GoKawiilRPKI coverage of internet routes hits 70%, driven largely by China
The share of routed IP address blocks with valid RPKI (Resource Public Key Infrastructure) records rose from 54.0% in September 2025 to 70.3% in September 2026, a 16.4 percentage point jump in a single year, according to data pulled each September. China accounted for most of the increase, with its share of IPv4 addresses in valid routes climbing from 3.7% to 83.0%, nearly 60% of the global gain by address count.
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RPKI lets address holders cryptographically authorize which networks may announce their IP blocks, helping prevent incidents like the 2008 hijack that redirected YouTube traffic through Pakistan Telecom for hours. The sharp acceleration—far outpacing the roughly 3-4 point annual gains of prior years—suggests large networks, especially in China, are now actively enforcing route validation rather than just publishing records, which could meaningfully reduce the risk of accidental or malicious route hijacks across the internet.
- RPKI-valid routed prefixes rose from 54.0% to 70.3% between September 2025 and 2026.
- China's valid IPv4 route coverage jumped from 3.7% to 83.0%, driving most of the global increase.
- The one-year gain of 16.4 points exceeds the combined growth of the previous two years.
Source: ipinfo.io, 2026-10-16
Published there as: “RPKI now protects 70% of internet routes”
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