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authorAntonios Chariton (daknob) <daknob.mac@gmail.com>2024-04-05 22:26:16 +0200
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Refresh RPKI Document
- Rephrase introduction slightly - Replace GoRTR w/ StayRTR (official CF deprecation and assignment of succesor) - Add rpki-client (probably the best software to use with StayRTR) - Remove RIPE RPKI Validator (deprecated) - Replace RIPE's instructions (deprecated) with NLnet Labs' - Update ROA coverage metrics (yay for 20% -> 60% ROA coverage!) - Add missing Oxford comma - Replace RIPE's deprecated test with Cloudflare's (cherry picked from commit 5befda2a24e29e6579b5c1ce17b57bac6969f28d)
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@@ -11,20 +11,19 @@ RPKI
-- `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`.
+:abbr:`RPKI (Resource Public Key Infrastructure)` is a framework 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`.
+(written in Rust), OpenBSD's rpki-client_ (written in C), and StayRTR_ (written
+in Go). The RTR protocol is described in :rfc:`8210`.
.. tip::
If you are new to these routing security technologies then there is an
@@ -38,10 +37,9 @@ in :rfc:`8210`.
Getting started
***************
-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.
+First you will need to deploy an RPKI validator for your routers to use. NLnet
+Labs provides a collection of software_ you can compare and settle on one.
+Once your server is running you can start validating announcements.
Imported prefixes during the validation may have values:
@@ -56,16 +54,16 @@ Imported prefixes during the validation may have values:
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
+ No ROA exists which covers that prefix. Unfortunately this is the case for
+ about 40%-50% of the prefixes which were announced to the :abbr:`DFZ
+ (default-free zone)` at the start of 2024.
.. 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
+ 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
@@ -181,20 +179,21 @@ filter we reject prefixes with the state `invalid`, and set a higher
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.
+test whether the configuration is working correctly using Cloudflare's test_
+website. Keep in mind that in order for this to work, you need to have no
+default routes or anything else that would still send traffic to RPKI-invalid
+destinations.
.. stop_vyoslinter
.. _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/rpki/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/
-.. _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
+.. _rpki-client: https://www.rpki-client.org/
+.. _StayRTR: https://github.com/bgp/stayrtr/
+.. _software: https://rpki.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ops/tools.html#relying-party-software
+.. _test: https://isbgpsafeyet.com/
.. start_vyoslinter