Claudio Allocchio TERENA VP Technical Programme TERENA GA – Limassol, 21 October TERENA Technical Programme Activities Claudio Allocchio TERENA VP Technical Programme

Claudio Allocchio TERENA VP Technical Programme TERENA GA – Limassol, 21 October NEW Special Interest Areas Lower Layer Technologies Security Middleware Mobility Voice and Video Collaboration Grid Campus and End-to-End issue coordination are challenges that have an impact across all SIAs

Claudio Allocchio TERENA VP Technical Programme TERENA GA – Limassol, 21 October TERENA Technical Committee The composition of the TTC (October 2004): Claudio Allocchio - VP Technical Programme Roberto Barbera - GRID Steve Williams - Video, Voice, Collaboration Christoph Graf - Security Victor Reijs - High Speed Lower Layers and Optical Networking Ton Verschuren - Middleware Martin Sutter - E2E and Campus Issues John Dyer - Chief Technical Officer Karel Vietsch - Secretary General

Claudio Allocchio TERENA VP Technical Programme TERENA GA – Limassol, 21 October TTP Terms of Reference and reality The mapping between TTC members and SIAs does not seem to work well: for instance there are SIAs with no corresponding TTC member and vice-versa there are TTC members whose portfolio is not a SIA; There are SIAs with no corresponding task force, or mailing list or webpage on the TERENA site; on the other hand at a certain time TERENA staff might be active in some technical activity that does not correspond to any SIA; Limiting the number of SIAs to six sounds very artificial and has indeed led in the past to clustering together technical items that do not necessarily fit.

Claudio Allocchio TERENA VP Technical Programme TERENA GA – Limassol, 21 October Work to Update TTP ToR The current ToR were adopted in June 1999, and are the evolved result of some historical changes, since the time when TERENA Working Groups were abolished; There should be some constraints to gurantee that TTP focus is kept on activities where there is real interest (and resources are not unlimited); We should make the ToR more flexible to fit a quickly evolving reality, instead of taking time to compress reality into obsolete frameworks.

Claudio Allocchio TERENA VP Technical Programme TERENA GA – Limassol, 21 October Task Forces - evolution TF-AACE --> TF-EMC2, GN2-JRA5 TF-CSIRT --> continuing, GN2-JRA2 TF-NETCAST --> TF-VCC TF-NGN --> refocusing, GN2-JRA1/3/4 TF-Mobility --> continuing, GN2-JRA5 all together in GN2 NA6 TF-PR--> end users!

Claudio Allocchio TERENA VP Technical Programme TERENA GA – Limassol, 21 October Mandate renewed for the next 2 years. Further new activities: Request Tracker for Incident Response Vulnerability and Exploit Description and Exchange Format Collaboration with GN2-JRA2 Building Blocks for Incident Data Exchange Network Liaison with the European Commission Liaison with the European Forum of Abuse Teams TF-CSIRT

Claudio Allocchio TERENA VP Technical Programme TERENA GA – Limassol, 21 October Mandate renewed for the next 2 years. Updated activities: Extend eduroam pilot deployment --> service Roaming Policies and Current Best Practices Roaming users' feedback collection Technical support identification at each NREN IPv6, Qos, MobileIP impact on roaming users Security implications of roaming access PR material to promote roaming services in Europe Collaboration with GN2-JRA5 TF-Mobility

Claudio Allocchio TERENA VP Technical Programme TERENA GA – Limassol, 21 October development and deployment of middleware infrastructures at campuses and NRENs level and their interoperability issues Activities: Evaluate (and extend?) tacar pilot Liaise and coordinate with GGF, Internet2 MACE, EGEE Promote and coordinate Middleware service in Campuses Euro-CAMP Authorisation-Authentication Request Responder Collaboration with GN2-JRA5 Directory Schema TF-EMC2

Claudio Allocchio TERENA VP Technical Programme TERENA GA – Limassol, 21 October voice, video and collaboration technologies for implementation in NRENs Activities: Guidelines to providing voice, video and data collaboration services Content Delivery Infrastructures for Video-on-Demand Content Access Portal Metadata Academic Netcasting Channel (Live Streaming Infrastructure) Global Dialing Scheme Integration of conferencing, streaming and data collaboration systems High-end/quality systems Usability - improving user interfaces Access control to video resources IP telephony deployments End-to-end measurements TF-VVC

