10 Jan 2011 20:49
Fwd: [AfriNIC-rpd] AfriNIC launches its RPKI program for the Community
Begin forwarded message: > From: "Adiel A. Akplogan" <adiel@...> > Date: January 10, 2011 09:23:23 AM GMT+04:00 > To: member-discuss@... > Cc: afgwg-discuss@..., AfriNIC RPD List <rpd@...> > Subject: [AfriNIC-rpd] AfriNIC launches its RPKI program for the Community > > Dear AfriNIC Members and Colleagues, > > As part of our ongoing commitment to support Internet infrastructure > development and ensure a safer and secure Internet for all (including routing > security), we are pleased to announce the launching of our Resource > Certification program. > > Resource Certification is a security framework for verifying the association > between Internet number resources (Internet addresses and/or Autonomous System > Numbers) and their rightful holders. It is aimed at adding a verifiable form > of a holder's current right to use those resources over the Internet. > > Over the past several years, a number of mechanisms have been under development > for digital certification of Internet number resources, through the Resource > Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI). > > AfriNIC has launched, along with the other RIRs and in line with the Number > Resource Organiza-tion (NRO) schedule, its RPKI program on the 1st of January > 2011. With certificates issued by AfriNIC, members with IP addresses or AS > numbers will now have the possibility of issuing their own Route Origination > Authorisation (ROA) Certificate that will digitally certify that the routed(Continue reading)
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