Routeviews Update#

Philip Smith

• Why: RouteViews is the community's reference external view of BGP announcements, and this update covers a governance change (now run by NSRC) plus concrete new tooling — an API and a new BMP processor — that operators can directly use.
• What: An introduction to the new team behind RouteViews, its operation on behalf of the global Internet community by NSRC, and new developments: the API, a new BMP processor, how operators use the system, and future plans (from abstract only).
• How: Distributed route collectors giving operators an external perspective on their announcements; the new API and BMP processing extend how that data can be consumed programmatically.
• Where applicable: Broadly useful — any operator wanting third-party verification of their routing visibility, and researchers tracking global infrastructure. Community project, not vendor.