BGPDEPL Minutes

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Megan,
	These are the minutes of the BGP deploymnent WG, as reviewed by the
attendees.  I don't expect any late changes, but you never know...
Cheers,
--MM--

		BGP Deployment WG 18-Nov-9

		Matt Mathis, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
		(on behalf of Jessica Yu, Merrit)

Opening:  The immediate agenda of the BGP WG is to expedite BGP-4
deployment in the Internet.   At this moment none of the vendors have
BGP-4 code running.  Network operators are all waiting on their vendors, and
our task is to encourage the vendors to complete BGP-4 as soon as possible.

The AS path tree collected from Pittsburgh was discussed (attached below).  Of
the approximately 5000 networks which are currently reachable, almost 3000 are
being originated with EGP2.  No single AS originating more than 100 networks
is using BGP at all, including all other US Backbones and large regionals.
NSFnet, Ebone, CAnet, a few mid sized regionals, and ANS stub customers
account for all deployed BGP in the Internet today.  Four mid-level operators
(representing relatively large networks) indicated that they had tested BGP-3,
and had reverted to EGP2 because their vendor's implementations to be missing
some features required in their environment.  (Note that there are several BGP
based transit networks including ANS, AlterNet, Sprint and the EBone, but these
originate relatively few networks.)

This situation is pretty bleak.  There is only a short time available to test
and deploy BGP-4, and operators whom have not yet deployed BGP-3 will face
additional difficulties phasing out EGP2.  It is desirable for all network
operators to have BGP experience as soon as possible.

Implementor reports:
 ANS - Currently has a "routed" implementation of BGP-1 and BGP-2 running in
	the backbone.  Will be converting to "gated" in January or early
	February (This will deprecate BGP-1).  They expect to begin testing
	BGP-4 w/CIDR in the production backbone during 1Q93.
 Cisco - Currently support BGP-2 and BGP-3.  Chose not to announce plans or
	timetable for BGP-4.
 Wellfleet - Plans to have BGP-3 in summer of 93 and BGP-4 sometime after.
 EMPB - PTT Telecom, The Netherlands).  Will have BGP-3 Soon.  Uncertain
	about schedule for BGP-4.
 IBM (Networking Systems at RTP) - BGP-3 has been announced for 6611 router
	in 2Q93.
 3Com - Hopes to be testing BGP-4 by March, for possible  release by August.
 BBN - BGP-3 is currently deployed in T20's.  They are working on BGP-4.
 Proteon was not represented, but several of their customers (who were
	present) have been promised BGP-4 in April 93.

Claudio Topolcic, from CNRI, presented RFC1366 and RFC1367, the proposed
addressing plan and schedule to deploy CIDR.  This served to initiate
a general discussion about timetables.

The consensus was that the following schedule is reasonable:
 1/93-3/93 BGP-4 interoperability testing with the ANS testing facility
		(See below - all vendors are invited to participate)
 3/93 - BGP-4 capable code deployed in the production NSFnet backbone.  Begin
	testing by propagating some non-production/non-ABC networks through the
	backbone.
 6/93 - Start aggregating *production* networks in the backbone.
 12/93 - Completely phase out all EGP2 on NSFnet DMZs.

There was some discussion about how this interacts with the new network
assignment rules and schedule specified in RFC1366 and RFC1367.  It was noted
that 8 of the operators present had already obtained contiguous blocks of 256
class C addresses in advance of the formal plan.  This has two implications:
 Since the NIC does not track assignments which are slated for subsequent
	reassignment, current growth figures are exaggerated by at at least
	2000 networks and probably more.
 Clusters of Class C networks will start appearing before predicted by
	RFC1367.  This may slightly steepen the growth of the routing tables
	but most of the operators were not concerned.  Several pointed out
	that most mature technology companys already had old network numbers.
	At the regional level most of the sites requesting new numbers were
	new to IP networking, and even if they had plans for hundreds or
	thousands of IP hosts, they currently only needed to announce one or
	two class C networks out of their entire block.

