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+.. _rpki:
+
+####
+RPKI
+####
+
+.. pull-quote::
+
+   There are two types of Network Admins who deal with BGP, those who have
+   created an international incident and/or outage, and those who are lying
+
+   -- `tweet by EvilMog`_, 2020-02-21
+
+:abbr:`RPKI (Resource Public Key Infrastructure)` is a framework :abbr:`PKI
+(Public Key Infrastructure)` designed to secure the Internet routing
+infrastructure. It associates BGP route announcements with the correct
+originating :abbr:`ASN (Autonomus System Number)` which BGP routers can then
+use to check each route against the corresponding :abbr:`ROA (Route Origin
+Authorisation)` for validity. RPKI is described in :rfc:`6480`.
+
+A BGP-speaking router like VyOS can retrieve ROA information from RPKI
+"Relying Party software" (often just called an "RPKI server" or "RPKI
+validator") by using :abbr:`RTR (RPKI to Router)` protocol. There are several
+open source implementations to choose from, such as NLNetLabs' Routinator_
+(written in Rust), Cloudflare's GoRTR_ and OctoRPKI_ (written in Go), and
+RIPE NCC's RPKI Validator_ (written in Java). The RTR protocol is described
+in :rfc:`8210`.
+
+.. tip::
+  If you are new to these routing security technologies then there is an
+  `excellent guide to RPKI`_ by NLnet Labs which will get you up to speed
+  very quickly. Their documentation explains everything from what RPKI is to
+  deploying it in production (albeit with a focus on using NLnet Labs'
+  tools). It also has some `help and operational guidance`_ including
+  "What can I do about my route having an Invalid state?"
+
+First you will need to deploy an RPKI validator for your routers to use. The
+RIPE NCC helpfully provide `some instructions`_ to get you started with
+several different options.  Once your server is running you can start
+validating announcements.
+
+Imported prefixes during the validation may have values:
+
+  valid
+    The prefix and ASN that originated it match a signed ROA. These are
+    probably trustworthy route announcements.
+
+  invalid
+    The prefix or prefix length and ASN that originated it doesn't
+    match any existing ROA. This could be the result of a prefix hijack, or
+    merely a misconfiguration, but should probably be treated as
+    untrustworthy route announcements.
+
+  notfound
+    No ROA exists which covers that prefix. Unfortunately this is the case
+    for about 80% of the IPv4 prefixes which were announced to the :abbr:`DFZ
+    (default-free zone)` at the start of 2020 (see more detail in
+    NLnet Labs' `RPKI analytics`_).
+
+.. note::
+  If you are responsible for the global addresses assigned to your
+  network, please make sure that your prefixes have ROAs associated with them
+  to avoid being `notfound` by RPKI. For most ASNs this will involve
+  publishing ROAs via your :abbr:`RIR (Regional Internet Registry)` (RIPE
+  NCC, APNIC, ARIN, LACNIC or AFRINIC), and is something you are encouraged
+  to do whenever you plan to announce addresses into the DFZ.
+
+  Particularly large networks may wish to run their own RPKI certificate
+  authority and publication server instead of publishing ROAs via their RIR.
+  This is a subject far beyond the scope of VyOS' documentation. Consider
+  reading about Krill_ if this is a rabbit hole you need or especially want
+  to dive down.
+
+We can build route-maps for import based on these states. Here is a simple
+RPKI configuration, where `routinator` is the RPKI-validating "cache"
+server with ip `192.0.2.1`:
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+  set protocols rpki cache routinator address '192.0.2.1'
+  set protocols rpki cache routinator port '3323'
+
+Here is an example route-map to apply to routes learned at import. In this
+filter we reject prefixes with the state `invalid`, and set a higher
+`local-preference` if the prefix is RPKI `valid` rather than merely
+`notfound`.
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+  set policy route-map ROUTES-IN rule 10 action 'permit'
+  set policy route-map ROUTES-IN rule 10 match rpki 'valid'
+  set policy route-map ROUTES-IN rule 10 set local-preference '300'
+  set policy route-map ROUTES-IN rule 20 action 'permit'
+  set policy route-map ROUTES-IN rule 20 match rpki 'notfound'
+  set policy route-map ROUTES-IN rule 20 set local-preference '125'
+  set policy route-map ROUTES-IN rule 30 action 'deny'
+  set policy route-map ROUTES-IN rule 30 match rpki 'invalid'
+
+Once your routers are configured to reject RPKI-invalid prefixes, you can
+test whether the configuration is working correctly using the `RIPE Labs RPKI
+Test`_ experimental tool.
+
+.. _tweet by EvilMog: https://twitter.com/Evil_Mog/status/1230924170508169216
+.. _Routinator: https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/projects/rpki/routinator/
+.. _GoRTR: https://github.com/cloudflare/gortr
+.. _OctoRPKI: https://github.com/cloudflare/cfrpki#octorpki
+.. _Validator: https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/resource-management/certification/tools-and-resources
+.. _some instructions: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/tashi_phuntsho_3/how-to-install-an-rpki-validator
+.. _Krill: https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/projects/rpki/krill/
+.. _RPKI analytics: https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/projects/rpki/rpki-analytics/
+.. _RIPE Labs RPKI Test: https://sg-pub.ripe.net/jasper/rpki-web-test/
+.. _excellent guide to RPKI: https://rpki.readthedocs.io/
+.. _help and operational guidance: https://rpki.readthedocs.io/en/latest/about/help.html