[HN Gopher] BGP.Tools: Browse the Internet Ecosystem ___________________________________________________________________ BGP.Tools: Browse the Internet Ecosystem Author : luu Score : 217 points Date : 2023-06-30 08:18 UTC (14 hours ago) (HTM) web link (bgp.tools) (TXT) w3m dump (bgp.tools) | AndyMcConachie wrote: | It even picks up what my DNS server is. Neat! | TechBro8615 wrote: | That's surprising to me. Any idea how it does it? | qmarchi wrote: | Pretty easy. The website will request a specific DNS domain | via XHR, something like: 49uz89psdfu89.dns.bgp.tools and will | record the address that contacts the DNS server. | | A follow up request to the backend fills in the response. | guerby wrote: | For network debugging participating in the NLNOG ring is a must: | | https://ring.nlnog.net/ | | ssh access to VMs hosted just about everwhere with lots of tools. | | https://ring.nlnog.net/toolbox/ | | https://ring.nlnog.net/toolbox/looking-glass/ | johnea wrote: | Anonymous pubic SSH for access to the tools is really a nice | option... | donkey-hotei wrote: | Sweeeeeet! | buro9 wrote: | Credit to Ben who built this, it's really nice. | | If you're a network engineer and aren't yet using this... What | are you doing? | | Also check out the Prometheus metrics available as a feed format | you can scrape (paying customers). | | Ben's great and this area is not one that sees much innovation, | this is all round a far better bgp.he.net and indispensable for | network teams. | | The changelog is always impressive. | belter wrote: | For serious stuff you have services like ThousandEyes ( | disclaimer: No affiliation of any kind with the company ). | FiloSottile wrote: | Quoting for endorsement. | | Ben, of https://blog.benjojo.co.uk [1] and https://age- | encryption.org/design fame, built something genuinely useful | out of sheer technical depth, use case understanding, and | experience. | | I don't really work with networks but the changelog is indeed a | great read because 1) I learn stuff, and 2) it's great to see a | useful focused product just get better. | | [1] https://hn.algolia.com/?query=benjojo.co.uk | [deleted] | bdavbdav wrote: | Ben is an amazing guy - some really cool sw/hw reverse | engineering / POCs on his personal blog. | pipo234 wrote: | Wow! Lots of information in a snappy interface. | supriyo-biswas wrote: | In a similar vein, there's also https://bgp.he.net. | eddyg wrote: | You can also `ssh lg@bgp.tools` for terminal-based "Looking | Glass" queries (which is how such an interface is referred to, as | they provide a view into internet routing _from_ each provider. | https://www.bgplookingglass.com/) ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-06-30 23:01 UTC)