The first aggregation of production networks (scheduled for June 1993) will be
a flag day for any site requiring full routing tables and not running BGP-4.
There are only a few sites which may find them selves in this situation.  All
others can use default to route to their favorite backbone/mid-level provider.
The sites which require full routing tables are either enforcing AUPs or
implement optimal routing to multiple backbones or mid-levels.  In the latter
case, not having BGP-4 will result in non-optimal routes for the aggregated
networks only.  This is not viewed as a show stopper.  However, if some
organization has a mission requirement to enforce an AUP but can not deploy
BGP-4 by June 1993, there will be pressure to slip the schedule.  This
must be balanced against the cost to everyone else of carrying ever growing
non-CIDR routing tables.

We also considered the scenario where BGP-4 isn't deployed on time for some
reason (e.g. finding a serious bug in the specification.)  Our conclusion was
that the above discussion also applys, as long as the NSFnet backbone can
still hold the routing table for the entire Internet.  All other providers can
(in principle) use default reach the NSFnet when they can no longer hold the
entire routing table themselves.  As a corollary, the Internet will survive
the RO+AD crisis if and only if at least one network provider implements a
solution.  If no solutions are successful, the network provider of last
resort will be blamed, even if the problem has become intractable.

Jordan Becker (ANS) estimated that full route aggregation will reduce the
current routing tables by about 30%, because the old address assignment
policies tended to allocate addresses in blocks anyhow.

Jordan repeated his invitation for all router vendors to make use of the ANS
test facility for BGP interoperability testing.   Vendors can make
arrangements to bring equipment to the test facility, or to do remote testing
through a "wide area" BGP session across the internet.  Contact him for
further information (becker@ans.net). 

Dennis Ferguson (ANS/gated implementor) announced that he had avoided
implementing the supernet expansion code, which would map BGP-4 supernets into
a block of BGP-3 class C networks.  He was concerned that this is difficult
to do correctly and unlikely to be useful for very long.  After some
discussion it was observed that the 8 blocks of 256 class C networks
represented in the room would be announced as 8 BGP-4 routes as soon as
prudent.  These would in turn map to 2048 class C BGP-3 routes, which are
likely to immediately overwhelm any BGP-3 router.  Ergo the supernet expansion
code would probably be useful for less time than it would take to debug it.
The BGP deployment working group concurs that implementing the supernet
expansion code would not be cost effective.

Tony Li of Cisco made an interesting point about software release schedules.
Releases are typically on a 6 month cycle with an 8 month lead time between
code freeze and "first customer ship" (aka: beginning of General Availability
for some new feature).  Cisco's next scheduled code freeze is February 93, so
even if bug-free BGP-4 code exists today the earliest it will appear in
General Availability products is October 1993.  All customers who need BGP-4
before then must run pre-GA code.  Other vendors were in general agreement.
Some of the operators were upset - one was operating under a prohibition
against using non-GA code.

Thank you to Gene Hastings for taking minutes.

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AS path tree (collected from Pittsburgh):

