Practical BGP:
by Russ White, Danny McPherson, Srihari Sangli

"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 BGPv4 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 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.

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Publisher: Addison Wesley Longman
Page Count (est.): 434
ISBN10: 0321127005
ISBN13: 9780321127006
Cover: Paperback
Pub Date: 7/7/2004