[bmwg] Re: [hackathon] Hackathon Project: ROVBench – Benchmarking Framework for Route Origin Validation

[Libin Liu <[e-mail]>]

Hi Christian,
Thank you for sharing this and for the detailed introduction.
BNG Blaster looks very relevant for this work, especially for measuring the time between BGP updates and forwarding behavior. It would be great to explore how it could be integrated into the ROV benchmarking setup.
I will be onsite tomorrow at the hackathon and look forward to discussing this further and collaborating.

Best,
Libin
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From: Christian Giese <[e-mail]>
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2026 11:01 PM
To: Libin Liu <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: [hackathon] Hackathon Project: ROVBench – Benchmarking Framework for Route Origin Validation


Hi Libin,


This is a great initiative! I've developed a similar benchmark to measure the time between receiving a BGP update and the corresponding forwarding entry becoming active. The open-source (BSD licensed) tool BNG Blaster is used for this test. Although the name is misleading (it began as a BNG tester but has grown into a complete router tester), it could be ideal for this specific purpose.


The test operates by sending pre-built BGP updates and generating traffic streams for each prefix (e.g. one million streams or more) to verify successful forwarding. Running this test initially without any policies establishes a baseline, which allows you to observe how the test results change as different configurations are applied.


Happy to contribute during tomorrow's hackathon!


BNG Blaster: https://rtbrick.github.io/bngblaster/index.html

Benchmark Test: https://github.com/rtbrick/BGP-CP-DP-Testing


There is also a video from a live demo of thie benchmark, but unfortunately in german.

https://youtu.be/ttbjXxCpKvE?si=6hayD7VWcduKBN-t&t=53


Regards

Christian Giese


On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 10:06 PM Libin Liu <[e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
Dear All,

We would like to introduce a Hackathon project (ROVBench) related to benchmarking Route Origin Validation (ROV) and invite interested participants to join.

ROV is increasingly deployed to improve BGP routing security. As deployment grows, it becomes important to evaluate how routers process RPKI validation data and how ROV affects routing behavior and control-plane performance. In BMWG, ongoing work is defining a benchmarking methodology for routers that implement ROV, including evaluation of VRP update processing, BGP-RPKI interactions, control-plane resource usage, and scalability.

The ROVBench hackathon project aims to explore how such benchmarking procedures can be implemented in practice by building a small prototype benchmarking environment. We welcome participation from anyone interested in ROV deployment, router benchmarking, or BGP control-plane behavior. More information about the project can be found here: https://wiki.ietf.org/en/meeting/125/hackathon#rovbench-a-benchmarking-framework-for-route-origin-validation-rov.

Comments, suggestions, and collaboration are very welcome.


Best,
Libin
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