145 IGP (1) NSFNET-CORE 
.   22 UNKNOWN (7) NOSC 
.   26 UNKNOWN (5) CORNELL   Cornell Regional network
.   32 UNKNOWN (1) STANFORD   BARRNet
.   38 UNKNOWN (3) UIUC   UIUC Regional Network
.   68 UNKNOWN (2) LANL-INET-AS 
.   73 UNKNOWN (3) WASHINGTON-AS   NorthWestNet Regional Network
.   81 UNKNOWN (43) CONCERT   CONCERT
.   86 UNKNOWN (172) SURANET-AS   SURANET Regional Network (College Park)
.   93 UNKNOWN (91) FORD-AS   MIDnet
.   97 UNKNOWN (97) JVNC-AS   JvNCnet Regional Network
.   104 UNKNOWN (1) COLORADO-AS   NCAR Regional Network
.   114 UNKNOWN (86) SESQUINET-AS   SESQUINET Regional Network
.   164 UNKNOWN (112) DDN-MB-AS   Milnet (FIX-West)
.   174 UNKNOWN (400) NYSERNET-AS   NYSERNet Regional Network / PSI
.   184 UNKNOWN (367) NSFNETTEST4-AS   Milnet (FIX-East)
.   194 UNKNOWN (4) USAN-AS   NCAR Regional Network
.   195 UNKNOWN (17) SDSC-AS   SDSC Regional network
.   200 UNKNOWN (241) BARRNET-AS   BARRNet
.   209 UNKNOWN (150) WESTNET-EAST   Westnet Regional Network (Colorado Attachment) - ENSS 141
.   210 UNKNOWN (69) WESTNET-WEST   Westnet Regional Network (Utah Attachment) - ENSS 142
.   233 UNKNOWN (46) NSFNETTEST10-AS   MERIT network
.   237 UNKNOWN (10) NSFNETTEST14-AS   MERIT network
.   266 UNKNOWN (16) CICNET1-AS   CICNET at MERIT
.   267 UNKNOWN (148) CICNET2-AS   CICNET at UIUC
.   274 UNKNOWN (24) SOFT-CON-NTS-AS   TWBNET (FIX-East)
.   278 UNKNOWN (3) RAM-AS   Mexican Networks at NCAR
.   279 UNKNOWN (149) SURANET-AS-2   SURANET Regional Network (Georgia Tech)
.   280 UNKNOWN (84) SESQUI-AUX-AS   SESQUINET Regional Network
.   281 UNKNOWN (136) NEARNET-AS   NEARnet Regional Network
.   291 UNKNOWN (30) ESNET-EAST-AS   Energy Science Network (FIX-West)
.   293 UNKNOWN (146) ESNET-WEST-AS   Energy Science Network (FIX-East)
.   297 UNKNOWN (644) NSN-UMD-AS   Nasa Science Network (FIX-East)
.   372 UNKNOWN (3) NSN-AMES-AS   Nasa Science Network (FIX-West)
.   555 UNKNOWN (27) MSCNET-AS   Minnesota Supercomputer Center Network (MSCNet)
.   590 UNKNOWN (352) EASINET-AS1 
.   603 UNKNOWN (216) CANET 
.   685 UNKNOWN (62) NWNET-AS   NorthWestNet Regional Network
.   698 UNKNOWN (7) ASN-UIUC-REGION-AS   UIRNet
.   701 UNKNOWN (486) ALTERNET-AS   Alternet
.   750 UNKNOWN (1) NSFNETTEST16-AS 
.   754 UNKNOWN (288) NSFNETTEST20-AS 
.   771 UNKNOWN (14) NSN-RICE-AS   Nasa Science Network (Houston)
.   1224 UNKNOWN (2) NCSA-AS   NCSA, Champaign, IL
.   1240 UNKNOWN (15) ICM-NACSIS   FIX-W.ICM.NET
.   1250 UNKNOWN (67) SINGAPORE-AS   ENSS 137 - Princeton
.   1262 UNKNOWN (3) NSN-NCAR-AS-AS   Nasa Science Network (Boulder, CO)
.   1383 UNKNOWN (106) NSFNETTEST48-AS 
.   1740 UNKNOWN (165) CERFNET   CERFnet
.   1800 UNKNOWN (306) ICMNET-2   ICM (FIX-East)
690 IGP (1) NSFNET-T3-RT-AS   ANS T3 Network
.   17 EGP (7) PURDUE-CS   ENSS 152 Purdue - AS
.   26 EGP (5) CORNELL   Cornell Regional network
.   32 EGP (1) STANFORD   BARRNet
