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General Information

The 1st Phase of the Project (Completed):

Developing a Collaborative BGP Routing Analyzing and Diagnosing Platform
Duration:
Feb. 2022 – Aug. 2023
Funding:
USD150,000 supported by APNIC ISIF Grant
USD69,660 in-kind contribution by Tsinghua University
 

The 2nd Phase of the Project (In Progress):

An Extension of the Ongoing Project “Developing a Collaborative BGP Routing Analyzing and Diagnosing Platform” Project
Duration:
Dec. 2023 – June. 2025
Funding:
USD85,000 supported by APNIC ISIF Grant
USD65,000 in-kind contribution by Tsinghua University

Partnership:

This project is open to all NRENs, relevant institutions, and organizations in the field. If any potential collaborators are interested in participating, please contact us at sec@cgtf.net.

Background Information:

The BGPWatch platform aims to enhance the capacity of network operation and measurement. Project members include National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) and international research/academic organizations and universities. All development and relevant contributions are made across three projects outlined below.

Objectives

Governance

Committees

Coordination Committee

Co-Chairs

CERNET: Jilong Wang

APAN-JP: Shinji Shimojo

SingAREN: Francis Lee

Members

AARNET: David Wilde

BdREN: Mohammad Tawrit

CERNET: Jie An, Changqing An, Xiaohong Huang

ERNET: Jie An, Changqing An, Xiaohong Huang

Gottingen University: Xiaoming Fu

HARNET/JUCC: Wai Man Cheung

ITB: Basuki Suhardiman

KREONET: Buseung Cho

LEARN: Roshan Ragel

MYREN: Mohd Noh Jasmani

NREN: Lochan Lal Amatya

PERN: Kamran Abid, Waqas Masood

REANNZ: Culley Angus

Surrey University: Ning Wang

ThaiREN: Chalermpol Charnsripinyo

TransPAC: Hans Addleman

Technical Committee

Co-Chairs

CERNET: Changqing An

ThaiREN: Chalermpol Charnsripinyo

SingAREN: Simon Green

Members

AARNET: Warrick Mitchell

APAN-JP: Takatoshi Ikeda, Hirotaka Sato, Jian Ma

BdREN: Ariful Islam Arman, Abu Naser Md. Nafew, Md. Ariful Islam, Jamilur Rahman, Shamim Ahmed, Kamrul, Hasan Shakil, Md. Sajidul Islam

CERNET: Zhonghui Li, Xiaohong Huang, Hui Hao, Jie An

ERNET: Hari Krishna Atluri, Madan Kumar S

PREGINET: Bayani Lara, Jaros Lacerna, Mark Quilala

Gottingen University: Xiaoming Fu

NREN: Rajan Parajuli, Niraj Acharya, Ram Krishna Pariyar, Indiver Badal, Niraj Acharya, Nirajan Parajuli

HARNET/JUCC: David Choi, KW Pong, Wai ManCheung

ITB: Gulam Fakih, Mugi Sugiarto, Yanti

KREONET: Chanjin Park, Seongjin Park, Buseung Cho

LEARN: Asitha Bandaranayake, Dhammika Lalantha

PREN:  Yahya Khan, Kamran Abid, Naveed Tahir, Jawad Raza

MYREN: Hafizi Jalil, Mohd Noh Jasmani

REANNZ:  Yeshaswini Ramesh, Dylan Hall

Surrey University: Ning Wang

ThaiREN:  Sittichai Sangdee, Kriangsak Lekdee

TransPAC: Brenna Meade

Project Executive Team

Tsinghua University & CERNET Team:

Changqing An, Jie An, Weiqi Zhao, Linmei Zu, Zidong Pei, Chengwan Zhang, Anlun Hong

Plan

Tentative Timeline Work Plan Objectives
Dec. 2023 Find obscure Looking Glass VP regularly Develop an integrated Looking Glass platform
Feb. 2024 Develop integrated Looking Glass platform
Mar. 2024 Develop Looking Glass API
June 2024 Develop data plan detection method and decision algorithm Use Looking Glass to further check routing hijacking at the data plan
Aug. 2024 Integrate the algorithm to the system
Nov. 2024 Develop path hijacking detection method Implement path hijacking detection and routing leak detection methods
Jan. 2025 Develop routing leak detection method
Throughout the entire project duration Continually test and get suggestions from user Continue to maintain and fix bugs in the BGPWatch platform
The second phase of the project funded by APNIC Foundation (Dec.06, 2023 – June 06, 2025, 18 months) Welcome new partners to join! Continue community development and engagement, and international collaboration

Activities Timeline

2024
Nov. 28
Progress reports submitted
Nov. 19
Second project meeting with partners and users
Aug. 8
Updated BGPWatch user manual document published
May - June
Bilateral meetings with partners
June 12
Presentation at TNC24 & RNP joined the project
May 22
APNIC Webinar
Apr. 28
APAN story submitted
Apr. 8
The first Joint Committee Meeting of the Second Phase
Apr. 3
RedCLARA joined the project
Feb. – Apr.
Reached out to new partners and communicated with existing partners
Mar. 1
Presentation at APRICOT2O24
Feb. 7
APNIC blog
Jan. 29 & 31
Presentation at APAN57
Jan. 19
Updated BGPWatch user manual video released &
Commencement of the second phase of the project
2023
2022
Oct. 8
Booth at IGF2023
Aug. 24
The project concluding meeting at APAN56
Aug. 15
CompTIA online courses of network security
June 8
Presented the project at TNC23
May 24 - 25
An onsite meeting at Tsinghua University
Apr. 27
The sixth Technical Committee Meeting
Mar. 13 - 16
RPKI & MANRS Training at APAN55
Mar. 15
Project Open Meeting at APAN55
Mar. 12
Release of BGPWatch manual and video
Feb. 20
Release of Prefix Hijacking Report in 2022
Feb. 1 & 3
RPKI online training
Jan. 19
The third Joint Meeting of the Coordination Committee and Technical Committee (5th) meeting
Oct. - Nov
The second round of bilateral meetings with 16 partners
Oct. 13
"Evaluating and Improving Regional Network Robustness from AS TOPO Perspective" paper discussion
Sep. 29
The second Joint meeting of the Coordination Committee and Technical Committee(4th) meeting
Sep. 23
Chairs meeting
Aug. 25
Report at APAN54
Aug. 3
The third Technical Committee Meeting
June 20
The second Technical Committee Meeting
Mar. 12
Release of BGPWatch manual and video
Apr. - May
The project website set up
May 10
The first Joint Meeting of the Coordination Committee and Technical Committee meeting
Apr. - May
Bilateral meetings with all partners
Mar. - Apr.
Bilateral meetings with new partners
Mar. 10
Presentation at APAN Routing WG meeting at APAN53
Feb. 24
Kick-off meetings