Internet2: an update Heather Boyles Reunión de Otoño CUDI 2000 Monterrey, México 6 y 7 de noviembre

Membership update 179+ universities 70+ corporations 40+ other research organizations 30+ MoU partners

Internet2 Activities Applications Advanced applications with focus on research and education Middleware Interoperability across Internet2 institutions Network Technologies New network technologies across Internet2 networks Network Infrastructure Pre-commercial, production network infrastructure Partnerships/Tech Transfer Ensure this technology becomes available beyond Internet2

Applications Discipline focus Health Sciences Arts & Humanities Support Portable mpeg2 video conferencing Portable SGI O2 for other demos Portable Access Grid Node Workshops SPARC: middleware Shoah Foundation: digital media

Middleware Applications Needs: Scalable, interoperable authentication and authorization (digital libraries) Grid computation resources using Globus security, location and allocation of resources, scheduling etc. plugged into campus middleware infrastructures Common authentication and storage (next gen. Portals)

Middleware players Educause CREN Grids Campuses Government (student loans) International?

I2MI groups Early Harvest First cut at key components (expert group) Results: identifier mapping, best/good practices, RFC Early Adopters First cohort (11) of campuses willing to explore how to make their own campus implementations interoperable MACE Expert guidance

I2MI Work Areas DIR: Directory of Directories: experiment of 8 schools to build combined directory service EDUPERSON: object class for higher education, v0.9a is out, integrate with Grid, IMS, etc. Shibboleth: interinstitutional web authentication and perhaps authorization, using local credentials PKI: PKILabs, policy and technical working groups

Network Technologies Native multicast Deployed in backbones and increasingly in gigapops and on campuses IPv6 Deployed in backbones and slowly in gigapops and on campuses QoS QBone testbed Digital Storage Servers operating in Hawaii, Indiana, North Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Singapore

End2End Initiative Human to Human Collaboration Application Operating system Network stack LAN Campus network Campus connection to regional network/gigapop Gigapop connection to Backbone

Network Infrastructure Campus Continuing upgrade, deployment of technologies Gigapops Evolution….sponsored participants Backbones vBNS: extension, still serving I2 Abilene –160 institutions connected –20 peer networks 5 federal research networks 15 non-US research and education nets

Internet2 Backbone Networks Donna Cox, Robert Patterson, NCSA

Abilene International Peering APAN/TransPAC, Ca*net3, CERN, CERnet, IUCC, NORDUnet, RENATER, REUNA2, SURFnet, SingAREN, SINET, TAnet2, (ANSP, HARnet?) OC12 NYCM TEN-155*, JANET, NORDUnet, SURFnet CA*net3 (HEAnet) STTL CAnet3, (AARnet) SNVA (SINET, GEMNET) LOSA SingAREN, SINET (HARNET?) AmPATH (REUNA2, RNP2, RETINA?) OC3-12 UT El Paso (CUDI) CALREN2 CUDI * ARNES, BELNET, CESnet, DFN, GRNET, HEAnet, RESTENA, SWITCH, HUNGARNET, GARR-B, POL-34, RCCN, RedIRIS

Corporate Relations 77 Members 17 Partners 7 Sponsors New industries Boeing Eli Lilly Content providers What role in Internet2?

Government partners NGI initiative across federal government agencies Joint Engineering Team Gigabit Applications Workshop ITR funding $215M for FY2001 Funding projects like the Grid Physics Networks (GriPhyN)

Partnerships – Technology Transfer Sponsored Participants Secondary policy last fall –Sponsored participants (18) Sponsored Education Groups

Looking Ahead Applications New apps, new resources Middleware Moving fast, basics to advanced Network Technologies Deployment throughout infrastructure, e2e performance Network Infrastructure Next stage of technology, expanded access Partnerships/Tech Transfer Industry technology transfer, government partners

Upcoming Meetings APAN/Internet2/NLANR/TransPAC January 2001, Hawaii Internet2 Member Meeting 7-10 March 2001, Washington, DC