Table of Contents

Introduction
Foreword
Acknowledgement

PART 1—The Contemporary Internet
Chapter 1—Evolution of the Internet
Origins of the Internet
The Internet Today
NSFNET Solicitations
Network Access Points
Route Arbiter Project
The very high-speed Backbone Network Service (vBNS)
Moving the Regional Providers
NSF Solicits NIS Managers
Other Internet Registries
Internetworking Routing Registries (IRR)
Looking Ahead
Frequently Asked Questions
References
Chapter 2—ISP Services and Characteristics
ISP Services
ISP Pricing and Technical Characteristics
Looking Ahead
Frequently Asked Questions
Chapter 3—Handling IP Address Depletion
Overview of IPv4 Addressing
Basic Addressing
IP Address Space Depletion
Looking Ahead
Frequently Asked Questions
References

PART 2—Routing Protocol Basics
Chapter 4—Interdomain Routing Basics
Overview of Routers and Routing
Segregating the World into Administrations
Border Gateway Protocol Version 4
UPDATE Message and Routing Information
Looking Ahead
Frequently Asked Questions
References
Chapter 5—Tuning BGP Capabilities
Sources of Routing Updates
Overlapping Protocols: Backdoors
The Routing Process Simplified
Controlling BGP Routes
Route Filtering and Attribute Manipulation
BGP4 Aggregation
Looking Ahead
Frequently Asked Questions
References

PART 3—Effective Internet Routing Designs
Chapter 6—Redundancy, Symmetry, and Load Balancing
Redundancy
Symmetry
Load Balancing
Specific Scenarios: Designing Redundancy, Symmetry, and Load Balancing
Looking Ahead
Frequently Asked Questions
Chapter 7—Controlling Routing Inside and Autonomous System
Interaction of Non-BGP Routers with BGP Routers
BGP Policies Conflicting with Internal Defaults
Policy Routing
Looking Ahead
Frequently Asked Questions
Chapter 8—Controlling Large-Scale Autonomous Systems
Route Reflectors
Confederations
Controlling IGP Expansion
Virtual Private Networks with Route Reflectors
Looking Ahead
Frequently Asked Questions
References
Chapter 9—Designing Stable Internets
Route Instabilities on the Internet
BGP Stability Features
Looking Ahead
Frequently Asked Questions

PART 4—Internet Routing Device Configuration
Chapter 10—Configuring Basic BGP Functions and Attributes
Building Peering Sessions
Route Filtering and Attribute Manipulation
Peer Groups
Sources of Routing Updates
Overlapping Protocols: (Backdoors)
BGP Attributes
BGP4 Aggregation
Looking Ahead
Chapter 11—Configuring Effective Internet Routing Policies
Redundancy, Symmetry, and Load Balancing
Following Defaults Inside an AS
Policy Routing
Route Reflectors
Confederations
Controlling Route and Cache Invalidation
Route Dampening
Looking Ahead

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