Tutorials

IRR

The APNIC Routing Registry is fully integrated in the existing APNIC Whois Database and it is available to all APNIC members. This tutorial provides opportunities for participants to learn features of Routing Registry, basics of Routing Policy Specification Language (RPSL), how to express routing policies using RPSL and how to extract routing policies from the APNIC Routing Registry using RtConfig tool. There will be some hands on demonstration on the use of RtConfig.

Topics

APNIC Whois Database recap
What is an IRR

Why use an IRR?
APNIC Whois Database and the IRR
Using the Routing Registry
Benefit of using an IRR

RPSL

RR objects review
Using RPSL in practice
IRR queries
Address prefix operator
AS-path regular expressions
Action specification
Syntax of policy actions and filters

RtConfig

IRRToolSet options
RtConfig command
Case studies
Using RtConifg command

The rest of the IRRToolSet

Intended audience

This tutorial is aimed at people who are already familiar with the APNIC Whois Database and want to learn more about the APNIC Routing Registry. A basic understanding of BGP routing and the APNIC Whois Database is assumed.

Tutors

Andy Linton
Miwa Fujii

Tutorials