Whats Happening at Internet 2 Renee Woodten Frost

What’s Happening at Internet 2 Renee Woodten Frost Associate Director Middleware and Security 4 November 2004 8 March 2005

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Internet 2 Mission and Goals Internet 2 Mission Develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s Internet 2 Goals Enable new generation of applications Re-create leading edge R&E network capability Transfer technology and experience to the global production Internet 3

Internet 2 Universities 206 University Members, March 2005 4

Internet 2 Corporate Partners 5

Internet 2 Partnerships Internet 2 universities are recreating the partnerships that fostered the Internet in its infancy • Industry • Government • International Additional Participation Over 60 Internet 2 Corporate Members Over 40 Affiliate Members New Association Member Category Over 30 International Partners 6

Sponsored Education Group Participants 7

Internet 2 Governance Structure Internet 2 Board of Trustees Four Advisory Councils: • Applications Strategy Council • Industry Strategy Council • Networking Planning and Policy Advisory Council • Network Research Liaison Council 8

Challenges to the Future of the Internet Network architecture scalability End-to-end performance Limited reach of advanced capabilities Abuse of network resources by applications Security: Authentication & privacy Reduced investment in the Internet commons 9

Internet 2 Today Applications Middleware Services Security End-to-end Performance Motivate Enable Networks 10

Internet 2 Emphasis Advanced Network Infrastructure End-to-End Performance Middleware Security International Connections Applications 11

High Performance Networks 12

Optical Networking National Lambda. Rail – www. nlr. net • Enabling fiber infrastructure to support networks: – for research and development of Internet technologies and protocols – new applications and services Fiber. Co – www. fiberco. org • A fiber holding company; holds national/regional fiber assets with the capability of assignment to other organizations Hybrid Optical and Packet Infrastructure Project – hopi. internet 2. edu • a facility for experimenting with future network technologies, infrastructures, and architectures 13

End-to-End Performance Initiative Goals and Deployment Provide performance information to end-users and network operators Develop new performance test options and tools for network engineers Make performance data publicly available Establish an interoperable performance framework 14

Middleware is the stuff that makes “transparent use” happen, providing persistency, consistency, security, privacy, and capability http: //middleware. internet 2. edu 15

Federated Authentication Scalable, decentralized infrastructure Critical to a broad range of initiatives Being adopted and implemented • Industry • International partners Middleware is an increasingly enabling element Examples: Shibboleth 16

Security Require network security approaches that: • Minimally compromise network performance and allow applications requiring advanced network services to function • Sustain, in so far as possible, the end-to-end nature of the Internet architecture Network security, host software, and middleware become inter-dependent Example: Internet 2/EDUCAUSE Task Force, Security at Line Speed Workshop 17

International Partnerships Ensure global interoperability • of the next generation of Internet technologies and applications Enable global collaboration • in research and education providing/promoting the development of an advanced networking environment internationally International Partners build effective partnerships in other countries with organizations of similar goals/objectives and similar constituencies • Mechanism: Memoranda of Understanding 18

International Partnerships Current Mo. U Partners Developing Partnerships Related Efforts in Formation 19

Advanced Networking in Action 20

Applications Priorities Advance a vision for applications that motivate and, in turn, are enabled by cyberinfrastructure Promote large scale adoption of common applications Address the critical needs of research subcommunities Maintain openness to innovation at the edge Examples: Internet 2 Commons, e. VLBI 21

Keys to the Future of the Internet Connectivity • Reliable • Scalable • High performance Architectural evolution Reach Ease of use, privacy, and security Integration with advanced applications 22

Imperatives for the Advanced Networking Community Continue to provide leadership Make real progress in Internet technology • Beyond connectivity: performance, security, and reliability • Meet requirements beyond the reach of evolutionary change Work together • No organization, national or regional can succeed in isolation 23

More Internet 2 Information On the Web • www. internet 2. edu/about/lists. html Email • info@internet 2. edu 24

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