// Networking
BGP Communities Networking RTBH RFC 8092 Internet Infrastructure Network Engineering Routing Policy IXP Peering

BGP Communities: The Feature Everyone Ignores

BGP communities ship on every router. Most operators use three of them. Large communities, RFC 8092, selective announcement, RTBH signaling — the full feature set sits untouched in most networks.

Rene Fichtmueller / 2026-05-27 / ~2 min read min read
TIP Transceiver Networking Budget Deployment Firmware

Price War: What 2026's Transceiver Market Shift Means for Your Budget

As 400G transceiver prices drop, understand the impact on budgets and deployments. Validate compatibility to avoid costly mistakes.

Rene Fichtmueller / 2026-04-10 / ~4 min read min read
Networking BGP Security RPKI ASPA Route Leaks Internet Infrastructure Routing Security RFC 9234 Path Validation BGPsec

RPKI Didn't Fix Routing.

We validated who is allowed to announce a prefix. We never validated how it gets there.

Rene Fichtmueller / 2026-04-05 / ~2 min read min read
Open Source Networking BGP RPKI PeerCortex ASPA Network Intelligence Internet Infrastructure Routing Security Health Check Peering

PeerCortex: Why I Built a Network Intelligence Platform

70,000+ networks. 13 health checks. One tool that didn't exist — so I built it.

Rene Fichtmueller / 2026-04-05 / ~2 min read min read