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European Research Networking Development Activities Karel Vietsch TERENA http://www.terena.nl/ 1 TERENA Organisation • An Association of European National Research & Education Networks • Secretariat based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands • Small Secretariat of 14 staff (12 FTE) • 32 National Members • 2 International Members: CERN, ESA • 11 Associate Members (including DANTE, EMBL & NORDUnet + equipment vendors and telecoms operators) • Permanent Observer: European Commission 2 TERENA’s Mission • Represent common interests and opinions of membership – Make political and industrial contacts. – Lobby European Union and national governments. – Liaise with other continents • Knowledge Transfer – Conferences (e.g. TNCs), Workshops and Seminars – Developing informational, best-practice and training material. • Technical Programme – Develops, tests and promotes new technologies, services and applications. – Task Forces, Projects and Workshops. • Fostering new services • Doesn’t run a network! 3 Technical Programme • Special Interest Areas (reviewed every two years): – Lower Layers (IPv6, MPLS, VPNs etc.) – Quality of Service (including DiffServ) – Videoconferencing and Streaming (Including IP Telephony) – Content Delivery, Indexing and Searching – Middleware (security, AAA) – Mobility – Grid and Campus coordination 4 Task Forces (1) • TF-NGN (started December 2000) – Tests suitability of new networking technologies for use in future European backbone, NREN or campus networks. – Undertakes GÈANT Test Programme – LBE, Multicasting, IPv6, network monitoring and flow measurement, MPLS, DiffServ, optical networking, AAA, PERT, special projects. • TF-CSIRT (started September 2000) – Promotes collaboration and knowledge transfer between European CSIRTs. – Includes NREN, ISP, government and commercial CSIRTS. – Establish pilot services (e.g. trusted introducer, tracker database) and common standards and procedures (e.g IODEF). – Assist new CSIRTs. – Prevent miscommunication between NRENs, the EU, and national governments (e.g. ENISA & Legal Handbook). 5 Task Forces (2) • TF-Mobility (started January 2003) – Evaluate mobile equipment and software. – Evaluate possible authentication and authorisation techniques (e.g. web-based, 802.1x, VPNs) – Define an inter-NREN roaming architecture. – Investigate and address security issues. • TF-Netcast (started March 2003) – – – – Survey national streaming media content. Develop an announcements portal. Develop a common metadata model. Investigate European live streaming infrastructure. 6 Task Forces (3) • TF-AACE (Started May 2002) – Investigating issues related to deployment of authentication, authorisation and other security-related services. Task force started officially 1 May 2002. – Focus on PKI. – Close collaboration with Internet2 Middleware Initiative. • – – – – – 7 Projects – NREN Compendium • Compendium has been published annually since 2000. • Collection of relevant information about European NRENs: – – – – – Administrative data and legal form. Number of users and market share. Internal and external connectivity, and capacity of links. Network traffic, load and congestion indicators. Services, staffing and funding. • Provides overview of network status in each country. • Preliminary 2003 edition now on TERENA website. • A good tool for lobbying governments and/or funding bodies! 8 Projects - SERENATE • • EC-funded project led by TERENA: 1 May 2002 – 31 December 2003 Study the evolution of networking over the next 5-10 years. – Includes technical, organisational and financial aspects. – Investigating market conditions and regulatory environments. • • Aims to produce set of recommendations for future research and education networks in SERENATE countries Reports available: – Experience of various communities that have experimented with "alternative" models of infrastructures – Telecoms Operators' views on infrastructure and likely evolution. – Present status of international connectivity in Europe and to other continents – Expected development of the regulatory situation in European countries • Final report to be published end 2003 9 IP Telephony Cookbook • Telecoms costs in some parts of Europe are high. • Number of initatives to use IP telephony, but these were not linked. • Coordination and support would be beneficial. • ‘Cookbook’ initiative started in April 2003 and will run until February 2004. • Will investigate the various IP telephony projects in Europe. • Aims to produce guidelines on: – – – – – IP Telephony protocols and basic services set-up. how to set-up advanced services. how to connect an IP Telephony island to a wider dialing plan. regulatory and legal aspects. interoperability of different IP telephony equipment. 10 Other projects (1) (co-funded by European Union) • TRANSITS (TRAining of Network Security Incident Teams’ Staff) – EC-funded project led by TERENA: July 2002 – June 2005 – Develops and maintains course material for training CSIRT staff – Holds training workshops (with travel funding for NAS countries) • SEEREN (South-Eastern European Research & Education Networking) – EU-funded project led by GRNET: December 2002 – June 2004 – TERENA is a dissemination and liaison partner – linking SERENATE, TF-NGN and Internet2 with SEEREN. – Establishing a network infrastructure (2-34 Mbps) between Romania, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, FYROM Macedonia, Greece, Hungary, Serbia & Montenegro. 11 Other projects (2) (co-funded by European Union) • 6NET – EU-funded project led by Cisco: January 2002 – December 2004. – Has built a native IPv6-based network for gaining experience of IPv6 deployment and migration from existing IPv4-based networks. – Used to test new IPv6 services and applications, as well as interoperability with legacy applications. – TERENA leads the dissemination work package: website, workshops, etc.. – Most results are publicly available! • SCAMPI (A SCAleable Monitoring Platform for the Internet) – EU-funded project led by TERENA: April 2002 – September 2004. – Developing a PCI-based adapter card for monitoring at 10 Gb/s. – Includes dedicated API for developing standard applications. 12 Grids • Mostly in support role at present. • Participating in proposed EGEE project. 13