UI filters and RPKI adoption

There are several changes and new features that need your attention:

1. We’ve enabled BGP engineering from the web user interface of our platform. You can define both inbound and outbound BGP announcement policies from the web portal. If you still don’t have a login, please email our support, and we’ll be happy to create one for You.

2. B-IX adopted RPKI validation currently at 50%. This means that all “2nd” route servers, for example, RS2-BG/RG (both IPv4 and IPv6) are validating the prefixes with RPKI and rejecting those that aren’t with “VALID” status. We plan to adopt the RPKI validation at 100% by the end of next month (07.2024), so please review the RPKI status of your prefixes. You can check in the portal for your rejected prefixes or you can use the Looking Glass directly.
Note: The IRRDB validation is still active and the members should have properly set both IRRDB and RPKI for their prefixes to be advertised in the exchange.

3. We see that there are members who still aren’t using the automatically provisioned BFD session for them. Please check the status of your BFD sessions and configure them if needed. This will ensure that wherever you are connected – you don’t have to worry about your transport to B-IX. You can find the details here: https://b-ix.net/technical/details/

New member A1.bg

Let us welcome our latest member:

Member: A1 BG
AS number: AS8717
BG IPv4 address: 185.1.30.4
Location: Telepoint Sofia
Port speed: 20G
Policy: open
RS Client: yes

Important: Google are changing their global peering policy!

Google (AS15169) are changing their global Internet exchange policy from “open” to “selective” peering. Please read the original information:
“As part of Google’s effort to simplify peering operations and increase routing security, we have decided to stop advertising and receiving prefix information from Route-Servers in Internet Exchanges. We invite other networks that rely on Route Servers to request a bilateral session. Bilateral session requests can be done at: https://isp.google.com/iwantpeering.”
Please update your PeeringDB information and request peering with Google if You need to. Keep in mind that Google may suspend their announcements through the Route Servers in the following weeks.

HE.net upgraded to 100G

Our member HE.net (AS6939) has just upgraded from a 10G to a 100G interface. Congratulations!

New members January 2024

Let’s welcome our latest members:

I NET BULGARIA (AS60447) – 10G, Telepoint Sofia

GPNET (AS205343) – 10G, Gotse Delchev

EGT Digital (AS215941) – 10G, Telepoint Sofia