US Government Set Out to Improve Internet Routing Security
04-September-24
The US government has set out measures to improve the security for a key part of the internet. The Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) has released a roadmap to improve internet routing security, by tackling weaknesses associated with the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). The ONCD’s roadmap calls for wider adoption of Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI). RPKI, which is an IETF standard framework, improves security by preventing route hijacking, route leaks and IP resource hijacks. According to the ONCD, BGP is a foundational internet protocol that controls interactions between over 70,000 independent networks, with BGP routing traffic between them. It is used by a range of organizations beyond ISPs, including cloud providers, government, universities and energy providers.
