See through all BGP data with a monocle.
cargo install monocle
Subcommands:
parse
: parse individual MRT filessearch
: search for matching messages from all available public MRT fileswhois
: search AS and organization information by ASN or namecountry
: utility to lookup country name and codetime
: utility to convert time between unix timestamp and RFC3339 stringrpki
: check RPKI validation for given ASNs or prefixes
Top-level help menu:
➜ ~ monocle
A commandline application to search, parse, and process BGP information in public sources.
Usage: monocle [OPTIONS] <COMMAND>
Commands:
parse Parse individual MRT files given a file path, local or remote
search Search BGP messages from all available public MRT files
whois ASN and organization lookup utility
country ASN and organization lookup utility
time Time conversion utilities
rpki RPKI utilities
help Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
Options:
-c, --config <CONFIG> configuration file path, by default $HOME/.monocle.toml is used
--debug Print debug information
-h, --help Print help
-V, --version Print version
Parsing single MRT file given a local path or a remote URL.
➜ monocle git:(main) ✗ monocle parse --help
Parse individual MRT files given a file path, local or remote
USAGE:
monocle parse [OPTIONS] <FILE>
ARGS:
<FILE> File path to a MRT file, local or remote
OPTIONS:
-a, --as-path <AS_PATH> Filter by AS path regex string
-h, --help Print help information
-j, --peer-ip <PEER_IP> Filter by peer IP address
-J, --peer-asn <PEER_ASN> Filter by peer ASN
--json Output as JSON objects
-m, --elem-type <ELEM_TYPE> Filter by elem type: announce (a) or withdraw (w)
-o, --origin-asn <ORIGIN_ASN> Filter by origin AS Number
-p, --prefix <PREFIX> Filter by network prefix
--pretty Pretty-print JSON output
-s, --include-super Include super-prefix when filtering
-S, --include-sub Include sub-prefix when filtering
-t, --start-ts <START_TS> Filter by start unix timestamp inclusive
-T, --end-ts <END_TS> Filter by end unix timestamp inclusive
-V, --version Print version information
Search for BGP messages across publicly available BGP route collectors and parse relevant MRT files in parallel. More filters can be used to search for messages that match your criteria.
➜ monocle git:(main) ✗ monocle search --help
Search BGP messages from all available public MRT files
USAGE:
monocle search [OPTIONS] --start-ts <START_TS> --end-ts <END_TS>
OPTIONS:
-a, --as-path <AS_PATH> Filter by AS path regex string
-c, --collector <COLLECTOR> Filter by collector, e.g. rrc00 or route-views2
-d, --debug Print debug information
-d, --dry-run Dry-run, do not download or parse
-h, --help Print help information
-j, --peer-ip <PEER_IP> Filter by peer IP address
-J, --peer-asn <PEER_ASN> Filter by peer ASN
-m, --elem-type <ELEM_TYPE> Filter by elem type: announce (a) or withdraw (w)
-o, --origin-asn <ORIGIN_ASN> Filter by origin AS Number
-p, --prefix <PREFIX> Filter by network prefix
-P, --project <PROJECT> Filter by route collection project, i.e. riperis or routeviews
-s, --include-super Include super-prefix when filtering
-S, --include-sub Include sub-prefix when filtering
-t, --start-ts <START_TS> Filter by start unix timestamp inclusive
-T, --end-ts <END_TS> Filter by end unix timestamp inclusive
-V, --version Print version information
Convert between UNIX timestamp and RFC3339 time strings.
➜ ~ monocle time --help
Time conversion utilities
USAGE:
monocle time [TIME]
ARGS:
<TIME> Time stamp or time string to convert
OPTIONS:
-h, --help Print help information
-V, --version Print version information
Example runs:
➜ monocle time
╭────────────┬───────────────────────────┬───────╮
│ unix │ rfc3339 │ human │
├────────────┼───────────────────────────┼───────┤
│ 1659135226 │ 2022-07-29T22:53:46+00:00 │ now │
╰────────────┴───────────────────────────┴───────╯
➜ monocle time 0
╭──────┬───────────────────────────┬──────────────╮
│ unix │ rfc3339 │ human │
├──────┼───────────────────────────┼──────────────┤
│ 0 │ 1970-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 │ 52 years ago │
╰──────┴───────────────────────────┴──────────────╯
➜ monocle time 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z
╭────────────┬───────────────────────────┬──────────────╮
│ unix │ rfc3339 │ human │
├────────────┼───────────────────────────┼──────────────┤
│ 1640995200 │ 2022-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 │ 6 months ago │
╰────────────┴───────────────────────────┴──────────────╯
➜ monocle time 2022-01-01T00:00:00
Input time must be either Unix timestamp or time string compliant with RFC3339
Search AS/organization-level information with ASN or organization name.
Data source:
- The CAIDA AS Organizations Dataset, http://www.caida.org/data/as-organizations
- Please also cite the data source above if you use this tool for your public work.
➜ ~ monocle whois --help
ASN and organization lookup utility
Usage: monocle whois [OPTIONS] [QUERY]...
