# A 2007 lecture on BGP's first 18 years and protocol design

DevFeed: [A 2007 lecture on BGP's first 18 years and protocol design](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/must-watch-bgp-the-first-18-years-11318.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ipspace.net/2026/01/worth-reading-bgp-first-18-years/>)

Published: 2026-01-23T07:17:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [ipSpace.net blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ipspace-net-blog.md>)

Topics: [BGP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bgp.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networking.md>), [Protocol (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/protocol.md>)

Tags: [bgp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bgp.md>), [history](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/history.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networking.md>), [protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/protocol.md>), [video](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/video.md>), [worth-reading](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/worth-reading.md>)

## AI overview

The article recommends a 2007 lecture by Dr. Yakov Rekhter about BGP's first 18 years and lessons in protocol design, aimed at readers interested in networking history.

## Source excerpt

If you're at all interested in the history of networking, you simply MUST watch the BGP at 18: Lessons In Protocol Design lecture by Dr. Yakov Rekhter recorded in 2007 (as you can probably guess from the awful video quality) (HT: Berislav Todorovic via LinkedIn).