TNC26

Coordinating BGP Policy and Tooling Across the Global R&E Infrastructure

Not scheduled

20m

Music Hall (Helsinki, Finland)

BoF

Speakers

Ms Brenna Meade (Internet2)Mr Jeff Bartig (Internet2) Steve Wallace (Internet2.edu)

Description

Internet2 and CAIDA, with sponsorship from the National Science Foundation, are building a community-focused toolset to help R&E operators better understand how current BGP policy affects routing outcomes, and to support safer deployment of policies that improve security and resilience.

The toolset includes:

1. Global R&E BGP Route Report
   A route-level view across participating infrastructure, including:
2. IRR consistency (similar to IRRExplorer, with added visibility into membership in IRR AS-SETs used for R&E filtering)
3. RPKI Route Origin Validation (ROV) status
4. Inferred path preference (e.g., whether a network appears to prefer R&E infrastructure over commodity transit)
5. Signals of potential route leakage from R&E to commodity paths
6. Signals of potential route leakage from commodity into R&E paths

7. Relevant RIR attribution data (organization and contact context)

8. Authoritative Global R&E Prefix Registry
   A system to maintain and publish an authoritative set of R&E IP prefixes (approximately 12,000 prefixes) to support community filtering use cases. Internet2 will use this dataset to implement its own filtering policy and will publish it for broader community use.

9. AS Topology Observatory
   A view of how R&E networks interconnect from a BGP perspective, including both primary and backup path structure.

10. IRR AS-SET Planning Tool
    An interactive tool to assist network operators create an IRR AS-SET object that represents their customer cone.

Because these tools are being developed for operational use by the community, feedback and participation are essential. In this BoF, we will present current progress and invite discussion on priorities, usability, data quality, governance, and collaboration models for broader adoption.

What will the TNC audience take away from your talk?

Participants will leave with:

• A practical understanding of emerging tools for BGP policy and routing-security visibility in the global R&E ecosystem
• Concrete examples of how these tools can support local operational decisions (IRR/RPKI hygiene, leak detection, and path-policy assessment)
• Clear opportunities to contribute data, operational feedback, and use cases that will shape the next phase of development