
The IRR Landscape: What RPKI Can Replace
Matthias Wichtlhuber
Based in Frankfurt Germany
Matthias is a computer networks researcher and currently serves as Team Lead for Research and Development at DE-CIX, one of the world’s largest Internet Exchange operators. In this role, he oversees DE-CIX’s research activities on Internet infrastructure measurement, security, and optimization, as well as community engagement and publicly funded projects … More
• 21 min read
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.








