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TERENA Technical Programme Update
TERENA General AssemblyBruges, Belgium22 May 2008
Christoph GrafTERENA VP Technical [email protected]
Overview
› TAC update:› SIAs, “green matters”, “free” services
› Task Forces› TF-CSIRT, TF-ECS, TF-EMC2, TF-Mobility, TF-Storage
› TERENA Projects:› Using SIP with NRENhanced Communications Server
› External Projects:› FEDERICA› SEEREN2 and NoAH ending 2008
› Services:› TACAR, SCACH, SCS, TI
Slide 2
TAC Update
Current Special Interest Areas (SIAs)
› Lower Layer Technologies› Security› Middleware› Mobility› Voice and Video Collaboration› Grid
› In addition, Campus and End-to-End issue coordination are challenges that have an impact across all SIAs.
Slide 4
Proposed new Special Interest Areas (SIAs)
› Lower Layer Technologies (layers 0-4)› Security› Middleware› Mobility› Voice and Video Collaboration› Virtualisation
› In addition, Campus and End-to-End issue coordination are challenges that have an impact across all SIAs. <sentence about grid collaboration spanning many SIAs>
Slide 5
Middleware Achievements...
› eduroam› Well beyond our borders
› RadSec› Driving industry trends
› TACAR› First stakes in the Grid camp
› SCS› Almost universal service
› SCHAC› Bologna and more
› REFEDS gatherings› Re-focusing federation interoperation
...And Focus Problems
› Too narrow in TF-Mobility› Most development work has moved to GN2› Need to find new topics to concentrate on
› Too wide in TF-EMC2› Lots of topics to discuss in meetings› Insufficient time for in-depth discussion› And even more activities wanting consideration
Across the Stack
The Network
The Application
The Middleware
› Bottom layer of the application› PKI› Directories and schemas› {Con-, inter}federation› Reputation
› Top layer of the network› Mobility› Network access› Endpoint assessment› Provider integration
“Free services”: Intro
› Thinking of:› Searching?› VoIP and video?› Mail?› Collaboration?
› Are you now thinking of:› Google, Skype, Microsoft, Yahoo...?
› Of course you are...› And even if you aren’t...› ... our customers are
Possible strategies
› Withdraw (make -> buy/outsource):› Searching/indexing/digitising› VoIP/video?
› Compete (balanced strengths/weaknesses):› Mail
› Niche (very community specific strengths):› AAI (strength: trust framework)
› Collaborate/partnering (complementary strengths and weaknesses):
› PWLAN› Collaboration services (our asset: AAI)?
› Controlling/enabling/selling access to our community:› BBC, MSDN AA via AAI, commercial IPTV
› Maybe others...
Questions
› Are we recognising our potential?› 40M end users› Emerging trust infrastructure eases trusted
interaction with our users› Network monopoly
› Shuldn’t we try to:› Actively seek partnering/collaboration
opportunities with the relevant players› And if yes, which roles on which layers?
› Campus, NREN, TERENA
Vision (to discuss further, made up after the TAC)
› Let’s build an API enabling relevant third parties to interact with the academic community in Europe:› Leveraging on our assets: users, network, trust
› Maximising the benefits to our users
› ... and keeping us in the loop!
