Resource Public Key Infrastructure Extension

Abstract

The DHS SPRI Program (Secure Protocols for the Routing Infrastructure) is aimed at improving the security of the Internet s routing infrastructure. It currently involves the design and deployment of the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) and the development of a security solution for Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). Under this and previous contracts, BBN has been participating in this effort in two areas. First, BBN has been developing production quality relying party (RP) software for the RPKI. This software enables the user to validate the authorization of an Autonomous System to originate a BGP route for a specified address prefix. Second, BBN has been playing a key role on the team that is designing a comprehensive BGP security capability (BGPSEC) that will attest not only to the identity and authorization of the originator of a BGP route, but also to the validity of the entire path expressed in a BGP UPDATE message. They have authored the specification of the BGPSEC protocol, a threat model for BGPSEC and a router certificate profile.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA555041

Entities

People

  • Karen Seo

Organizations

  • RTX

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Authentication
  • Autonomous Systems
  • Computer Programs
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Contracts
  • Denial Of Service Attack
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Domain Specific Programming Languages
  • Homeland Security
  • Infrastructure
  • Network Protocols
  • Performance Tests
  • Routing Protocols
  • Security
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Cybersecurity.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy