terena technical programme activities

TERENA GA – Copenhagen, 23 – 24 October 2003 1Claudio Allocchio [email protected] VP Technical Programme

TERENA Technical Programme

Activities

Claudio AllocchioTERENA VP Technical Programme

http://www.terena.nl/

mailto:[email protected]


TERENA Technical Programme

• Special Interest Areas:• Lower Layers (IPv6, MPLS, VPNs etc.)• Quality of Service (including DiffServ)• Videoconferencing and Streaming (Including IP

Telephony)• Content Delivery, Indexing and Searching• Middleware (security, AAI)• Mobility• Grid and Campus coordination



TERENA Technical Committee

The composition of the TTC (October 2003):• Claudio Allocchio - VP Technical Programme• Roberto Barbera - GRID• Steve Williams - Videoconferencing and

Streaming• Christoph Graf - Security• Victor Reijs - High Speed Lower Layers and

Optical Networking• Ton Verschuren - Middleware• John Dyer - Chief Technical Officer• Karel Vietsch - Secretary General• PDOs



Current Task Forces

• TF-AACE • TF-CSIRT• TF-NETCAST • TF-NGN• TF-Mobility

• TF-PR



TF-AACEfinally build Euro-MACE? Forum to cover Middleware?Meet the applications needslaunch workshop for GN2 JRA5TF-NGNPerformance monitoring and PERT (human experts)How to authorize users for PremiumIP (still by NOCs)Need more active people, too much a forum.Coordinate with AAI - TF-AACE TF-CSIRT Interaction with external bodies, not only R&D, lawsinteraction with certificates? TF-NETCASTImplement content distributionUniversity/Research European channel? Project? TF-MOBILITYInteraction with TF-AACEUsers and technology roamingScalability, EU but also beyond, and interoperability



What is TERENA doing in the GRID arena ?

• Major interest for the NRENs is Networking components• Lower Layers = Optical / High Speed Networking• Middleware = AAI

• Many NREN (users) Particpate in Global Grid Forum (GGF)• High Performance Networking & Measurement• Security & AAI

• Participating in proposed EGEE project; TERENA leads the dissemination activity, NRENs and their users are the core of the production activities



Technical Programme Projects

• Internal TERENA Projects• Funded by TERENA members interested in specific projects.• e.g. Trusted Introducer, IP Telephony Cookbook, GNRT

• External Projects• (part)-funded by the European Commission• Needs international collaboration 3+ EC countries• Multiple partners (not just TERENA members).• Currently: 6NET, 6LINK, SCAMPI, SEEREN, SERENATE,

TRANSITS, COM-REN• Several proposals submitted to 6th Framework Programme:

EGEE, GN2, GRANDE, GARDEN MOME,…



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.



Projects - GNRT

• Guide to Network Resource Tools• First published in 1996, • Available as a book • Aimed at users and support staff.• Provides basic introduction to the Internet.

• How to use e-mail, web browsing, searching, and other common services.

• advice on standards, security, web-development etc..

• May be freely distributed by TERENA members, who may also acquire the local translation rights (e.g. Slovenian).



GNRT http://www.terena.nl/library/gnrt/

Preview new edition - http://gnrt2.terena.nl/



Directory Schema Registry

• Implemented by DAASI International• Community Funding

• TERENA, JISC, RedIRIS, CESNET, PSNC, DAASI

• LDAP Schema Registry• Web Interface• Completed: Deliverables available at:

http://www.terena.nl/tech/projects/SchemaRegistry/



Certificate Retrieval in OpenLDAP

• Additional Functionality to Open LDAP• Community Funding:

• TERENA, CESNET, RedIRIS, SURFnet, SWITCH, UNINETT

• Allows the searching on useful keys• E.g. names containing email addresses

• Technical Issues encountered - DoS attacks• Completion before end 2003



Trusted Repository of NREN Certificates

• Idea originated in TF-AACE• Discussed at TTC, TAC and May 2003 GA• Agreed Standard Format

• TF-AACE policy document – available online

• File to be hosted at TERENA for secure download

• Implementation before end 2003



External Project - SERENATE

• Study into European Research and Education Networking as Targeted by eEurope

• EC-funded project led by TERENA: 1 May 2002 - 30 September 2003

• Study the evolution of networking over the next 5-10 years.