Task-forces, Projects, Services
Slide 19
TF-CSIRT
› THE networking platform for security teams in Europe› Beyond NRENs (GovCERTs, ISPs) & liaising beyond Europe› Currently 70+ participants at meetings 3 times/year
› Running period: 2000 - May 2008› Task Force Chair: Gorazd Božič -> Lionel Ferrette› Task Force Secretary: Kevin Meynell, TERENA › In the process of being rechartered
› Services:› Trusted Introducer (TI), TRANSITS courses
› Activities:› IRT object in RIPE database› Open-source incident handling system› Security toolkit training (with GN2 JRA2)› CSIRT exercises (with ENISA)
Slide 20
TF-ECS
› SIP and friends for voice, IM and presence› From “SIP rules” to “connecting SIP islands”
› Running period: October 2006 - September 2008 › Co-Chairs: Erik Dobbelsteijn, TWIYO, Fabio
Vena, SWITCH› Secretary: Peter Szegedi, TERENA › Participants: ~10 organisations
› Activities:› Preconfigured virtual machine
(Debian/Vmware) running OpenSER, Asterisk and GNUgk (of potential use within GN2 SA6)
› Working on architecture for trusted peerings (SPIT), plans for test bed & testing
Slide 21
TERENA Project: Manual for NRENhanced Communications Server
› Jumpstarting SIP playground with NREN goodies (nrenum.net, GDS)
› Running period: March 2008 - October 2008› Contractor: Erik Dobbelsteijn, TWIYO › TERENA contact person: Peter Szegedi
› Activities:› Input: preconfigured virtual machine (Debian/Vmware)
running OpenSER, Asterisk and GNUgk (done)› Output: manual
TF-EMC2
› The “middleware kitchen” with lots of food, many pots and many cooks with a common sense for good food
› Running period: October 2006 - September 2008 › Chair: Diego Lopez, RedIRIS› Secretary: Licia Florio, TERENA
› Activity level: HIGH› Number of participants 40-45 › Active members 20-25
› Activities/achievements:› Directories, Schema, PKI, Identity Federations, etc.› Supporting SCHAC, SCS, TACAR› Ad-hoc activities such as REFEDS› Supporting EuroCAMP› Engage close liaison with the Grid community
Slide 22
Service:
› Schema Harmonisation Committee (SCHAC)› Set-up in Feb 05 to harmonise schemas in the field of
high education› Mainly aimed at inter-institutional data exchange
› Last release issued in December 2006› defines a set of attributes to describe individuals in
the academic and research institutions › contains also an appropriate LDAP profile in
appendix.› Recent uptake by
› Finland, Italy, Norway, Spain, etc.› GÉANT2 IdP, perfSONAR › Australian Access Federation
SCS
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1000
1500
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2500
AT HR CZ ES FR NL CH DK BE* UK* NO* IT** SE** SI***
Number of certicates issued per Dec 2007Number of institutions using SCS per Dec 2007
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TF-Mobility
› Roaming technologies, beyond eduroam & eduroam beyond Europe (travelling salesman: TF-Mobility, SA5: paperwork), discussion forum beyond NRENs
› Running period: October 2006 - September 2008 › Chair: Klaas Wierenga, Cisco Systems› Secretary: Licia Florio, TERENA › Number of participants: ± 20› Active members: 15
› Activities span over:› eduroam operational issues and deployment -> GN2› Network endpoint assessment for roaming› Sensor networks› Diagnostics› Location based services
Slide 25
TF-Mobility main achievements
› Supporting eduroam deployments beyond GN2 borders
› Universities, Canada, APAN region› Establishing liaisons with groups active in network
endpoint assessment› NAC (Network Admission Control) carried out by
Cisco › TNC (Trusted Network Connect) carried out
within the Trusted Computing Group (TCG),› NEA (Network EndPoint Assessment) - IETF
› Providing inputs for GN2/JRA5:› RadSec› DAMe
Slide 26
Slide 27
TF-Storage
› Investigate storage services / storage as a service in the NREN world
› Running period: February 2008 - February 2010› Task Force Chair: Jan Meijer, UNINETT › Task Force Secretary: Peter Szegedi, TERENA› Num. of participants: ~20 organisations (~30-35 people)› Active participants: ~8-10 organisations
› Activities:› Now: Sharing information and ideas, building up the
community, Poste Restante service development› Up next: Storage system taxonomy (vocabulary for
evaluating storage solutions), AAI
Slide 28 <[email protected]>
FEDERICA Project
› E-infrastructure for future Internet research› Network, computing and virtualisation as building blocks
(similar to GENI)› Users: researchers in academia and private environment
› Running period: January 2008 - June 2010› Project manager: Mauro Campanella, GARR
› 20 participating organisations› Kevin Meynell leader of NA2(user community),
NA4(dissemination & training)› Peter Szegedi leader of JRA2(future Internet architecture &
end user control)› Activities:
› ‘Early FEDERICA User Requirements’ submitted (NA2)› Basic FEDERICA principles defined (JRA2)› Core infrastructure up in Oct 2008 (initially 4 sites)