Ixp
IXP Peering Lan Hijacks
MBIX Peering LAN IP space hijacked via BGP and used for spam: investigating unauthorized BGP announcements of 206.72.208.0/24 through AS-Path 9002 44050 131788, demonstrating why IX peering LAN space should not be globally routable.Gracefully Shutting Down An IXP
This post is a guest blog by MBIX Network Administrator Jonathan Stewart. This post was brought to you by a real situation at MBIX.ASN Growth in Manitoba
Tracking dramatic Manitoba ASN growth in 2013-2014: IXP launches (MBIX/WpgIX) drive half of 60+ ASNs to peer locally, exchanging ~1 Gbps traffic and improving rural ISP access to universities over major providers.Starting an IXP
Experiences launching Winnipeg Internet Exchange (WpgIX). Discusses benefits of local peering, network configuration challenges, and impact of content delivery infrastructure.