.   38 EGP (3) UIUC   UIUC Regional Network
.   73 IGP (3) WASHINGTON-AS   NorthWestNet Regional Network
.   81 IGP (48) CONCERT   CONCERT
.   86 EGP (171) SURANET-AS   SURANET Regional Network (College Park)
.   93 EGP (92) FORD-AS   MIDnet
.   97 IGP (1) JVNC-AS   JvNCnet Regional Network
.   104 IGP (2) COLORADO-AS   NCAR Regional Network
.   114 IGP (2) SESQUINET-AS   SESQUINET Regional Network
.   164 EGP (111) DDN-MB-AS   Milnet (FIX-West)
.   174 EGP (400) NYSERNET-AS   NYSERNet Regional Network / PSI
.   184 EGP (367) NSFNETTEST4-AS   Milnet (FIX-East)
.   189 EGP (1) BARRNET-AS   BARRNet
.   194 EGP (3) USAN-AS   NCAR Regional Network
.   195 EGP (16) SDSC-AS   SDSC Regional network
.   200 EGP (238) BARRNET-AS   BARRNet
.   201 EGP (1) BARRNET-AS   BARRNet
.   204 IGP (90) PSCNET-AS   PSCNET Regional Network
.   209 EGP (151) WESTNET-EAST   Westnet Regional Network (Colorado Attachment) - ENSS 141
.   210 EGP (69) WESTNET-WEST   Westnet Regional Network (Utah Attachment) - ENSS 142
.   237 IGP (1) NSFNETTEST14-AS   MERIT network
.   238 IGP (1) NSFNETTEST15-AS   IBM Information Network
.   266 IGP (1) CICNET1-AS   CICNET at MERIT
.   267 EGP (95) CICNET2-AS   CICNET at UIUC
.   274 EGP (24) SOFT-CON-NTS-AS   TWBNET (FIX-East)
.   279 EGP (148) SURANET-AS-2   SURANET Regional Network (Georgia Tech)
.   280 Incomplete (84) SESQUI-AUX-AS   SESQUINET Regional Network
.   281 EGP (241) NEARNET-AS   NEARnet Regional Network
.   291 EGP (30) ESNET-EAST-AS   Energy Science Network (FIX-West)
.   293 EGP (137) ESNET-WEST-AS   Energy Science Network (FIX-East)
.   297 EGP (247) NSN-UMD-AS   Nasa Science Network (FIX-East)
.   372 EGP (387) NSN-AMES-AS   Nasa Science Network (FIX-West)
.   555 Incomplete (27) MSCNET-AS   Minnesota Supercomputer Center Network (MSCNet)
.   600 IGP (1) OARNET-AS   OARNET, Cleveland, OH
.   683 IGP (9) ARGONNE-AS   Argonne Labs
.   685 IGP (62) NWNET-AS   NorthWestNet Regional Network
.   698 EGP (7) ASN-UIUC-REGION-AS   UIRNet
.   701 IGP (8) ALTERNET-AS   Alternet
.   .   35 EGP (1) MICATON 
.   .   86 EGP (1) SURANET-AS   SURANET Regional Network (College Park)
.   .   286 Incomplete (29) EUNET-AS 
.   .   .   1270 IGP (90) UNIDO-AS 
.   .   .   1290 IGP (19) UKNET-AS 
.   .   .   1836 IGP (9) EUNET-CH-AS2 
.   .   .   1890 Incomplete (1)  
.   .   .   .   1888 IGP (3)  
.   .   .   1891 IGP (3)  
.   .   545 EGP (1) NRI   NRI-NET, Reston, VA
.   .   558 EGP (3) OLIVETTI-AS1 
.   .   1705 IGP (8) GM-INDY-NET 
.   .   1729 IGP (6) TIPNET1 
.   .   1800 TRANSIT (0) ICMNET-2   ICM (FIX-East)
.   .   .   294 EGP (6) FRANCE-IP-NET-AS 
.   .   .   1755 TRANSIT (0) EBONE-INTERNAL 
.   .   .   .   286 TRANSIT (0) EUNET-AS 
.   .   .   .   .   1899 IGP (17)  
.   .   .   .   786 TRANSIT (0) ULCC-CISCO-AS 
.   .   .   .   .   1275 IGP (1) UNIDO-AS 
.   .   .   .   1103 IGP (1) SURFNET-AS 
.   .   .   .   1741 TRANSIT (0) FUNET 
