9:1 11:172 12:1381 13:349 14:2547 15:347 16:274 17:358 18:915 20:450 21:4 22:188 23:7315 24:2728 25:2 27:2668 29:19 31:3148 32:38 34:78 35:201 36:2420 37:4605 38:8629 39:896 40:153 41:4175 42:953 43:2514 44:349 45:18290 46:4969 47:293 49:1979 50:1891 51:590 52:1569 54:300 55:977 56:9 57:241 58:2156 59:1278 60:1167 61:2796 62:2950 63:1831 64:5504 65:2190 66:4625 67:3028 68:1124 69:3973 70:1106 71:608 72:2877 74:2786 75:1646 76:615 77:2659 78:1855 79:1721 80:2224 81:2022 82:2587 83:1412 84:1788 85:3355 86:1020 87:2412 88:1284 89:4312 90:762 91:8322 92:2805 93:2861 94:3917 95:4205 96:1363 97:318 98:979 99:741 100:71 101:1149 102:3687 103:32357 104:4794 105:751 106:991 107:2591 108:1209 109:4090 110:2230 111:3330 112:2050 113:1541 114:1943 115:2097 116:2048 117:2743 118:2422 119:1928 120:1895 121:1417 122:2767 123:2172 124:1613 125:2901 126:94 128:1568 129:959 130:1277 131:1849 132:796 133:450 134:1526 135:325 136:1332 137:1157 138:2879 139:1605 140:1568 141:1483 142:1829 143:1611 144:1065 145:466 146:2134 147:2061 148:2577 149:2869 150:1230 151:1685 152:2112 153:504 154:7587 155:1606 156:3179 157:1888 158:1252 159:2440 160:3546 161:1884 162:3687 163:1830 164:1677 165:2178 166:1362 167:1885 168:4063 169:794 170:5073 171:1002 172:4343 173:3243 174:918 175:1265 176:3615 177:4774 178:3768 179:2238 180:2577 181:4004 182:3370 183:1807 184:2291 185:21481 186:5084 187:4341 188:4228 189:4200 190:9629 191:1527 192:11186 193:9384 194:7756 195:5497 196:3275 197:3667 198:6187 199:8335 200:8174 201:6306 202:10591 203:10538 204:4561 205:3691 206:4620 207:3581 208:4195 209:5186 210:4810 211:2630 212:4523 213:3743 214:1060 215:42 216:6585 217:3101 218:1390 219:538 220:2113 221:1052 222:849 223:2341 End of report

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advocating for Open Source and Compileable Code in Hardware and Software Development
by Volkan SALiH 21 Feb '25

21 Feb '25

*Subject:* Advocating for Open Source and Compileable Code in Hardware and Software Development *Dear NANOG Community,* As we navigate an era of rapid technological advancement, collaboration and openness in hardware and software development are more critical than ever. It has come to our attention that personnel from Huawei, Futurewei, and ZTE may be subscribed to this list or, at the very least, following the archives. This message serves as a call to action for all stakeholders, urging them to prioritize open-source principles and ensure that source code is not merely released as patch files but in a fully *compileable* and accessible form. *The Importance of Open Source and Compileable Code* The future will arrive swiftly, but the only way to get there is *together*. *Development is the only path forward*, and a truly interconnected world cannot be built on closed ecosystems that limit innovation and transparency. Open-source software and hardware do not mean that profitability is impossible—on the contrary, history has shown that the best solutions win in the long run. Companies such as *Red Hat*, *Raspberry Pi*, and others have successfully built sustainable business models while embracing openness. Restricting access to complete, compileable source code creates barriers that stifle security research, hinder innovation, and lead to vendor lock-in, ultimately harming users and the broader industry. The digital infrastructure that powers the world today, from the backbone of the internet to mission-critical enterprise systems, thrives on transparency and collaboration. *Legal and Ethical Foundations* *International Precedents Supporting Open Source* * The *European Union’s Free Software Directive (EU-FOSSA)* emphasizes the importance of security through transparency and endorses open-source initiatives in government and enterprise software. * The *United States Federal Source Code Policy (M-16-21)* requires government agencies to release at least 20% of custom-developed code as open source, encouraging community collaboration and reuse. * *China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT)* has repeatedly emphasized the importance of reducing dependence on proprietary software and increasing contributions to global open-source projects. * The *World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)* acknowledges the role of open-source licensing in fostering innovation and economic growth, highlighting its compatibility with sustainable business practices. * *U.N. Resolutions on Technology Access* stress the importance of equitable access to technological advancements, which is impossible without open-source contributions from major players in the industry. *A Call to Action for Hardware and Software Companies* 1. *Commit to Open Standards*: Ensure that hardware and software are developed with open standards to maximize interoperability and user freedom. 2. *Provide Full, Compileable Source Code*: Move beyond releasing minimal patch files and allow full access to source code so that researchers, developers, and enterprises can independently verify, audit, and improve systems. 3. *Recognize That Open Source Is Profitable*: The best products will always win in the market, and embracing open-source models can lead to robust, sustainable business strategies rather than reliance on restrictive licensing. 4. *Join Global Open-Source Initiatives*: Actively contribute to the broader community rather than developing isolated, proprietary solutions that limit technological progress. *Building the Future Together* As global stakeholders, we must recognize that the *world is bigger than five nations* and that true innovation happens when barriers are removed, not when they are reinforced. *The internet, networks, and infrastructure we rely on are collective achievements, and their future must be built in the same spirit of cooperation.* To our colleagues at Huawei, Futurewei, ZTE, and other major players in the industry: We urge you to embrace a philosophy of openness. The benefits—enhanced security, faster innovation, and increased trust—far outweigh the short-term gains of maintaining proprietary restrictions. *The future belongs to those who build it together.* As a Chinese proverb wisely states, /"When the winds of change blow, some people build walls, others build windmills."/ Let us build windmills together and embrace a future driven by collaboration, not restriction. Another ancient saying reminds us: /"A single spark can start a prairie fire."/ Transparency and open-source principles can ignite industry-wide innovation, fostering technological advancements for all. Sincerely, VOLKAN SALIH SENIOR CONSULTANT / SPECIALIST +90 540 415 5555 +90 540 489 9999 (LOOKING FORWARD TO HEAR FROM YOU ALL) (BEST REGARDS AND BEST WISHES)

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