הרצאת המכון ללימודים מתקדמים
Professor Dr. Haya Schulmann, Institute of Computer Science, Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main; National Research Center for Applied Cybersecurity ATHENE, Darmstadt and Frankfurt, Germany
The Institute of Advanced Studies
Lowy Distinguished Guest Professors
Professor Dr. Haya Schulmann
Institute of Computer Science
Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main;
National Research Center for Applied Cybersecurity ATHENE
Darmstadt and Frankfurt, Germany
Computer Science Colloquium
"BUILDING A SECURE INTERNET: RPKI’S STUMBLING SPEEDRUN TO THE TOP"
Abstract:
The Internet is our most important global communication infrastructure. Digital communications, cloud computing and supply chains, media and entertainment, financial transactions and global commerce, digital government and science, all depend on the Internet. The origins of the Internet go back to the 1960s, the experimental ARPAnet, and until today it is built on the same highly pragmatic design philosophy: connectivity first. Changes are evolutionary, not disruptive. New designs are rolled out gradually, starting experimentally and slowly approaching maturity. This design philosophy had and still has major implications for Internet security.
In this talk, we will focus on Internet routing with Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) – the mechanism that controls how data is routed from the sending to the receiving network. Invented in the late 1980s and is still in use today, BGP is a particularly important example of how the Internet is developing, and of the key challenges of Internet security. BGP is inherently insecure, but back then this was not considered a problem. This changed completely with the commercialization of the Internet in the 2000s. Disruptions to routing pose severe risks to any online activity. In the early 2010s, the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) was invented as a mechanism to secure routing information. Following the Internet’s design philosophy, RPKI started as an experimental technology, and it is still not widely deployed. The US was one of the first countries to recognize the threat that vulnerable Internet routing introduces to national security and made securing Internet routing one of its strategic priorities in cyberspace. RPKI was named the key mechanism for securing the nation’s Internet routing – amplifying the need for quickly improving the maturity of RPKI.
In this talk, we will provide an overview of the current state of RPKI deployment, examine hurdles to its broader adoption, propose a novel, resilient RPKI architecture utilizing mechanisms from distributed computing, and conclude with steps forward for securing the Internet infrastructure, from a scientific as well as from a national, political perspective.
The colloquium will be held on Sunday
6 April 2025, at 11:00
Room 420, Check Point Building
Tel Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv
Light refreshments will be served before the colloquium
The Institute of Advanced Studies
https://ias.tau.ac.il/
המכון ללימודים מתקדמים
פרופסורים אורחים מיוחדים ע"ש לאוי
פרופסור ד"ר חיה שולמן
המכון למדעי המחשב
אוניברסיטת גתה בפרנקפורט;
מרכז המחקר הלאומי לאבטחת סייבר
יישומית ATHENE
דרמשטט ופרנקפורט, גרמניה
קולוקוויום מדעי המחשב
הקולוקוויום יתקיים ביום ראשון
6 באפריל 2025, בשעה 11:00
חדר 420, בניין צ'ק פוינט
אוניברסיטת תל-אביב, רמת-אביב
כיבוד קל יוגש לפני הקולוקוויום
