MANRS ("Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security") is an

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-supported activity aimed at securing global

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. Its main participants are

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s (ISPs),

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s (IXPs) and

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s (CDNs). Members of MANRS include: * Network Operators like

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, Telcom Internet, Backspace Technologiers (and more). * Internet Exchange Points like France IX, NIX.CZ, NAPAfrica (and more). * CDNs and Cloud Providers like

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, and

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. MANRS also operates the MANRS Observatory, a service that monitors the Internet for routing problems. In May 2020, amidst the

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, MANRS announced that more than 500

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s had joined the initiative.

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