Plenary - Main Room (Mon, 16:00)

The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is a crucial inter-domain routing protocol that uses update messages to enable Autonomous Systems (ASes) to share network reachability information. Typically, ASes should only trigger update messages to reflect configuration changes and link failures for optimal path selection. However, we have identified recurring patterns of high-frequency repeated updates without any topological changes, which consume unnecessary resources of the route collectors for archivi…

BGP routing security relies on many technologies, both old and new, such as IRR-based Route Filters and RPKI Technologies like Route Origin Authorizations (ROAs) or Autonomous System Provider Authorization (ASPA-s). While these technologies are well-known, they are still used together, and accurate route filter generation remains a challenging task with significant operational implications for large-scale router filter generation at major tier-1 ISPs.

We show that AS-Set documentation in RIR d…

An introduction to NetUK, the fresh non-profit community that aims to drive discussion and collaboration about the United Kingdom’s network infrastructure.

The presentation covers the founding of NetUK, reasons to attend the event and information about the 2026 dates.

Anycast is a replication technique where a single IP address is made available at multiple geographic locations.
Users connecting to such a replicated service are routed to the best replica using BGP.
This replication allows for bringing services closer to users, and provides resilience by automatically redirecting users when one replica becomes unavailable.
Due to these benefits, anycast is widely used for critical Internet infrastructure like the DNS (e.g., used by all root-letter operators).
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Cascade Funding offers FOSS developers a means to access EU funding with reduced overhead and with more frequent proposal opportunities. The proposed talk updates material presented to the Open-Source WG at RIPE86 with a status update on NGI-0 (2018-2027) and its successors, NGO Fediversity (2024-2029) and OIS Restack (2026 onwards), all co-ordinated by the NLnet Foundation.