Site Features

Version Number: 8670616-dev

Compiled on: 2022-05-17-1550 UTC

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bgp.tools is different to the other sites, to understand how we compare to others

Feature	Bgp.Tools	bgp.he.net	bgpview.io
Viewing of ASN info	✔	✔	✔
Peering DB merge	✔	✔	✔
RPKI ROA Validation	✔	✔	✔
ASN Website Screenshot	✔	✔	✘
RPKI Validation	✔	✔	✘
IRR Validation	✔	✔	✘
Reverse DNS for IPv4 prefixes	✔	✔	✘
Reverse DNS for IPv6 prefixes	✔	✘	✘
IX Port speeds shown	✔	✘	✔
IX Reachability tests	✔	✘	✘
IX vendor detection	✔	✘	✘
Distinction between Physical and Virtual IXPs	✔	✘	✘
Mobile Friendly UI	✔	✘	✔
ASN Upstreams/Downstreams clearly shown	✔	✘	✔
Friendly ASN propagation graphs	✔	✘	✘
Edit pages	✔	✘	✘
Cogent/HE Partition Detection	✔	✘	✘
Detect and remove peers with stuck routes	✔	✘	✘
IPv4 Hilbert curve previews	✔	✘	✘
Per prefix route propagation view	✔	✘	✘
Network type tags	✔	✘	✘
Handles AMPRNet prefixes correctly	✔	✘	✘
Whois server for CLI lookups	✔	✘	✘
Real time BGP prefix updates	✔	✘	✘
RPKI Cert level debug	✔	✘	✘

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Data Freshness

When debugging issues, data freshness is critical, not all data sets can be gathered instantly, so here is a list of how long it takes us to fetch infomation from various sources

Source	Last Updated
BGP Sessions Online	82 out of 82
Edits awaiting Moderation	5
Website Screenshots	Best Effort: 7 Days
RIPE+APNIC ASN and Prefix Whois	24 hours
All other Whois	Best Effort: 2 Months (Often Faster)
Automatic Network Tagging	Every 24 hours
IPv4 Ping Scans	Every 30 days
Internet Exchange Point testing	Every 24 hours
PeeringDB Import	18 Hours ago
IPv6 RDNS Scans	Every 30 days
IPv4 RDNS Scans	Every 60 days
IPv4 Anycast detection scan	1 Hours ago
IPv6 Anycast detection scan	2 Hours ago