.   .   .   .   .   719 IGP (5) LANLINK-AS 
.   .   .   .   .   790 IGP (1) FUUG-NET-AS-AS 
.   .   .   .   1853 TRANSIT (0) AT-BONE 
.   .   .   .   .   760 IGP (12) UNIVIE-AS 
.   .   1849 EGP (23) PIPEX-AS 
.   771 EGP (14) NSN-RICE-AS   Nasa Science Network (Houston)
.   1224 EGP (2) NCSA-AS   NCSA, Champaign, IL
.   1225 Incomplete (64) CICNET3-AS   CICNET at Argonne Labs
.   1240 IGP (10) ICM-NACSIS   FIX-W.ICM.NET
.   .   1239 IGP (5) ICM-NORDUNET 
.   1262 EGP (5) NSN-NCAR-AS-AS   Nasa Science Network (Boulder, CO)
.   1312 IGP (2) VA-TECH-AS   VPI - ENSS 151
.   1321 IGP (1) NSFNETTEST26-AS   ANS San Francisco - DNSS 11
.   1322 IGP (1) NSFNETTEST27-AS   ANS Los Angeles - DNSS 19
.   1323 IGP (1) NSFNETTEST28-AS   ANS Chicago - DNSS 27
.   1324 IGP (1) NSFNETTEST29-AS   ANS New York City - DNSS 35
.   1325 IGP (1) NSFNETTEST30-AS   ANS Cleveland - DNSS 43
.   1326 IGP (1) NSFNETTEST31-AS   ANS Hartford - DNSS 51
.   1327 IGP (1) NSFNETTEST32-AS   ANS Washington D.C. - DNSS 59
.   1328 IGP (1) NSFNETTEST33-AS   ANS Houston - DNSS 67
.   1329 IGP (1) NSFNETTEST34-AS   ANS Greensboro - DNSS 75
.   1330 IGP (1) NSFNETTEST35-AS   ANS St. Louis - DNSS 83
.   1331 IGP (1) NSFNETTEST36-AS   ANS Seattle - DNSS 91
.   1332 IGP (1) NSFNETTEST37-AS   ANS Denver - DNSS 99
.   1333 IGP (1) NSFNETTEST38-AS   ANS Atlanta - DNSS 107
.   1660 IGP (2) ANS-BLK1   ANS, Elmsford, New York
.   1662 IGP (8) ANS-BLK1   CUNY, New York, New York
.   1663 IGP (1) ANS-BLK1   MCI, Southfield, MI
.   1666 IGP (2) ANS-BLK1   ANS at Merit
.   1700 IGP (1) SESQUI-3   SESQUINET Regional Network
.   1740 IGP (3) CERFNET   CERFnet
.   1747 EGP (2) IBMWATSON-AS   IBM Watson, Yorktown Heights, NY
.   1751 IGP (1) LEXMARK-AS   Lexmark, Lexington, KY
.   1757 IGP (1) MDCI-AS   Mead Data Central
.   1782 EGP (2)    AIXSERV-AS, ENSS 174
.   1800 IGP (4) ICMNET-2   ICM (FIX-East)
.   .   294 EGP (156) FRANCE-IP-NET-AS 
.   .   1239 IGP (6) ICM-NORDUNET 
.   .   1755 IGP (4) EBONE-INTERNAL 
.   .   .   224 IGP (29) UNINETT-AS 
.   .   .   286 Incomplete (7) EUNET-AS 
.   .   .   1257 IGP (12) SWIPNET-AS 
.   .   .   .   1653 IGP (1) SUNET 
.   .   .   1653 IGP (17) SUNET 
.   .   .   1654 IGP (4) SWEDEN 
.   .   .   1741 IGP (28) FUNET 
.   .   .   .   544 IGP (8) PTN-FINLAND 
.   .   .   .   790 IGP (3) FUUG-NET-AS-AS 
.   .   .   .   1739 IGP (1) TAMNET 
.   .   .   1835 IGP (6) DENET 
.   .   .   1853 TRANSIT (0) AT-BONE 
.   .   .   .   1887 IGP (9)  
.   .   .   1880 IGP (12)  
.   1810 EGP (2) NEARNET-1   NEARnet-2
.   1907 IGP (2) IPSERV-AS   IPSERV
.   1934 IGP (1) ANS-RESTON-AS   ANS, Reston, Virginia
.   1956 EGP (1) IBMEVS-AS   IBMEVS-AS
.   1972 IGP (1) HPC-NET   DARPA
.   1975 IGP (1) UMI-AS   University Microfilms, Inc.
.   1997 EGP (1) IBMDES-AS   IBM Dallas Engineering & Scientific
.   2002 IGP (1) IBM-PV-AS   IBM-PV-AS
.   .   9001 EGP (1)  
.   .   9005 EGP (1)  
.   .   9007 EGP (1)  

