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IRR

The APNIC Routing Registry is fully integrated in the existing APNIC Whois Database and it is available to all APNIC members. This tutorial provides opportunities for participants to learn features of Routing Registry, basics of Routing Policy Specification Language (RPSL), how to express routing policies using RPSL and how to extract routing policies from the APNIC Routing Registry using RtConfig tool. There will be some hands on demonstration on the use of RtConfig.

Topics

  • APNIC Whois Database recap
  • What is an IRR
    • Why use an IRR?
    • APNIC Whois Database and the IRR
    • Using the Routing Registry
    • Benefit of using an IRR
  • RPSL
    • RR objects review
    • Using RPSL in practice
    • IRR queries
    • Address prefix operator
    • AS-path regular expressions
    • Action specification
    • Syntax of policy actions and filters
  • RtConfig
    • IRRToolSet options
    • RtConfig command
    • Case studies
    • Using RtConifg command
  • The rest of the IRRToolSet

Intended audience

This tutorial is aimed at people who are already familiar with the APNIC Whois Database and want to learn more about the APNIC Routing Registry. A basic understanding of BGP routing and the APNIC Whois Database is assumed.

Tutors

Andy Linton
Miwa Fujii

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