Practical BGP

PRACTICAL BGP

I would recommend this book to network engineers, Internet service providers, network software developers, and IT staff who need to deal with network planning and routing.

Enke Chen, Redback Networks

Hands-on guidance for deploying and optimizing BGP networksenterprise and ISP

Now theres a practical guide to deploying and managing BGPv4 in any environmentfrom small enterprises to the largest Tier 2 and Tier 3 service providers. A team of the worlds leading BGP experts brings together powerful insights into network design, configuration, and deployment with the latest version of BGPincluding hands-on guidance for leveraging its key enhancements. Coverage includes

Best practices and diverse real-world scenarios for applying BGPv4

Understanding the impact of BGP design on local networks and the global Internet backbone

Building effective BGP policies: aggregation, propagation, accounting, and more

Maximizing scalability and performance in BGPv4 networks

BGP and network security, including Secure Origin BGP

Deploying BGP/MPLS Layer 3 VPNs

Extensive troubleshooting guidance unavailable in any other book

If youre a network engineer or administrator looking to drive maximum reliability and performance from BGP-based networks, Practical BGP will help you get the job donefrom start to finish.

RUSS WHITE is a Network Protocols Deployment Engineer in Cisco Systems Routing DNA Team specializing in routing protocols. A widely recognized expert in networking, he co-chairs the IETF Routing Protocols Security working group, and co-authored Advanced IP Network Design, ISIS for IP Networks, and Inside Cisco IOS Software Architecture.

DANNY McPHERSON is a member of the Architecture Team at Arbor Networks. He has held technical leadership positions with several global ISPs, is active within the IETF, and is an acknowledged expert in Internet architecture and security. He co-authored Internet Routing Architectures, Second Edition.

SRIHARI SANGLI, Senior Manager for MPLS and routing development at Procket Networks, was formerly Senior Technical Leader in Ciscos IOS Routing Protocols group. He, along with others at Cisco, coded the industry-first implementation of BGP/MPLS based Layer-3 VPN.