Show HN: BGP Scout – BGP Network Browser(bgpscout.io)
27 pointsby hivedc23 days ago7 comments
  • hdgvhicv22 days ago
    Nothing worked from my phone, no videos of what it does. “Free account” didn’t do anything other than change the colour of the button.
  • erinnh22 days ago
    >What would make something like this actually useful in day-to-day work?

    Monitoring of BGP Changes for ASNs.

    The other stuff isn't something I really need a new tool for.

    There are other tools by Ripe, HE and the like that already allow me to see historical data.

    The only point at which I need actual up-to-date to the minute data is during incidents. Hence the monitoring.

    • itsamario22 days ago
      I use to use pulse turbobytes use tracroute from dozens of networks.

      I lost count of how many times those results got a peer to acknowledge a forwarding plane discrepancy

  • pjf22 days ago
    I'd advise to first compare with:

    - https://bgp.tools/ - https://bgproutes.io/ - https://bgp.he.net/ - https://radar.qrator.net/ - https://github.com/nttgin/BGPalerter

    ...all of which are (usually) free. IMHO you should have a competing product + money strategy before you continue. Many people have tried (and failed) to make money off BGP.

    BTW, author of https://bgpipe.org/ here, an open-source BGP data tool

    • hivedc22 days ago
      Awesome - exactly the feedback I was looking for. Thanks a lot!
    • evilmonkey1922 days ago
      Just out of curiosity, why did you use Go for bgpipe and Python?
      • pjf21 days ago
        One reason is there already was exabgp, written in Python, which in my experience is slow and resource hungry. Golang is much faster, easily portable, and produces static binaries (easy to deploy).

        Another thing is bgpipe speaks JSON to background (or even remote) packet processors, so basically you can use whatever language you want with it to drive your BGP routers.

  • yesod22 days ago
    I usually just grab the RIS data from RIPE
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  • 1970-01-0122 days ago
    This should all be free. That's how pretty much everyone is already getting it. What does this do that cost subscription levels of money?
  • eqvinox22 days ago
    Sorry, too lazy to sign up just to try it out.
    • mrngm22 days ago
      This.

      It seems your project is at a really early stage. Almost none of the links on the page work, which is too bad, because it could have provided more background information on your goals and wishes. The only thing that seems to work is login through Google, which is a bit much for a demo site.

      What's going to be the edge above the already excellent https://bgp.tools ?