The IRR Landscape: What RPKI Can Replace

Matthias Wichtlhuber — 1 Sep 2026

Based in Frankfurt Germany

21 min read

1 Sep 2026

In the third part of our IRR landscape series, we use traffic measurements from AMS-IX and DE-CIX to assess which parts of the IRR landscape can safely be replaced with RPKI. Third-party ROUTE(6) objects can largely be phased out, while third-party AS-SETs remain essential for BGP filter generation.

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