Most users don’t spend a lot of time worrying about BGP, much less BGP performance. But if you the kind of person who worries about BGP performance, it’s likely very important to you. BGP is the Border Gateway Protocol. It’s used in routing information on the Internet. Or if you want a slightly more detailed […]
Comparing BGP Stacks’ Performance: bird vs. frr vs. OpenBGP vs gobgp Shootout Data Published
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September 2, 2021 @ 12:00 pm, by raindog308Cloudflare Complains About Amazon AWS Egress Fees
In a blog post this week, Cloudflare complained that Amazon AWS’s egress fees are too high. According to CF’s calculations, customers are paying: 80 times Amazon’s costs in the US, Canada, and Europe 21 times Amazon’s costs in South America Between 3.5 times and 17 times Amazon’s costs in Asia As they put it, “Amazon […]
AFRINIC Cracks Down on IP Fraud
AFRINIC (the Regional Internet Authority for Africa which controls allocations of IP addresses on that continent) appears to be cracking down on people who obtain African IPs and use them elewhere. Community member @aveline shared this announcement: TLDR: Cloud Innovation has been put on 90-day notice that their IPs are being taken away. AFRINIC has […]
Interview: Q&A with Dejan from BunnyCDN
Our LowEndBox Interview Series has featured many interesting personalities so far and today we’re excited to bring you an interview with the CEO and Founder of BunnyCDN, Dejan (aka @BunnySpeed on LowEndTalk). I really enjoyed reading this interview and I think you will as well, as his incredible passion for his company and their fun culture […]
Poll: Have You Been the Victim of a DDOS Attack?
According to SANS, the first Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attack was in 1999, more than 20 years ago. Since then, DDOS attacks have become bigger and more frequent. Today, a DDOS mitigation strategy is an essential part of any high-profile site’s hosting strategy. These attacks often occur frequently in the gaming community and with […]