• Includes technical, organisational and financial aspects.• Investigating market conditions and regulatory

environments.



External Project - 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)



External Project – 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, FYR of Macedonia, Greece, Hungary, Serbia & Montenegro.

• NATO ANW Policy Issues for NRENs in SE Europe – Varna, Bulgaria – 7-9 September 2003



Other External Projects

• 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!

• 6LINK

• 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 Gbps.• Includes dedicated API for developing standard applications.



NREN CompendiumCOM-REN

• 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.• Projects and NRENs interest areas.

• 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!• A good tool to find out more about what an NRENs Is doing!



New External FP6 Projects

• MOME – Measurement Cluster• EGEE – Production Grid Service• GN2 – NOT ONLY successor to GÉANT • GARDEN – Optical & IP Integration• GRANDE – Architectures and Network

Management



• 2 year project (initially)• Production Service GRID• Start April 2004• EC contribution 30 million €• 70 partners• TERENA Lead Dissemination

• websites, mail-lists• conferences• assistance on PR



Project MOME

• Monitoring and Measurement Cluster• Led by Salzburg Research• TERENA Dissemination partner

• Website, mailing lists• Host measurement database• Two – 1-day workshops• Sessions at TNC 2004, 2005



GN2 - The successor to GN1

• EC call closed 2 October 2003• Project Scheduled to Start October 2004• New Network planned to Start January 2005• Budget 100 million € Commission Contribution• TERENA enters at full role into the project• Project comprises of:

• Service Provision• Joint Research Activities• Human Networking Activities

• TTP "mapped" into GN2



GN2 Networking Activities(Human Networking)

• TERENA is the major partner• Support for Task Forces work related to GN2• Foresight Study (Serenate2)• Benchmarking• Support for TERENA Membership Development• Conferences and Events

• The NRENs are the other major partners• Develop technology• Provide the "experts"• Support for JRAs (Joint Research Activities)



GN2 Joint Research Activities• JRA1- Performance Measurement and Management

• A comprehensive Network Management Framework• TF-NGN PERT

• JRA2 - Security• Network Security Components• TF-CSIRT, TF-AACE

• JRA3 - New Service Development• Bandwidth on Demand• TF-NGN

• JRA4 - Technology and Service Testing• Implement a Distributed Test Facility• TF-NGN

• JRA5 - Mobility and Ubiquity• Creation of an Interoperable AAI• TF-AACE

• OTHERS to come, created inside TERENA community



GRANDE - Grid Aware Network Developments in Europe

• T-Systems, Alcatel, TERENA, DANTE, NRENs, Research institutes and Universities

• Integrate Grid and Middleware concepts into lower layer Networking

• Build a Pan-European Testbed• Interact with End Users to understand their

requirements• Dissemination and training• Coordination with GN2, GARDEN, Grid Projects



GARDEN - Global and Advanced Research Development Environment and Network

• CISCO, TERENA, DANTE, NRENs, Research institutes and Universities

• Provide and Intercontinental IP Optical Testbed Network• Develop New Services and Tools for IP Optical

Networking• Provide tests and interoperability between Network,

Middleware and Applications• Dissemination and Training• Coordinate with GRANDE, EGEE, GN2



Root Servers Initiative

• Submitted, at last, to RIPEncc for decision

• Currently in planning phase



Issues addressed by NRENs

• Production IPv6 Roll-out• Security (specifically AAI)

• GRID and Ubiquitous Computing (mobility)• End-to-End Service (PERT)• Adoption of the GRID

• Massive traffic loads, Global Virtual Organisations• Ownership/Operational Models for NRENs

• Shift in expenditure profiles from links to equipment• Helping NRENs "customers" to solve their last mile and

internal network problems



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