Guest Post: Persistent partial reachability is not noise — it is a fundamental, measurable part of how the Internet behaves today. A small number of long-lived peninsulas cause most of the impact, and recognizing them can dramatically improve both operational clarity and measurement accuracy.
Job Snijders discusses a new, compact representation of RPKI-signed objects and an archive of spooled snapshots of the global RPKI repositories.
Guest Post: Small RPKI publication servers comprise a quiet but important part of the Internet’s trust infrastructure. Understanding who operates these servers, and why, helps reveal both strengths and gaps in today’s routing security.
Distributed systems depend on synchronization, but every approach has tradeoffs. From full copies to delta updates, how do you choose the right method?
Guest Post: Even operators with strong BGP knowledge tend to create ROAs infrequently and may lack deep familiarity with their behaviour. ROOTBEER helps operators understand what to consider when creating ROAs.
Guest Post: BGP stuck routes remain an important problem for network operators. To help bridge this visibility gap, Cisco ThousandEyes introduced a methodology for measuring the prevalence of stuck routes: The BGP Clock.
The Internet is built by communities, not just networks. As Routing Security SIG Chair, Terry is focused on strengthening that effort — from advancing RPKI adoption to supporting the next generation of operators.
Job Snijders discusses the new ‘Erik’ protocol for faster RPKI repository synchronization.
Guest Post: Many BGP route leaks flagged by automated systems are short-lived artifacts of normal convergence. Doug Madory draws on Cloudflare Radar, RouteViews, and Jared Mauch’s leak detector to show how these ‘ephemeral leaks’ occur, why they rarely disrupt traffic, and why they still matter for routing security.
APNIC and NNIX have signed an MoU to advance RPKI and IPv6 deployment in China, including plans for an RPKI repository mirror in Hangzhou — the first of its kind in the region. The partnership combines infrastructure, training, and community engagement to support a more secure and resilient regional Internet.
