Multi-Threaded Routing Toolkit (MRT) Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Routing Information Export Format with Geo-Location Extensions
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) T. Manderson
Request for Comments: 6397 ICANN
Category: Standards Track October 2011
ISSN: 2070-1721
Multi-Threaded Routing Toolkit (MRT) Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Routing Information Export Format with Geo-Location Extensions
Abstract
This document updates the Multi-threaded Routing Toolkit (MRT) export
format for Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routing information by
extending it to include optional terrestrial coordinates of a BGP
collector and its BGP peers.
Status of This Memo
This is an Internet Standards Track document.
This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on
Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6397.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (c) 2011 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the
document authors. All rights reserved.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Requirements Notation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
3. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. Geo-Location-Aware MRT Routing Information Subtype . . . . . . 3
4.1. GEO_PEER_TABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4.2. GEO_PEER_TABLE and Peer Entry Values . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5. BGP Collector Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6. Privacy Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
8. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
9. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
10. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
10.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
10.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1. Introduction
Researchers and engineers often wish to analyze network behavior by
studying routing protocol transactions and routing information base
snapshots in relation to geographical topologies. Usually, the
Border Gateway Protocol [RFC4271] is the subject of study, and the
analysis can be significantly aided by the availability and extension
of the "Multi-Threaded Routing Toolkit (MRT) Routing Information
Export Format" [RFC6396]. The MRT format was originally defined in
the MRT Programmer's Guide [MRT-GUIDE].
The addition of geo-location coordinates (longitude and latitude)
pertaining to the geographical location of both the BGP collector and
its BGP peers to BGP export data enables a researcher or enquiring
individual to gain a terrestrial insight to the routes seen by a BGP
speaker. Such data may ultimately aid researchers in understanding
any disparity between the geographical location of networks and the
topological location of networks in addition to the relationships
between geographical position and routing anomalies. Such insight
could provide future input into network design and network security.
This memo documents an optional extension to the MRT format [RFC6396]
and introduces an additional definition of an MRT Subtype field that
includes the terrestrial coordinates of a BGP collector and its BGP
peers.
2. Requirements Notation
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].
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3. Definitions
Coordinates: The geographic latitude and longitude specifying a
location on the earth.
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