MRT

MRT is a format for storing information related to the state of Internet routers, especially BGP-related information. It originated in 1999 as part of the development of the Multi-Threaded Routing Toolkit, from which it takes its name, but the format has outlived the original program, which ceased development in 2005. It was standardized in RFC 6396 in 2011.

Specifications

 * RFC 6396

Software
Read: Write:
 * mrtparse
 * pybgpdump
 * BGPDump
 * Net::MRT
 * Quagga
 * BIRD
 * OpenBGPD
 * PyRT

Links

 * Archives of the University of Oregon Route Views Project, uses MRT
 * E.g. rib.20130304.1800.bz2 (Inside Bzip2)
 * Similar archives from RIPE
 * E.g. updates.20061130.2245.gz (Inside Gzip)