Arguments:
[QUERY]... Search query, an ASN (e.g. "400644") or a name (e.g. "bgpkit")
Options:
-n, --name-only Search AS and Org name only
-a, --asn-only Search by ASN only
-C, --country-only Search by country only
-u, --update Refresh local as2org database
-p, --pretty Output to pretty table, default markdown table
-F, --full-table Display full table (with ord_id, org_size)
-P, --psv Export to pipe-separated values
-f, --full-country Show full country names instead of 2-letter code
-h, --help Print help
-V, --version Print version
Example queries:
➜ ~ monocle whois 400644
| asn | as_name | org_name | org_country |
|--------|------------|------------|-------------|
| 400644 | BGPKIT-LLC | BGPKIT LLC | US |
➜ ~ monocle whois bgpkit
| asn | as_name | org_name | org_country |
|--------|------------|------------|-------------|
| 400644 | BGPKIT-LLC | BGPKIT LLC | US |
You can specify multiple queries:
➜ monocle whois 13335 bgpkit
| asn | as_name | org_name | org_country |
|--------|---------------|------------------|-------------|
| 13335 | CLOUDFLARENET | Cloudflare, Inc. | US |
| 400644 | BGPKIT-LLC | BGPKIT LLC | US |
Use --pretty
to output the table with pretty rounded corner
➜ monocle whois 13335 bgpkit --pretty
╭────────┬───────────────┬──────────────────┬─────────────╮
│ asn │ as_name │ org_name │ org_country │
├────────┼───────────────┼──────────────────┼─────────────┤
│ 13335 │ CLOUDFLARENET │ Cloudflare, Inc. │ US │
│ 400644 │ BGPKIT-LLC │ BGPKIT LLC │ US │
╰────────┴───────────────┴──────────────────┴─────────────╯
Country name and code lookup utilities.
➜ ~ monocle country --help
Country name and code lookup utilities
Usage: monocle country <QUERY>
Arguments:
<QUERY> Search query, e.g. "US" or "United States"
Options:
-h, --help Print help
-V, --version Print version
Example runs:
➜ monocle country US
╭──────┬──────────────────────────╮
│ code │ name │
├──────┼──────────────────────────┤
│ US │ United States of America │
╰──────┴──────────────────────────╯
➜ monocle country united
╭──────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ code │ name │
├──────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TZ │ Tanzania, United Republic of │
│ GB │ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland │
│ AE │ United Arab Emirates │
│ US │ United States of America │
│ UM │ United States Minor Outlying Islands │
╰──────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
➜ monocle country "United States"
╭──────┬──────────────────────────────────────╮
│ code │ name │
├──────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│ UM │ United States Minor Outlying Islands │
│ US │ United States of America │
╰──────┴──────────────────────────────────────╯
Check RPKI validity for given prefix-ASN pair and provide utility to read ROA and ASPA files from the RPKI archive.
We use Cloudflare RPKI validator as our data source.
➜ monocle rpki --help
RPKI utilities
Usage: monocle rpki <COMMAND>
Commands:
read-roa parse a RPKI ROA file
read-aspa parse a RPKI ASPA file
check validate a prefix-asn pair with a RPKI validator
list list ROAs by ASN or prefix
summary summarize RPKI status for a list of given ASNs
help Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
Check RPKI validity for given prefix-ASN pair. We use RIPE NCC's routinator instance as the data source.
➜ monocle rpki check --help
validate a prefix-asn pair with a RPKI validator
Usage: monocle rpki check --asn <ASN> --prefix <PREFIX>
Options:
-a, --asn <ASN>
-p, --prefix <PREFIX>
-h, --help Print help
-V, --version Print version
➜ monocle rpki check --asn 400644 --prefix 2620:AA:A000::/48
RPKI validation result:
| asn | prefix | validity |
|--------|-------------------|----------|
| 400644 | 2620:aa:a000::/48 | valid |
Covering prefixes:
| asn | prefix | max_length |
|--------|-------------------|------------|
| 400644 | 2620:aa:a000::/48 | 48 |
➜ monocle rpki check --asn 400644 --prefix 2620:AA:A000::/49
RPKI validation result:
| asn | prefix | validity |
|--------|-------------------|----------|
| 400644 | 2620:aa:a000::/49 | invalid |
Covering prefixes:
| asn | prefix | max_length |
|--------|-------------------|------------|
| 400644 | 2620:aa:a000::/48 | 48 |
Parse a given RPKI ROA file and display the prefix-ASN pairs with max length.
➜ monocle rpki read-roa https://spaces.bgpkit.org/parser/bgpkit.roa
| asn | prefix | max_len |
|--------|-------------------|---------|
| 393949 | 192.67.222.0/24 | 24 |
| 393949 | 192.195.251.0/24 | 24 |
| 393949 | 2620:98:4000::/44 | 48 |
Parse a given RPKI ASPA file and display the allowed upstreams.
➜ monocle rpki read-aspa https://spaces.bgpkit.org/parser/as945.asa
| asn | allowed_upstream |
|-----|------------------|
| 945 | 1299 |
| | 6939 |
| | 7480 |
| | 32097 |
| | 50058 |
| | 61138 |
List signed ROAs for a given ASN or prefix.
➜ monocle rpki list 13335
| asn | prefix | max_length |
|-------|---------------------|------------|
| 13335 | 197.234.240.0/22 | 22 |
| 13335 | 197.234.240.0/24 | 24 |
| 13335 | 197.234.241.0/24 | 24 |
| 13335 | 197.234.242.0/24 | 24 |
| 13335 | 197.234.243.0/24 | 24 |
| 13335 | 2c0f:f248::/32 | 32 |
| 13335 | 210.17.44.0/24 | 24 |
| 13335 | 103.22.200.0/23 | 23 |
...
➜ monocle rpki list 1.1.1.0/24
| asn | prefix | max_length |
|-------|------------|------------|
| 13335 | 1.1.1.0/24 | 24 |
Summarize RPKI status for a list of given ASNs.
➜ rpki summary 701 13335 15169 400644
| asn | signed | routed_valid | routed_invalid | routed_unknown |
|--------|--------|--------------|----------------|----------------|
| 701 | 956 | 890 | 35 | 361 |
| 13335 | 1184 | 1000 | 4 | 221 |
| 15169 | 1372 | 989 | 0 | 5 |
| 400644 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE: due to Cloudflare API's current limitation, the maximum number of entries per routed_
category is 1000
.