bgp history logger

We have hosted the application bgp history logger in order to run this application in our online workstations with Wine or directly.

Quick description about bgp history logger:

BGPHist is a tool that able to get MP-BGP updates, decode it, and write to the backend storage for logging and monitoring purposes.
It support not only internet routes, but also these address families:
1. ipv4 multicast
2. ipv4 labeled unicast
3. vpnv4 unicast
4. ipv6 unicast
5. ipv6 labeled unicast
6. vpnv6 unicast
7. l2vpn vpls-vpws
8. ipv4 mvpn

Backend storages supported - text output, MySQL database and Oracle database.
For MySql backend there is also a simple PHP frontend.
Possible usages:
1. Monitor and log ISP's customers activity for Internet and VPNs.
2. Use as a passive BGP looking glass for all possible VPNs and Internet.
3. Backend for some external monitoring and accounting system.

BGPHist should be connected to the BGP route reflector as a client to get all routing updates.
It does not have code to generate BGP update messages, it's only a listener.

Audience: Telecommunications Industry.
User interface: Web-based, Command-line.
Programming Language: C++, C, PHP.
Database Environment: Oracle, MySQL.

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