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Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS) is a global initiative that helps reduce the most common routing threats.
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MANRS Welcomes Three New Steering Committee Members
The MANRS Steering Committee election closed at 23.59 UTC on 13 November 2024, and the result has now been confirmed by Election Chair Michael Abejuela (ARIN). We were pleased to see a higher than average turnout for this election, so thank you to those of you who voted! Three candidates have been elected to the […]
Meet the 2024 MANRS Steering Committee Candidates!
UPDATED! MANRS Steering Committee Elections Postponed One Week
Why Join MANRS?
Every day, routing security incidents affect the Internet and the organizations and people that rely on it. MANRS sets security norms to reduce those incidents.
Participants across four programs
Improve security by preventing attacks and accidents
Join a community committed to a more robust and secure Internet
Lead the industry by inspiring and encouraging other operators
The Observatory
The MANRS Observatory monitors the state of Internet routing security. It aggregates data to help network operators improve the security of their networks. See how your network is doing.
Filtering
Anti-spoofing
Coordination
Routing Information (IRR)
Routing Information (RPKI)
Testimonials
We agree with the underlying principles of the MANRS initiative and in practice we have always ensured our network complies with the requirements it outlines. A number of recent high-profile cases have reaffirmed the need for such processes and we look forward to the wider adoption of these practices.
Technical Director, Custodian DC Ltd.Mantener el internet y la red segura con las mejores prácticas entre los pares, es sumamente importante y brinda un alivio a nuestros cliente y asociados que se mantienen políticas de seguridad en nuestra red con la comunidad de MANRS.
Internet has vastly grown in size over the last two decades. Although the tools nowdays exist, many providers have not taken the correct steps in order to address critical security issues. MANRS is the right way for network and cloud providers to further engage with internet security and make the internet safer for everyone. Hostmein IKE is a leading Greek cloud and data center provider providing mission critical services. Security for Hostmein is a critical aspect. MANRS actively helped us implement a better security policy for our network by setting the correct guidelines.
CTOURAN Association community is participating in MANRS because routing security is a growing area of concern for network operators around the globe. Whether from accidental misconfiguration or malicious hijack, the results are often more than just inconvenient. Joining MANRS and the Internet2 community’s efforts connect us with a community of security-minded professionals and organizations committed to making the global routing infrastructure more robust and secure.
As the registry operator for .com and .net, root server operator for the A and J roots, and root zone maintainer, Verisign is deeply committed to ensuring the security, stability and resiliency of the internet. Routing security is of the utmost importance, and we are pleased to support MANRS, as we have since its inception, in its goal toward promoting a culture of collective responsibility, collaboration and coordination among our peers in the global internet routing system.
Director, Security Strategy, VerisignSUNET is committed to robust global routing polices and MANRS is one of the best initiatives so far to help out operators with this. We hope with our participation that more of the R&E sector will sign up and live up to the norms. We hope that in the future MANRS will be the standard, not the exception.
Network Architect, SUNETProviding good connections for people requires hard work and, above all, responsibility. MANRS is a vital initiative for the smooth running of the WWW, and it's an honor to be a part of it.
As part of APNIC’s Vision: A global, open, stable, and secure Internet that serves the entire Asia Pacific community, APNIC would like to join the Internet Society’s MANRS initiative to support and contribute to reduce the most common routing threats. APNIC works extensively to assist our Members with improving their routing security to ensure the Internet is secure and safe to use.
APNICThe University of Maine System is a strong supporter of the MANRS initiative and will follow its guidance to assist in the stabilization of the routing infrastructure of the Internet.
Workonline implements the recommendations contained in the MANRS document by default. By publicly stating the measures that we take to ensure the robustness of our network, we hope to encourage our customers and peers to do the same.
Director - Network Operations & Strategy, Workonline Communications (Pty) LtdIn our hyper-connected world, secure networks are critical to ensuring robust and reliable infrastructure worldwide. Arrcus strongly endorses the MANRS belief that security is a key tenet of the global network architecture - it has been a key guiding principle for us as we have built our ACE platform to support enterprise and service provider customers. Arrcus is proud to support MANRS and the important work being done developing standards to help ensure a more securely connected global internet.
We stand behind the MANRS initiative, especially taking into account our primary goal of adhering and refining of industry best-practices, as far as security and data protection are concerned. Initiatives of the nature of MANRS are always welcome, in the spirit of improving both our internal quality assurance and security efforts in the medium-term.