BGPView Message Formats

BGPView Message Formats

Summary

Type	Code	# Frames	# Bytes	Use
READY	0x01	1	1	Signals "Client Connect"
TERM	0x02	1	1	Signals "Client Disconnect"
HEARTBEAT	0x03	1	1	Prevents "Client Disconnect" signal
DATA	0x04	>=3	>=10	Tx data from client to server
REPLY	0x05	3	10	Acks a data/signal message
SIGNAL	0x06	?	?	Tx a signal from the server to client

DATA Message Format

Type	Value	Length
BGPWATCHER_MSG_TYPE_DATA	0x04	1
Sequence Number	0x????	8
BGPWATCHER_DATA_MSG_TYPE_XX	0x??	1
[PAYLOAD]	Variable	Variable

DATA Sub-message Format

Describes the information found the in the [PAYLOAD] section of a DATA message. Each row is a zframe.

TABLE_BEGIN

Type	Value	Length	Type
BGPWATCHER_TABLE_TYPE_XX	0x01 OR 0x02	1	bgpwatcher_table_type_t
[Table Start Time]	Variable	4	uint32_t

TABLE_END

Type	Value	Length	Type
BGPWATCHER_TABLE_TYPE_XX	0x01 OR 0x02	1	bgpwatcher_table_type_t
[Table Start Time]	Variable	4	uint32_t

PREFIX_RECORD

Type	Value	Length	Type
Prefix IP Address	Variable	4 OR 16	uint32_t OR uint8_t[16]
Prefix Length	0 <= x >= 32	1	uint8_t
Peer IP Address	Variable	4 or 16	uint32_t OR uint8_t[16]
Origin ASN	Variable (network order)	4	uint32_t
Name	Variable	Variable	char[?]

PEER_RECORD

@@todo Consider merging with PREFIX_RECORD to be generic table row message

REPLY Message Format

Type	Value	Length
BGPWATCHER_MSG_TYPE_REPLY	0x05	1
SEQ_NUM	0x????????????????	8
RETURN-CODE	0x00 OR 0xFF	1