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RPKI Now Protects 70% of Internet Routes
RPKI covers 70.3% of internet routes, up from 54% a year ago.
In brief
RPKI covers 70.3% of internet routes, up from 54% a year ago. RPKI now protects 70.3% of internet routes, a 16.4 percentage point increase from 54% in September 2025. Originally reported by Ipinfo.
RPKI Coverage Grows
RPKI now protects 70.3% of internet routes, up from 54.0% in September 2025.
China Drives Most Growth
China's share of valid routes jumped from 3.7% to 83.0% in one year.
Invalid Routes Rarely Travel
Only 2 vantage points see invalid routes, 71% reach just one vantage point.
Country-Level Impact Varies
Spain has 28.2% invalid routes but 0.057% when weighted by vantage points.
IPv6 Outpaces IPv4
IPv6 routes now have 79% RPKI coverage versus IPv4's 68%.
RPKI Has Gaps
16.2% of IPv4 routes have open windows allowing more specific routes.
Missing RPKI Records Happen
Saudi Telecom lost RPKI protection on 19 routes between March 30 and April 13.
ASPA Validation Starts
9.7% of observed routing passes ASPA checks, up from 6.2% a year earlier.
Syrian Telecom's Gap
Syrian Telecom's record misses four carriers handling 84% of its traffic.
PCCW's 2008 Incident
PCCW Global passed Pakistan Telecom's YouTube announcement in 2008.
What RPKI Does Not Do
RPKI validates origin but not path, so attacks can still succeed.
What Operators Can Do
Publish ROAs for all routes, leave maxLength unset, check records.
IPinfo Tracks RPKI
IPinfo tracks RPKI status daily at ipinfo.io/data/rpki.
Methodology Details
All figures from IPinfo's routing and RPKI datasets, one snapshot per day.
Why This Matters
RPKI protects most routes but gaps remain for security and reliability.
What matters most
RPKI now protects 70.3% of internet routes, a 16.4 percentage point increase from 54% in September 2025.
