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Explore ASN Relationships and BGP Route History with Real Internet Data

Explore ASN Relationships and BGP Route History with Real Internet Data

by wangjiajie917·Feb 13, 2026·3 points·0 comments
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AI Analysis

●●●BangerSolve My ProblemNiche Gem

Unified BGP history explorer, solving real fragmentation across RouteViews, RIPE, PeeringDB.

Strengths
  • •Solves genuine pain point: routing data fragmented across 3+ sources (RouteViews, RIPE RIS, PeeringDB)
  • •Historical context for AS path changes and hijack investigation is operationally valuable
  • •Clear teaching use case with real-world data, not synthetics
Weaknesses
  • •Niche audience limits growth; network engineers small subset of developer community
  • •Early stage with basic UI; no mention of query speed or data freshness SLA
Target Audience

Network engineers, BGP operators, ISP staff, and students learning internet routing

Similar To

RouteViews · RIPE RIS · BGPStream

Post Description

Hi HN,

I’ve been working on a side project called ipiphistory.com.

It’s a searchable explorer for:

– ASN relationships (provider / peer / customer) – BGP route history – IP to ASN mapping over time – AS path visibility – Organization and geolocation data

The idea started from my frustration when explaining BGP concepts to junior engineers and students — most tools are fragmented across multiple sources (RouteViews, RIPE RIS, PeeringDB, etc.).

This project aggregates and indexes historical routing data to make it easier to:

– Understand how ASNs connect – Explore real-world routing behavior – Investigate possible hijacks or path changes – Learn BGP using real data

It’s still early and I’d really appreciate feedback from the HN community — especially on usability and features you’d like to see.

Happy to answer technical questions about data ingestion and indexing as well.

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