Practical BGP
By Russ White, Danny McPherson, Sangli Srihari
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Pub Date : July 06, 2004
ISBN: 0-321-12700-5
Pages: 448
Hands-on guidance for deploying and optimizing BGP networks--enterprise and ISP
Now there's a practical guide to deploying and managing BGPv4 in any environment--from small enterprises to the largest Tier 2 and Tier 3 service providers. A team of the world's leading BGP experts brings together powerful insights into network design, configuration, and deployment with the latest version of BGP--including 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 you're a network engineer or administrator looking to drive maximum reliability and performance from BGP-based networks, Practical BGP will help you get the job done--from start to finish.