The book describes the main aspects of BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) and its most important practical applications, such as traffic management policies, scalable architectures, stability and security mechanisms, and its role in big Enterprises and ISP networks. For each topic covered, also the implementation aspects in Cisco and Juniper technologies are included, essential to fully understand the main mechanisms of the protocol and its applications. The central idea behind the book is combining theory and practice, to avoid turning it only into a (debatable) presentation of the standard. This is why, apart from explaining in detail and with many examples how the protocol works, and its role in IP networks, the book also includes many practical application suggestions, resulting from many decades of experience.
Luciani, Flavio: - "Flavio Luciani was born in Rome in 1981 and he graduated Computer Engineering at the Roma Tre University in 2005. Since 2008, he is part of the Namex team - the Internet eXchange Point in Rome - first as member of the technical staff, and, since 2020, as Chief Technology Officer.He is currently involved in several Internet Community initiatives. He works with the RIPE NCC association, with the European inter-exchange point association EURO-IX, and he is a member of the Steering Committee of the initiative promoted by the Internet Society (ISOC), Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security. Through workshops, courses and feature articles, he promotes greater awareness on routing security."
Prado, Antonio: - Antonio Prado, after an educational background in Humanities Studies, lands a PhD in Computer Science. He has been active in the Internet industry since 1995, and, after a long experience as CTO for several telecommunication operators, he works in the Italian Public Administration, where he deals with digital infrastructures and digital transition. As journalist, he spreads knowledge on how the Internet works. He has been holding classes in public institutions (Schools and Universities) and private organizations (ISOC, Reiss Romoli School) for over twenty years. Ambassador and member of MANRS advisory group, and committed every day to supporting the development of the Web in Italy, and to spreading awareness of the Internet Governance, through articles and conferences.
Tofoni, Tiziano: - "Tiziano Tofoni holds a university degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Padua, Italy, and a Master in Mathematical Statistics at Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida (USA). He began his career as a researcher at the Institute of Dynamic Systems and Bioengineering of the National Research Council (CNR) in Padua and as a Teaching Assistant at the Department of Statistics of Florida State University. Subsequently, after a brief experience in the Aerospace industry, he joined the staff of the G. Reiss Romoli Advanced School ofTelecommunications where he worked for over 20 years in the fields of Traffic Engineering, IP Network Technologies and Broadband communications. He has held various courses in Probability and Statistics at the University of L'Aquila. He is the author of various books including "BGP: from theory to practice" (Reiss Romoli ed., I edition may 2011 - II edition june 2022) and "MPLS Services" (Reiss Romoli ed., october 2020). He is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of Reiss Romoli srl, member of the Namex Technical Committee and honorary member of the board of ITNOG."