Summary by origin
Origin  #nets   #as
UNKNOWN  5427    49
TRANSIT     0     7
Incompl   212     6
EGP      3175    43
IGP       605    72

Summary by AS
AS# #ref name
  17 1 PURDUE-CS   ENSS 152 Purdue - AS
  22 1 NOSC 
  26 2 CORNELL   Cornell Regional network
  32 2 STANFORD   BARRNet
  35 1 MICATON 
  38 2 UIUC   UIUC Regional Network
  68 1 LANL-INET-AS 
  73 2 WASHINGTON-AS   NorthWestNet Regional Network
  81 2 CONCERT   CONCERT
  86 3 SURANET-AS   SURANET Regional Network (College Park)
  93 2 FORD-AS   MIDnet
  97 2 JVNC-AS   JvNCnet Regional Network
 104 2 COLORADO-AS   NCAR Regional Network
 114 2 SESQUINET-AS   SESQUINET Regional Network
 145 1 NSFNET-CORE 
 164 2 DDN-MB-AS   Milnet (FIX-West)
 174 2 NYSERNET-AS   NYSERNet Regional Network / PSI
 184 2 NSFNETTEST4-AS   Milnet (FIX-East)
 189 1 BARRNET-AS   BARRNet
 194 2 USAN-AS   NCAR Regional Network
 195 2 SDSC-AS   SDSC Regional network
 200 2 BARRNET-AS   BARRNet
 201 1 BARRNET-AS   BARRNet
 204 1 PSCNET-AS   PSCNET Regional Network
 209 2 WESTNET-EAST   Westnet Regional Network (Colorado Attachment) - ENSS 141
 210 2 WESTNET-WEST   Westnet Regional Network (Utah Attachment) - ENSS 142
 224 1 UNINETT-AS 
 233 1 NSFNETTEST10-AS   MERIT network
 237 2 NSFNETTEST14-AS   MERIT network
 238 1 NSFNETTEST15-AS   IBM Information Network
 266 2 CICNET1-AS   CICNET at MERIT
 267 2 CICNET2-AS   CICNET at UIUC
 274 2 SOFT-CON-NTS-AS   TWBNET (FIX-East)
 278 1 RAM-AS   Mexican Networks at NCAR
 279 2 SURANET-AS-2   SURANET Regional Network (Georgia Tech)
 280 2 SESQUI-AUX-AS   SESQUINET Regional Network
 281 2 NEARNET-AS   NEARnet Regional Network
 286 3 EUNET-AS 
 291 2 ESNET-EAST-AS   Energy Science Network (FIX-West)
 293 2 ESNET-WEST-AS   Energy Science Network (FIX-East)
 294 2 FRANCE-IP-NET-AS 
 297 2 NSN-UMD-AS   Nasa Science Network (FIX-East)
 372 2 NSN-AMES-AS   Nasa Science Network (FIX-West)
 544 1 PTN-FINLAND 
 545 1 NRI   NRI-NET, Reston, VA
 555 2 MSCNET-AS   Minnesota Supercomputer Center Network (MSCNet)
 558 1 OLIVETTI-AS1 
 590 1 EASINET-AS1 
 600 1 OARNET-AS   OARNET, Cleveland, OH
 603 1 CANET 
 683 1 ARGONNE-AS   Argonne Labs
 685 2 NWNET-AS   NorthWestNet Regional Network
 690 1 NSFNET-T3-RT-AS   ANS T3 Network
 698 2 ASN-UIUC-REGION-AS   UIRNet
 701 2 ALTERNET-AS   Alternet
 719 1 LANLINK-AS 
 750 1 NSFNETTEST16-AS 
 754 1 NSFNETTEST20-AS 
 760 1 UNIVIE-AS 
 771 2 NSN-RICE-AS   Nasa Science Network (Houston)
 786 1 ULCC-CISCO-AS 
 790 2 FUUG-NET-AS-AS 
1103 1 SURFNET-AS 
1224 2 NCSA-AS   NCSA, Champaign, IL
1225 1 CICNET3-AS   CICNET at Argonne Labs
1239 2 ICM-NORDUNET 
1240 2 ICM-NACSIS   FIX-W.ICM.NET
1250 1 SINGAPORE-AS   ENSS 137 - Princeton
1257 1 SWIPNET-AS 
1262 2 NSN-NCAR-AS-AS   Nasa Science Network (Boulder, CO)
1270 1 UNIDO-AS 
1275 1 UNIDO-AS 
1290 1 UKNET-AS 
1312 1 VA-TECH-AS   VPI - ENSS 151
