RTBH Support Across the Industry

James Bensley via NANOG <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Jul 2026 07:40:44 +0000
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Dear Community,

RTBH is not as effective as it could be, for various reason, just a few in=
clude:

* Not all networks support RTBH.
* Networks that do support RTBH implement it differently to each other.
* There is no one place where one can easily find the info for how to use =
RTBH with a given network.
* Operators have different ideas about how / when / where / why someone sh=
ould / shouldn't use RTBH.

To this end, below is the first of two surveys. This first one is quantita=
tive and captures how networks have implemented RTBH and provides (1) a pu=
blic repository which anyone can use to look-up the RTBH details for their=
 peers/upstreams, and (2) an insight into the (mis-)alignment of RTBH impl=
ementations across the industry.

Please take the time to fill out the short survey for your own network (ev=
en if you don't support RTBH!), and if you can, please fill it out for oth=
er networks where you know how they have implemented RTBH (e.g., peers you=
 use RTBH with): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScg2Bvr_14onOtZR=
doK2SNd0kCHFtqsdw-elsO5miUAO-3zzg/viewform

(^ No login required)

The data ends up in this public repository (you can of course make a pull =
request directly if you want): https://remotely-triggered-black-hole.githu=
b.io/rtbh/

The second survey will be qualitative, to gather information from the indu=
stry community on why you do / don't support RTBH, when do you use it, how=
 do you think the routing should be secured, etc.

The long term goal is to use the data from both surveys as input in to a c=
ommunity effort to improve RTBH alignment across the industry and improve =
it's effectiveness for all (e.g. maybe produce a new BCOP for implementing=
 RTBH, or usage guidelines for blackholing, or maybe a new RFC is required=
 to secure the filtering; regardless, the first step is to gather data abo=
ut the status quo and review that data to get a baseline of where we are a=
t today).

Any questions, please let me know, and thank you for your time and help, i=
t is appreciated.

With kind regards,
James
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