Site Features

Version Number: 6ac2636-dev

Compiled on: 2020-09-25-1409 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 propergation 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 isuses, 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
Full Routing Data	1 Hours ago
RIPE RIS Routing Data	4 Hours ago
Routeviews.org Routing Data	1 Hours ago
Edits awaiting Moderation	7
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	Every 7 days
IPv6 RDNS Scans	Every 30 days
IPv4 RDNS Scans	Every 60 days