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European collaboration on research networking development update on TERENA activities

TERENA supports research networking initiatives in Europe through collaboration, task forces, and workshops. They work on technologies like IPv6, QoS, videoconferencing, and security for the benefit of the research and education community.

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European collaboration on research networking development update on TERENA activities

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  1. European collaboration on research networking developmentupdate on TERENA activities Karel Vietsch TERENA CEO Spring 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting Arlington VA, 6 May 2002

  2. What is TERENA? • An association consisting of: • the national research & education networks of 33 countries • CERN, ESA • 11 associate members (regional networks, industry) www.terena.nl

  3. What does TERENA do? • The four pillars of TERENA: • providing an environment for fostering new initiatives of the European research networking community • e.g. pilot services • supporting joint European work in developing, evaluating, testing, integrating and promoting new networking, middleware and application technologies through the TERENA Technical Programme • task forces, projects, workshops/meetings • supporting the exchange of information in the European research networking community, and promoting knowledge transfer to networking organisations in less favoured regions • conferences/workshops, training • promoting members’ interests by representing the common interests and opinions of the membership in contacts with relevant organisations

  4. TERENA Technical Programme • Collaboration between technical experts from the European research networking community (research & education networks, universities, research institutes, industry) to develop, test and promote new technologies • Organised through ad-hoc meetings, task forces, projects • Supported by the TERENA staff • Current Special Interest Areas: • Lower Layers (IPv6, MPLS, VPNs etc.) • Quality of Service • Videoconferencing and Streaming • Content Delivery, Indexing and Searching • Middleware • Mobility

  5. TERENA Technical ProgrammeLower Layer Technologies • Task Force TF-NGN • Includes work for GÉANT deliverables • QoS (Premium IP, AF, over-provisioned networks, …..) • Multicast • IPv6 testing • Flow-based monitoring, QoS monitoring • Optical networking (possible international testbed) • www.terena.nl/task-forces/tf-ngn • 6NET project • Large-scale IPv6 testbed • Involves > 30 partners , including national research networks • www.6net.org

  6. TERENA Technical ProgrammeVideoconferencing and Streaming • Task Force TF-STREAM • Practical experiments with videoconferencing • Best-practice recommendations • Directory of videoconferencing services • www.terena.nl/task-forces/tf-stream • IP telephony • Document best-practice • Cookbook • Interworking testing • www.terena.nl/tech/IPtel/iptelws.html

  7. TERENA Technical ProgrammeSecurity • Task Force TF-CSIRT • Collaboration of CSIRTs (CERTs) in Europe • Exchange of knowledge and experiences • Incident Object Description Format • Clearinghouse of incident handling tools • Trusted Introducer service • Training courses for new CSIRT staff members • www.terena.nl/task-forces/tf-csirt • www.ti.terena.nl

  8. TERENA Technical ProgrammeMiddleware • Task Force TF-LSD • Directories • OpenLDAP • www.terena.nl/task-forces/tf-lsd • Task Force TF-AACE • Authentication and authorisation • Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Certification Authorities • Information exchange and co-ordination between many national initiatives • www.terena.nl/task-forces/tf-aace

  9. Conferences and Workshops • Workshops on topical issues • European Middleware Workshop (June 2000) • International Lambda Workshop (September 2001) • Mobility Workshop (March 2002) • …………. • TERENA Networking Conference 2002 • Limerick (Ireland), 3-6 June 2002 • Middleware • Grids • IPv6 • ……… • www.terena.nl/tnc2002/

  10. TERENA Compendium • Annual collection of information about national research and education networks • History • Legal form • Number and types of institutions connected • Number of students connected • Core capacity of the network • International connectivity • Access capacities • Network size • Technologies used • Staffing, funding • Benchmarking • www.terena.nl/compendium/

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