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establish that *C* is legitimately able to advertise the prefix
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allocated to it by *A*.
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*C* can now create a Route Origin Authorization (ROA) which it signs
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At this point we have created a set of bindings between public keys,
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which are held by entities such as Internet Registries, ISPs, and end
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customers, and IP address prefixes allocated to those entities. The
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next step is to create a Route Origin Authorization (ROA), which
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cryptographically associates a prefix with an AS that is authorized to
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originate routing advertisements for that prefix.
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In our example above, *C* can create an ROA which it signs
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with its private key. The ROA contains the AS number of *C* and the
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prefix or prefixes that it wishes to advertise. Anyone who looks at
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the ROA and the resource certificate chain that leads from the root CA to *C*
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can validate that it has been signed with the private key
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belonging to the entity authorized to advertise the prefixes in the
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ROA. Because the ROA also contains the AS number for *C*, we now know
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that we should trust advertisements of this prefix if they originate
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from the stated AS.
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from the stated AS. An ROA may also limit the maximum length of the prefix to
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protect against bogus advertisements of more specific routes to a sub-prefix.
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Rather than being passed around in real time like certificates in TLS,
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.. rubric:: path validation
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example - path shortening attack
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cryptographic signature on all BGP adverts
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