GLL

Expanding BGP Data Horizons


Access the data

The BGP routes collected by GILL are available here, or can be download using our python library pygillstream.
We store the collected updates every five minutes in MRT files compressed with bz2.
For now, we are storing RIB every eight hours, but only for peers mirrored from RIS and RouteViews.

❗ Recall that GILL discards redundant routes. You can view the applied filters for each peer by clicking on the relevant peer on the peer page. Once GILL transitions from prototype to production mode, filters will be available through an API.

Data sharing policy

As researchers, we recognize the value of this data for our community and its crucial role in improving the public Internet. Thus, the data collected by GILL and which we will store on our servers will be made publicly and freely available in MRT format, and we will always strive to ensure that this data remains free and publicly accessible. However, the volume of data that users can download may be limited by our servers' capacity to handle the load.

Please note that the collected data can be used for commercial services (e.g., hijack detection). This practice aligns with the commercial use terms and conditions of existing public BGP route collection platforms such as RIPE RIS. We grant by default a revocable permission for using GILL's data for commercial purposes to all organisations that adhere to the following rules:

  1. The organisation must notify us;
  2. The organisation must acknowledge on its website that GILL's data is used in the service or product provided. The GILL's website must appear in this acknowledgment.
We aim that every contributor of GILL knows where its data goes and for what it is used for. Thus, we will publicly maintain on this website a list of all commercial services utilizing this data.