Up until now, setting up Internet.nl was challenging and cumbersome. Many times this annoyed ourselves, and also hindered others who wanted to use and contribute to the Internet.nl codebase. Over the last months, the Internet.nl code has been carefully assembled into a 'ready-to-go' software package, i.e. a Docker container.
The test tool Internet.nl is an initiative of the Dutch Internet Standards Platform which is a collaboration of partners from the Internet community and the Dutch government. The aim of the platform is to jointly increase the use of modern Internet standards to make the Internet more accessible, safer and more reliable for everyone. The software code of Internet.nl is available under an open source license.
A new security.txt test component has been added to the Internet.nl website test in collaboration with the Digital Trust Center (DTC). Security.txt is a standardised text file containing contact information that you place on your web server. Security researchers can use this information to contact the right department or person within your organization directly about vulnerabilities they have found in your website or IT systems. This can speed up the resolution of the vulnerabilities found, giving malicious parties less opportunity to exploit them.
You can now use Internet.nl to test whether your website and mail service are protected by RPKI. By applying this modern internet standard you will be less likely to suffer from unintentional or malicious internet routing errors. Errors that could, for example, lead to unavailability of your website and mail service.
Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) is a technique that aims to prevent certain route leaks and hijacks. This concerns cases where Internet traffic is redirected to the systems of an unauthorized network. Such a detour may be the result of a simple typing error by a network administrator who thereby unintentionally diverts Internet traffic, or it may be the result of a targeted attack on the infrastructure of the Internet, for example, to make websites unreachable or to steal data from Internet users.
The test tool Internet.nl is an initiative of the Dutch Internet Standards Platform which is a collaboration of partners from the Internet community and the Dutch government. The aim of the platform is to jointly increase the use of modern Internet standards to make the Internet more accessible, safer and more reliable for everyone. The software code of Internet.nl is available under an open source license.