2 SEEREN The SEEREN2 initiative is co-funded by the European Commission under the FP6 Research Infrastructures contract no Enabling User-oriented Network Services in South East Europe Yannis Mitsos SEEREN2 coordinator Greek Research and Technology Network (GRNET) Lyngby, May 22 nd, 2007 Enabling User-oriented Network Services in South East Europe 2 SEEREN2 objectives SEEREN2 aims at: ocreating the next generation of the southeast European segment of GANT oeasing the digital divide that still separates most of the southeast European countries from the rest of the continent oassisting the incubating NRENs to fully establish themselves in the European Research Area (ERA) and be integrated in the related European-wide organisations and initiatives (TERENA, CEENet, e-IRG, EUGridPMA, etc) Lyngby, May 22 nd, 2007 Enabling User-oriented Network Services in South East Europe 3 Definition of Digital Divide oFirst and foremost, the digital divide is an infrastructure divide. There are not enough connections and access points in the world for everyone to connect their video, voice and computing devices; ooptical networking is emerging rapidly overy demanding scientific applications (i.e. Grids) demand solid and high bandwidth infrastructure oResearch networks are a national asset o oEvidenced by numbers: o o4/5 of the worlds population give or take a few percentage points, lack access to dependable, reliable and affordable public communications networks Lyngby, May 22 nd, 2007 Enabling User-oriented Network Services in South East Europe 4 DF for the research community slide from slide from Stanislav ma, Lada Altmannov Towards advanced CEF Networks lighting CESNET presentation - May 30th, 2006 Lyngby, May 22 nd, 2007 Enabling User-oriented Network Services in South East Europe 5 The SEEREN2 initiative to consolidate the network and services into the pan-European e- Infrastructure and the NREN end- users into the European Research Area Lyngby, May 22 nd, 2007 Enabling User-oriented Network Services in South East Europe 6 Means of easing the DD: Upgrading Infrastructure oSEEREN2 aims at creating the next generation of the southeast European segment of GANT, that intends to make leading-edge technologies and services available to the entire R&E communities and all sectors without discrimination between users and sites in southeast Europe in an attempt to further ease the digital divide that still separates most of the southeast European countries from the rest of the continent. Support neighboring NRENs Upgrading National infrastructures Deploying DF connections Lyngby, May 22 nd, 2007 Enabling User-oriented Network Services in South East Europe 7 Means of easing the DD: Assist the NRENs oSEEREN2 continue assisting the incubating and existing NRENs in southeast Europe to fully establish themselves and to integrate with related European-wide organisations and initiatives (TERENA, CEENet, etc) and eventually become full members of the GANT community by the end of the project. Lyngby, May 22 nd, 2007 Enabling User-oriented Network Services in South East Europe 8 Services and tools structure oA plethora of state of the art tools are incorporated oMore to be implemented during the rest projects lifetime Lyngby, May 22 nd, 2007 Enabling User-oriented Network Services in South East Europe 9 Elaborating fundamental services oTrouble Ticketing System oNetwork active/passing monitoring oNetIIS operfSONAR oOpen source tools oNetwork DB oHidden inside NetIIS oIPv6 connectivity oMonitoring/management tools integration oThrough a one-stop oSLA management Lyngby, May 22 nd, 2007 Enabling User-oriented Network Services in South East Europe 10 Active and Passive monitoring using NetIIS (1/2) oFull-featured network monitoring system oWeb-based oCustomized to the user needs oDatabase backend for network information (additionally to monitoring information) oAutomatic notifications of events oPassive and active monitoring oSLA reports/management oLogical grouping (through tagging) of the objects in the database oand much, much more! Lyngby, May 22 nd, 2007 Enabling User-oriented Network Services in South East Europe 11 Active and Passive monitoring using NetIIS (2/2) Lyngby, May 22 nd, 2007 Enabling User-oriented Network Services in South East Europe 12 Active and Passive monitoring using Smokeping oSmokeping is hosted in