Seven actions REANNZ takes to secure routing of New Zealand’s Research and Education sectors
REANNZ, New Zealand’s National Research and Education Network (NREN), is proud to be the first network operator in New Zealand to join MANRS. Security best practice…
Three Tips for WISPs to Improve Routing Security
By Michelle Opiyo, MANRS Fellow While technology improvements have led to enhanced performance and greater coverage, fixed Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs) face stiff competition in the market. One good…
What is BGP prefix hijacking? (Part 1)
By Tiziano Tofoni, CEO of Reiss Romoli, Flavio Luciani, CTO of Namex (Roma IXP) & MANRS ambassador, and Hiba Eltigani, MANRS fellow BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) has been at the…
How to Secure Routing in the IXP Route Servers Infrastructure
Because Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) play key roles in contributing to a more resilient and secure Internet, they should take steps to protect it. This post introduces ways to improve…
A Look at Route Origin Authorizations Deployment at DNS Registries
The DNS is an important component of the Internet and over the last 20 years or so, a great deal of attention has been directed at improving its inherently insecure…
Big route leak shows need for routing security
Yesterday saw another significant routing incident in the global BGP routing system, once again highlighting why it’s important for network operators to be implementing good routing security practices. The following…
What are the MANRS Actions? (Part 5)
Now in this series, we’ve discussed what routing is, how it works, what’s wrong with routing, and types of routing incidents. In this last part, let’s…
What are Routing Incidents? (Part 4)
So far this week, we’ve talked about what routing is, how it works, and some of its general challenges. Now, let’s get specific about some of the…
What’s Wrong with Routing? (Part 3)
In Part 1, we discussed what routing is and how data is sent across the Internet, and in Part 2 we discussed how routers work to build maps…