Looking Glass

LG is a Looking Glass written in Perl as a CGI script. It can execute almost all BGP-related commands and do ping and traceroute in routers or relay these queries to other looking glasses.

It supports both IPv4 and IPv6 commands, and is tested with Cisco, Zebra, and Juniper. It can connect to a router using different methods of remote connection like SSH, telnet or rsh.

Here are some key features of "LookingGlass":

· all BGP show commands, ping and traceroute
· IPv4 and IPv6 support
· router access using SSH, telnet, rsh or via other public LG
· XML configuration file (requires XML::Parser)
· local ASN database and hyperlinks to RIPE/ARIN/APNIC/JPNIC/LACNIC whois server
· improved hyperlinking between different BGP views
· highlights best route
· tested with Cisco, Zebra and Juniper

What's New in This Release:

· disclaimer
· SECURITY: rshcmd check
· new TELNET protocol handling, change term size to fit command string
· async line-by-line reading of telnet data to show traceroutes in realtime
· hide BGP session port numbers if "secure" mode used