Feedback Requested: Avoiding Commons Pitfalls in Managing ROAs
A MANRS task force has developed a set of recommendations to help increase the resilience and security of Route Origin Authorization (ROA). We would love to have your feedback.
RPKI Week Opens with ROA Contest
This week is RPKI Week! To boost adoption of Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) during the event, we are running a contest to encourage network operators to add Route…
Cleaning Up RPKI Invalids in the AFRINIC Service Region
By Peter Peele, Computer Engineer, who has given us permission to repost this post from his blog. Introduction With the growing adoption of Resource Public Key Infrastructure…
Greater MANRS Alignment Will Benefit the US Research and Education Community
By Steven Wallace, Internet2 Security Architect and MANRS Ambassador (2021 cohort) This article is adapted from the original version that appeared on Internet2, which has kindly let us republish…
A Major BGP Hijack by AS55410-Vodafone Idea Ltd
Received a Saturday morning ping on Twitter from Doug Madory, Director of Internet Analysis at Kentik, highlighting a major Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) hijack event overnight. My weekend is sorted,…
2 Security Issues with RPKI and How To Fix Them
By Dr. Bahaa Al-Musawi, MANRS Fellow (2020 cohort) Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI), as defined in RFC 6810, was proposed to authenticate the relationship between a prefix and its…
A Regional Look into BGP Incidents in 2020
By Augusto Mathurin, MANRS Fellow (2020 Cohort) While the MANRS team has already covered Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) security and the MANRS Year in Review for 2020,…
CDN & Cloud Providers Improve Routing Security with Expanded & Improved MANRS Program Actions
Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) and cloud providers exchange traffic with thousands of other networks so data can flow efficiently around the world, and their participation in MANRS amplifies the positive…
3 Common Pitfalls in RPKI Deployment and How To Avoid Them
By Dr. Bahaa Al-Musawi, MANRS Fellow (2020 cohort) Despite its critical role in Internet connectivity, Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is still highly vulnerable to different types of attacks. While…