> BGP is the protocol that gives the Internet its shape, and you can’t directly speak it yourself. It's actually surprisingly easy to get an ASN for yourself a

> BGP is the protocol that gives the Internet its shape, and you can’t directly speak it yourself. It's actually surprisingly easy to get an ASN for yourself and speak BGP. If you find building something like this tool interesting, you should give it a try. I wrote an introduction of sorts earlier (https://qt.ax/asn https://qt.ax/asn) if that interests you.