Comment by trod1234
7 months ago
Interesting project.
Do you have any plans to blog about your experience on things like the setting up of your own ASN?
Are you planning, or already have rolled RPKI, monitoring, or other methods so your traffic doesn't get attacked (i.e. common BGP issues).
By "cartels", I assume your meaning is the monopolies in the industry space, but word choice is highly associated with South America illegal organizations. I understand you hit the cap which is probably why you didn't clarify but it was a clunker.
Thanks, I appreciate the kind words and the great questions. Blogging about the ASN/Network Journey: Absolutely. The process of getting an ASN, IP space, and setting up peering at IXs as a solo bootstrapped entity was a wild ride. for sure I've thought a lot about blogging, if not for sharing the journey then because the insights I've gained along the way has ingrained in myself some lessons or well some would call it opinions, that I feel a need to share. So yes I am plannng to do it but it's not especially my nature. Network Security (RPKI, etc.): Yes, security is critical. We've already implemented RPKI for our announced prefixes to prevent route hijacking. We're also using BGP Flowspec with our upstreams for DDoS mitigation and are continuously monitoring our network for any anomalies. It's a constant process, but the foundation is there. "Cartels" Wording: Fair callout on the word choice. You're right, it's a bit of a clunker. I hit the character limit and was trying to be punchy. The intent was to capture the feeling of being locked into a few dominant players with opaque pricing and oversubscribed resources, but I can see how it lands poorly. Point taken, will be more careful with the copy. Thanks for the feedback.