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This is a huge help as a quick start on this subject. Thanks a lot. Question: so if I want to host a web application at hosting provider X, and I have my own A

This is a huge help as a quick start on this subject. Thanks a lot. Question: so if I want to host a web application at hosting provider X, and I have my own ASN and want to use my own IP addresses - I assume then that the hosting provider needs to "support BGP"? Is that accurate?

capableweb 5y ago
> I assume then that the hosting provider needs to "support BGP"? Is that accurate? Indeed, one way or another, they need to support BGP which if they are using their own ASN and data center, they most likely already do but it's not 100% they allow their customers to use their own. Sometimes they advertise that they support BGP for their customers (like Vultr: https://www.vultr.com/docs/configuring-bgp-on-vultr/ https://www.vultr.com/docs/configuring-bgp-on-vultr/), sometimes they can provide the service to you if you ask nicely and sometimes they don't want anything to do with customer BGP.
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stingraycharles 5y ago
That is correct, here’s a helpful explanation about BGP from CloudFlare: https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/security/glossary/what-is-bgp/ https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/security/glossary/...