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Making progress on routing security: the new White House roadmap

Making progress on routing security: the new White House roadmap

9/3/2024 · Mike Conlow, Emily Music, Tom Strickx

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This post details the White House roadmap for enhancing internet routing security, focusing on the importance of BGP security and the adoption of RPKI. It explains how BGP vulnerabilities can lead to hijacks and leaks, and how RPKI, through Route Origin Authorization (ROA) records and Route Origin Validation (ROV), provides a cryptographically secure mechanism to validate IP prefix origins. The post also discusses past incidents of BGP hijacks and leaks, emphasizing the need for widespread RPKI adoption to mitigate these risks and improve overall internet routing security.

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