Routing security can be a difficult topic to explain. It’s technical. It’s filled with industry jargon and acronyms. It’s, well, nerdy. But routing security is vital to a stable and secure future Internet, and we here at the Internet Society have been supporting the Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS) initiative for several years now. To help explain, at a very high level, some of the major routing security issues and how MANRS can help address them, we’re pleased to announce a new explanatory video.
Available with English, French, and Spanish subtitles, this short new video explains three major incidents that can lead to things like denial of service attacks, surveillance, and lost revenue:
Network operators of all sizes have a role to play in securing the Internet’s routing infrastructure. By implementing the four simple MANRS Actions, together we can make significant improvements to reduce the most common routing threats. Those four actions are:
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Let’s take something real which happened to me this week (11th June 2018). Whilst working out of one of Juniper’s regional offices, I returned back to the hotel room to carry on working whilst putting my feet up. Something felt strange in the room but I couldn’t put my finger on the weirdness. After a couple of hours, I realised that all of my belongings were gone from the room. Everything! Thanks to a mix-up with the house keeping system, the maids threw my collection of travel items in to some bags ready for disposal. Thanks to a procedure that the hotel operates, for my items to be thrown to the garbage, a manager is required to sign off on the request. A process saved my belongings and I’m thankful that the managers knew this process and also knew where my stuff was likely to be. Before my items were returned, I Continue reading
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On June 12, 2018, the Internet Society hosted a briefing for Congressional staff on encryption and lawful access. Considerations Regarding Encryption and Exceptional Access offered an opportunity for participants to learn more about the technical aspects of encryption, risks associated with creating back doors, and other technical means for lawful access.
Before beginning the conversation, participants were given a primer on encryption, which offered high-level explanation of different kinds of encryption and exceptional access, and shown a video on end-to-end encryption, which used colors to explain how encryption keys are exchanged. Encryption experts, including Christine Runnegar (Senior Director, Internet Trust, Internet Society), Robyn Greene (Policy Counsel and Government Affairs Lead, Open Technology Institute), and Maurice Turner (Senior Technologist, Center for Democracy and Technology), then engaged in a two-hour, in-depth conversation with participants, answering questions and discussing global norms and policies.
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