1321 1 NSFNETTEST26-AS   ANS San Francisco - DNSS 11
1322 1 NSFNETTEST27-AS   ANS Los Angeles - DNSS 19
1323 1 NSFNETTEST28-AS   ANS Chicago - DNSS 27
1324 1 NSFNETTEST29-AS   ANS New York City - DNSS 35
1325 1 NSFNETTEST30-AS   ANS Cleveland - DNSS 43
1326 1 NSFNETTEST31-AS   ANS Hartford - DNSS 51
1327 1 NSFNETTEST32-AS   ANS Washington D.C. - DNSS 59
1328 1 NSFNETTEST33-AS   ANS Houston - DNSS 67
1329 1 NSFNETTEST34-AS   ANS Greensboro - DNSS 75
1330 1 NSFNETTEST35-AS   ANS St. Louis - DNSS 83
1331 1 NSFNETTEST36-AS   ANS Seattle - DNSS 91
1332 1 NSFNETTEST37-AS   ANS Denver - DNSS 99
1333 1 NSFNETTEST38-AS   ANS Atlanta - DNSS 107
1383 1 NSFNETTEST48-AS 
1653 2 SUNET 
1654 1 SWEDEN 
1660 1 ANS-BLK1   ANS, Elmsford, New York
1662 1 ANS-BLK1   CUNY, New York, New York
1663 1 ANS-BLK1   MCI, Southfield, MI
1666 1 ANS-BLK1   ANS at Merit
1700 1 SESQUI-3   SESQUINET Regional Network
1705 1 GM-INDY-NET 
1729 1 TIPNET1 
1739 1 TAMNET 
1740 2 CERFNET   CERFnet
1741 2 FUNET 
1747 1 IBMWATSON-AS   IBM Watson, Yorktown Heights, NY
1751 1 LEXMARK-AS   Lexmark, Lexington, KY
1755 2 EBONE-INTERNAL 
1757 1 MDCI-AS   Mead Data Central
1782 1    AIXSERV-AS, ENSS 174
1800 3 ICMNET-2   ICM (FIX-East)
1810 1 NEARNET-1   NEARnet-2
1835 1 DENET 
1836 1 EUNET-CH-AS2 
1849 1 PIPEX-AS 
1853 2 AT-BONE 
1880 1  
1887 1  
1888 1  
1890 1  
1891 1  
1899 1  
1907 1 IPSERV-AS   IPSERV
1934 1 ANS-RESTON-AS   ANS, Reston, Virginia
1956 1 IBMEVS-AS   IBMEVS-AS
1972 1 HPC-NET   DARPA
1975 1 UMI-AS   University Microfilms, Inc.
1997 1 IBMDES-AS   IBM Dallas Engineering & Scientific
2002 1 IBM-PV-AS   IBM-PV-AS
9001 1  
9005 1  
9007 1  

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The fields in each line of the AS path tree are:

- dots.. for above listed AS's also traversed to reach this AS.
- AS number
- BGP origin field,
        UNKNOWN -> transit across the T1 NSF net (origin is missing)
        TRANSIT -> No nets originate in this AS, ergo no origin field
        others are as described in the BGP RFCs ;-)
- (net count) Number of networks carried by this AS path
- NIC name - one token from asn.txt
- Merit DB name - Additional name information from Merit's as-as3.now

There are a number of artifacts which limit the completeness of this data:
- It was collected from AS 1206 (PSCnet) which does not appear in the list
- AS 1206 is dual connected, such that most networks (and AS's) should
  appear twice - Once via AS 145 and once via AS 690.
- AS 1206 is "NSFnet AUP compliant" and does not get CIX or other commercial
  routes.
- Some international routes are excluded as well.
- This is collected from a snapshot of live routing tables, and at the time
  there were are least 3 open tickets at the Merit NOC.
- This is only the "spanning tree" used to reach Pittsburgh.  Other links do 
  not appear.