Hands-on guidance for deploying and optimizing BGP networks--enterprise and ISP

Now there's a practical guide to deploying and managing BGPv4 in any environment--from small enterprises to the largest Tier 2 and Tier 3 service providers. A team of the world's leading BGP experts brings together powerful insights into network design, configuration, and deployment with the latest version of BGP--including hands-on guidance for leveraging its key enhancements. Coverage includes

• Best practices and diverse real-world scenarios for applying BGPv4

• Understanding the impact of BGP design on local networks and the global Internet backbone

• Building effective BGP policies: aggregation, propagation, accounting, and more

• Maximizing scalability and performance in BGPv4 networks

• BGP and network security, including Secure Origin BGP

• Deploying BGP/MPLS Layer 3 VPNs

• Extensive troubleshooting guidance unavailable in any other book

If you're a network engineer or administrator looking to drive maximum reliability and performance from BGP-based networks, Practical BGP will help you get the job done--from start to finish.