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peering-toolbox:looking_glass [2022/07/31 21:34] – [Public Looking Glasses] philippeering-toolbox:looking_glass [2022/08/26 20:07] – [Implementations] philip
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   * [[http://mrlg.op-sec.us/|John Frazier's original]]   * [[http://mrlg.op-sec.us/|John Frazier's original]]
   * [[https://shrubbery.net/rancid/|John Heasley’s built in to RANCID]]   * [[https://shrubbery.net/rancid/|John Heasley’s built in to RANCID]]
 +  * [[https://hyperglass.dev/|HyperGlass]]
  
-Some operators (network and IXP) write their own implementations to match their particular requirements.+Some operators (network and IXP) write their own implementations to match their particular requirements. Here is an example of the public looking glass that SEACOM make available to the global Internet community: 
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 +{{:peering-toolbox:seacom-lg.png?400| }} 
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 +**Note**: some network operators will use the term "Router Proxy" instead of the industry standard "Looking Glass" name. They are one and the same thing.
  
 ===== Public Looking Glasses ===== ===== Public Looking Glasses =====
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 The other commonly used Looking Glass is [[https://bgp.he.net|bgp.he.net]] which gives Hurricane Electric's perspective of the global internet as seen from all their points of presence around the world. The other commonly used Looking Glass is [[https://bgp.he.net|bgp.he.net]] which gives Hurricane Electric's perspective of the global internet as seen from all their points of presence around the world.
  
 +===== Using Looking Glasses =====
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 +The use of Looking Glasses to ascertain routing information and help with troubleshooting is covered elsewhere in the Toolbox.
  
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peering-toolbox/looking_glass.txt · Last modified: 2022/08/26 20:07 by philip