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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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Reflecting on “Routing security: fostering continuous improvement” at APRICOT2025
Routing security continues to be one of the most important areas in network operations. The industry is making steady progress in implementing routing security controls and, in particular, adopting technologies based on RPKI. However, challenges exist that slow adoption for both large and small network operators. Many of the challenges are related to network scale […]
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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 from multiple sources and projects 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
iWayAfrica Kenya believes that the MANRS project is critical in today's global Internet ecosystem, and want to play our part in making the Internet routing security landscape better for all.
Becoming a member of the MANRS community is a great way to demonstrate Pioneer's commitment to play an active role in maintaining the integrity of the global internet ecosystem.
GoCache has always been committed to implementing best practices and we strongly believe we can build a secure network if everyone contributes to this same goal. By joining the MANRS community, we reassure this commitment and encourage others to do the same.
Network Engineer, GoCacheURAN 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.
DC1 is commited to be a good internet citizen, and strives to deploy responsible network routing practices as a foundation for a stable and secure internet for everyone.
1&1 Internet is committed to responsible network routing practices and robust global routing policies as a foundation of a resilient Internet. MANRS is a great initiative to help operators live up to the necessary standards.
Head of Network Engineering at 1&1 InternetWe strongly support MANRS precisely because its aims are converging with those we have been pursuing for years. This means that no change to our policies was necessary with our joining MANRS. We are glad that MANRS has come to light and we will do our best to support MANRS and its goals.
CEO FASTNETWe at Brphonia understand and contribute to the dissemination of good practices, which makes the internet safer for us and our customers. Given this importance, we join the MANRS partners.
Network AnalystSaicom consistently push to ensure a clean and stable internet infrastructure for our clients. MANRS allows us to ensure our clients that we take the right steps in securing their routes
Network OperationsInternet routing security is, unfortunately, one of the major vulnerabilities of the cyberspace. All network operators need to take actions to mitigate the routing security issue. MANRS principles will be an important component to improve global routing security. It is our obligation and honor to join MANRS.
SUNET 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, SUNETFor Internet Exchange Services Yucatan (IXSY) the adoption of standards and best practices for routing security has big importance, because IXPs are key infrastructure and play an important role in the Internet ecosystem. The adoption of MANRS in IXSY helps in strengthening the routing security on the Internet.
Director, Internet Exchange Services Yucatan