Introduction to Routing

• Internet Routing
• Routing Protocols
• Introduction to IS-IS ^UPDATED
• IS-IS Levels
• IS-IS Adjacencies
• Best Configuration Practices for IS-IS on Cisco IOS
• IS-IS Authentication, Default Routes and IPv6
• Introduction to OSPF
• OSPF Areas
• OSPF Adjacencies
• Best Configuration Practices for OSPF on Cisco IOS
• OSPF Authentication, Default Routes and IPv6
• Comparing OSPF and IS-IS
• Choosing between OSPF and IS-IS
• Migrating from OSPF to IS-IS
• Migration Plan
• Finalizing Migration

Introduction to BGP

• Introduction to Border Gateway Protocol
• Transit and Peering
• Autonomous Systems
• How BGP works
• Supporting Multiple Protocols
• IBGP versus EBGP
• Setting up EBGP
• Setting up IBGP
• Introducing prefixes into the BGP RIB
• How to configure aggregation
• Display BGP Status

BGP Attributes

• What is a BGP attribute
• AS Path
• Next Hop
• Origin
• Aggregator
• Local Preference
• Multi Exit Discriminator
• Weight
• Community
• Community Specifics
• Path Selection

BGP Policy

• Applying Policy with BGP
• Prefix Filtering
• AS Path Filtering
• Policy Language
• Managing Policy Changes

BGP Scaling Techniques

• Introduction
• Route Refresh
• Cisco Peer Groups and Juniper BGP Groups ^NEW
• Route Reflector Introduction
• Route Reflector Deployment
• Confederation Overview
• Route Flap Damping

BGP Best Practices

• Introduction to BGP Best Practices ^NEW
• EBGP Default Behavior
• Overview of BGP versus IGP
• How to Generate an Aggregate ^UPDATED
• How to Announce an Aggregate ^UPDATED
• Keeping IBGP Internal
• Efforts to Improve Aggregation (CIDR Report)
• Receiving Prefixes from Customers
• Receiving Prefixes from Peers
• Receiving Prefixes from Upstream-Transit Provider
• BGP Configuration Tips
• InterConnection Best Practices ^NEW
• Internet Routing Registry: Introduction ^NEW
• Internet Routing Registry: Route Object, AS Object and AS Set^NEW
• InterConnection Best Practices: Summary ^NEW

Multi-Homing

• Why Multi-Home?
• Multi-Homing Definition
• Multi-Homing Resources
• Multi-Homing Policy Tools
• Choosing Peering Partners and Transit Providers
• Multi-Homing Scenarios
• Multiple Sessions between Two ASes
• Basic Principles of Multi-Homing
• IP Addressing and Multi-Hominging
• Inbound Traffic Engineering
• Two Links to One ISP, Primary and Backup
• Two Links to One ISP, Load Balancing
• Multiple-Dual-Homed Customers
• Two Links to Different ISPs, Primary and Backup
• Two Links to Different ISPs, Load Balancing
• Outbound Traffic Engineering
• One Upstream, One Local Peer
• One Upstream, One Local IXP
• Upstream Provider Also Peering at the IXP
• Two Upstream, Local Peer--Using Defaults
• Two Upstream, Local Peer--Using Full Routes
• Two Upstream, Local Peer--Using Partial Routes
• Summary of Multi-Homing Examples

BGP Case Studies

• Peering Priorities
• Transit Provider Peering at an IXP
• Customer Multihomed between two IXP members
• Traffic Engineering for an ISP connected to two IXes
• Traffic Engineering for an ISP with two interfaces on one IX LAN
• Traffic Engineering and CDNs

Communities

• Communities: RFC 1998 Traffic Engineering
• Communities: Simplifying Traffic Engineering
• How to Apply Communities to Originated Routes
• How to Use Communities for Service Identification
• How to Use Communities to Scale a Route Reflector
• Using Communities for Customer Policy

Value of Peering

• Peering Definitions
• Types of Peering
• ISP Goals
• Role of the IXP
• Local versus Regional Exchange Point

IXP Design and Implementation

• IXP History
• Basic Principles of an IXP
• IXP Design
• "Layer 3 Exchanges?"
• IXP Design Consideration
• Routing Policies at IXPs
• Internet Resources Required for an IXP
• Choosing IXP Hardware
• Charging at IXPs
• Services at IXPs
• Route Collectors
• Route Servers
• What Can Go Wrong
• IXP Further Considerations

BGP for NRENS

• Research and Education Network Ecosystem
• NREN Model Implications for Campuses
• Dual Homed Campuses

Routing Security

• Routing Infrastructure Security
• Route Authentication
• Credential Management
• Credential Security
• Security Practice Considerations
• DDoS and Remotely Triggered Black Hole
• DDoS Mitigation and RTBH
• Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF) ^NEW
• Route Origin Validation: Quick Introduction ^NEW

Route Origin Validation

• Validating BGP Route Announcements ^NEW
• Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) ^NEW
• Route Origin Authorisation: Background ^NEW
• Route Origin Authorisation: Creating ROAs ^NEW
• Route Origin Validation: Introduction ^NEW
• Route Origin Validation: AS0 ^NEW
• Route Origin Validation: Vendor Support & Validator Caches^NEW
• Validator Cache Deployment ^NEW
• Configuring Routers to use Validator Caches ^NEW
• RPKI Status Checking ^NEW
• Deploying RPKI within an AS ^NEW
• Propagating Validation State within an AS ^NEW
• Route Origin Validation: Statistics & Summary ^NEW

MANRS

• MANRS Overview ^NEW
• MANRS - 1 - Prefix Filtering ^NEW
• MANRS - 2 - BCP38 and uRPF ^NEW
• MANRS - 3 - NOC to NOC Communication ^NEW
• MANRS - 4 - RPKI and ROA ^NEW
• MANRS Summary ^NEW