RPKI now protects 70% of internet routes

Networks tell each other where to send traffic using the Border Gateway Protocol, a system built on trust, so one wrong announcement can hijack a site, as when Pakistan briefly redirected YouTube in 2008. RPKI fixes that by having address owners publish signed records naming which networks may announce their addresses. The share of protected routes rose from 54 to 70 percent in a year.

Summary written with AI by HowTechMoves, based on reporting by ipinfo.io.