September 4, 2024 at 06:54AM
The White House announced a plan to address internet routing security, focusing on vulnerabilities in the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). These vulnerabilities have been exploited by threat actors, causing disruptions and security breaches. The plan aims to enhance BGP security through the adoption of Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) and stresses the need for widespread participation in securing internet routing.
From the meeting notes, the key takeaways are as follows:
– The White House has outlined a plan to address internet routing security issues, particularly focusing on vulnerabilities associated with the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).
– BGP is critical for exchanging routing information between autonomous systems on the internet but has vulnerabilities that threat actors can exploit to divert internet traffic and cause disruptions or obtain sensitive information.
– The White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) has released a roadmap to enhance internet routing security, emphasizing the adoption of Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) to improve BGP security.
– RPKI includes Route Origin Authorizations (ROA) and Route Origin Validation (ROV), which are crucial for securing BGP routing, but it requires the participation of all stakeholders to be effective.
– The majority of BGP route originations on the global internet are ROV-valid, but the United States lags in ROA and ROV implementation, particularly among large network operators holding a dominant share of North American address space.
– The proposed roadmap includes baseline actions for all network operators, additional actions for network service providers, government collaboration with the IT sector, and policy actions by the federal government to improve BGP security and resilience.
– The White House’s BGP security roadmap complements the FCC’s proposal for broadband providers to mitigate BGP security flaws.
This summary reflects the main topics and proposed actions discussed in the meeting.