RFC 6483 · INFORMATIONAL · 2012

Validation of Route Origination Using the Resource Certificate Public Key Infrastructure and Route Origin Authorizations

Overview

RFC 6483, “Validation of Route Origination Using the Resource Certificate Public Key Infrastructure and Route Origin Authorizations”, is an Informational document published in February 2012 by G. Huston, G. Michaelson. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document defines the semantics of a Route Origin Authorization (ROA) in terms of the context of an application of the Resource Public Key Infrastructure to validate the origination of routes advertised in the Border Gateway Protocol. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

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