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@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
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
@@ -19,6 +26,14 @@ open source implementations to choose from, such as NLNetLabs' Routinator_
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
@@ -81,10 +96,11 @@ filter we reject prefixes with the state `invalid`, and set a higher
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, test
-whether the configuration is working correctly using the `RIPE Labs RPKI
+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
@@ -93,3 +109,5 @@ Test`_ experimental tool.
.. _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