the center of the bockbone network. Namely in Sofia Bulgaria, where an alternative GEANT connection exists Lyngby, May 22 nd, 2007 Enabling User-oriented Network Services in South East Europe 13 Trouble Ticketing system oSEEREN2 deploys the well-known Request Tracker (http://bestpractical.com/rt) as a trouble ticketing systemhttp://bestpractical.com/rt Lyngby, May 22 nd, 2007 Enabling User-oriented Network Services in South East Europe 14 Cross-domain performance monitoring system o is an infrastructure for network performance monitoring developed by the GN2-JRA1 RRD & MRTG graphs are created by NetIIS All cross-border interfaces statistics are publicized Lyngby, May 22 nd, 2007 Enabling User-oriented Network Services in South East Europe 15 Elaborating advanced services oLOBSTER oMoU, help from developers oDeep packet inspection oAnonymized! oCERT oGroup created oLinks with CSIRT groups established oFurther activities planned Lyngby, May 22 nd, 2007 Enabling User-oriented Network Services in South East Europe 16 Deployment of testing services oSynergies with other research projects. Provision of the SEEREN2 network as a playground for the testing of new advanced services: oNetwork-level Emulation (nemu) is a novel passive network monitoring application for the detection of zero-day polymorphic attacks. Graphical representations of the Daily statistics Overall statistics Detailed analysis Lyngby, May 22 nd, 2007 Enabling User-oriented Network Services in South East Europe 17 Training oTransfer technical knowledge to network engineers from project partners and users of the network infrastructure oTheoretical lectures, tutorials, hands-on demonstration labs o1st training event on network services: Heraklion, Greece, September 2006 (Summer School) oQoS (sponsored by Juniper Networks) oNetIIS operfSONAR o+20 participants from SEE, Black-Sea and Central Asia countries o2nd training event: Winter School on user-level services, Kopaonik, Serbia, March 2007: oVoice over IP technologies o AAI - Identity Management, federations Lyngby, May 22 nd, 2007 Enabling User-oriented Network Services in South East Europe 18 Liaison Activities oLiaison with GANT2 and other pan-European and international e-infrastructure projects oSEEREN2 early adoption of GANT2 perfSONAR framework Summer School o6DISS people from SEE attended TTT workshop in Brussels, Oct 2006 oELISA - uses the SEEREN2 infrastructure to deliver seminars to ICT tutors for SMEs in SEE oThe project seeks for additional funds by contact with funding bodies and industrial sponsors oBiH: Austrian Development Agency, Norwegian Embassy, Telecommunications Regulatory Agency, UNDP, Swiss Embassy in BiH oTechnical Advisory Board to provide advice on technical matters and provide support - started in October 2006 oUCL, NORDUnet, InaTelecom, Juniper Networks, Cisco Systems, Meriton Networks, Alcatel, Lucent, HP 2 SEEREN The SEEREN2 initiative is co-funded by the European Commission under the FP6 Research Infrastructures contract no SEEREN2: Extending the network in the SE Europe Yannis Mitsos SEEREN2 coordinator Greek Research and Technology Network (GRNET) Lyngby, May 22 nd, 2007 Enabling User-oriented Network Services in South East Europe 20 SEELight: The lambda facility for SEE R&E South-East European Lambda Network Facility for R&E o oProposal for the deployment of an advanced regional network infrastructure (lambda network facility) for R&E, under the Hellenic Plan for the Economic Reconstruction of the Balkans (HiPERB). o oSEELight is the response to the need of SEE for high-quality research and education. The project will o ohelp create a viable economy-of-scale model for the region to reduce networking costs per country, o osupport the evolving needs of SEE R&E communities in the fields of domestic and international data communications, o oprovide the foundation for network-based information exchange and co-operation towards a SEE Regional Information Society o oserve as a testbed for development of new services, and allow the SEE R&E community to participate in international networking activities o oassist the SEE countries to achieve their development goals, support the growth of their National Research & Education Networks (NRENs), accelerate research, fuel national and regional economic growth, and aid their integration with the rest of Europe.