Claudio Allocchio TERENA VP Technical Programme TERENA GA – Limassol, 21 October Expires in November 2004, follow up under discussion Issues: Need to coordinate with GN2 JRA1, JRA3, JRA4 and EGEE activities new topics include LightPaths, Optical technology and deployment forum to meet, discuss and start projects in lower layers important to bring back people from Universities and Research Institutions (not only NRENs) Complementary work covering what is not done in GN2 JRAs Schedule: New Terms of Reference to extend TF-NGN, with identified list of activities and activity leaders, being developed now Decision to be taken by TTC in December 2004 Meeting in Brussels January TF-NGN

Claudio Allocchio TERENA VP Technical Programme TERENA GA – Limassol, 21 October Technical Programme Projects Internal TERENA Activities and Projects Funded by the community interested in specific projects. e.g. IP Telephony Cookbook, GNRT, TACAR Euro-CAMP, Schools on the Net, Certificate Coordination,Trusted Introducer, … External Projects (part)-funded by the European Commission Currently: 6NET, EGEE, SCAMPI, GN2, LOBSTER, NoAH. TRANSITS, MOME Proposals submitted to 6 th Framework Programme: 6DISS, SEEFIRE

Claudio Allocchio TERENA VP Technical Programme TERENA GA – Limassol, 21 October IP Telephony Cookbook a TERENA bestseller GNRT another published edition by Pearson Education

Claudio Allocchio TERENA VP Technical Programme TERENA GA – Limassol, 21 October TERENA Academic CA Repository - TACAR Very successful! ~ 17 (+2) certificates, 50% GRID CA ones heavily used also by the GRID community, collaboration with EUGridPMA

Claudio Allocchio TERENA VP Technical Programme TERENA GA – Limassol, 21 October Certificate Coordination Set up a pilot offering cheap pop-up server certificates at flat-rate fee for each NREN Establish NREN RA talking to an outsourced CA (to be selected via a tender) Coordinate with existing R&D CAs TERENA offer manpower to coordinate the work Still at BoF level, discussion at TF-EMC2

Claudio Allocchio TERENA VP Technical Programme TERENA GA – Limassol, 21 October Euro-CAMP Information exchange for Middleware Campus organisation and technical managers Coordination activities/interoperability Regular workshops planning Coordination with Internet2 CAMP First workshop in preparation for Spring 2005 Again in collaboration with TF-EMC2

Claudio Allocchio TERENA VP Technical Programme TERENA GA – Limassol, 21 October Schools on the Net Information exchange on how to connect schools to NRENs Best Practices, problems, issues… A mixture of policy, security, technical issues A lot of interest from various TERENA members A first workshop to be organised soon It is NOT TTP only!

Claudio Allocchio TERENA VP Technical Programme TERENA GA – Limassol, 21 October External Project - 6NET TERENA leads the dissemination work package: website, workshops, etc.. Most results are publicly available! 6Net Conference and Eurov6 Showcase IPv4-IPv6 Transition cookbook, IPv6 and DNS Collaboration beyond its area (Silknet) It ignited IPv6 deployment in production networks (GEANT, NRENs) Officially ends Dec 2004, possible extension to June 2005 Publish IPv6 cookbook (commercial publisher) Dismiss of dedicated 6net links, migration to GEANT

Claudio Allocchio TERENA VP Technical Programme TERENA GA – Limassol, 21 October External Project - SCAMPI EU-funded project led by TERENA: April 2002 – September Extension to March 2005 Testing devices and applications at 10Gb/s (now). In final Debugging and Performance tuning phase Includes dedicated API for developing standard applications. Outcome used in various GN2 JRAs (JRA1, JRA2, JRA4)

Claudio Allocchio TERENA VP Technical Programme TERENA GA – Limassol, 21 October 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)

Claudio Allocchio TERENA VP Technical Programme TERENA GA – Limassol, 21 October External 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 2005

Claudio Allocchio TERENA VP Technical Programme TERENA GA – Limassol, 21 October NREN Compendium Compendium has been published annually since 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. A good tool for lobbying governments and/or funding bodies! COMREN is over, for 2004 it is on TERENA resources From 2005 it is part of GN2 project.

Claudio Allocchio TERENA VP Technical Programme TERENA GA – Limassol, 21 October News from the GRID TF-EMC2 has the specific goal to collaborare with middleware activities in GGF and EGEE to promote Information exchange fill up missing parts Many NRENs directly involved with grid projects TERENA, DANTE and others in EGEE Network Federation

Claudio Allocchio TERENA VP Technical Programme TERENA GA – Limassol, 21 October EGEE TERENA leads the dissemination activities Website, Printed Material, 4 EGEE Conferences in 2 years A LOT of effort being put into, by TERENA staff (>3FTE) A management challenge Feedback for NRENs: Information about users' grid activities/projects Providing information to grid users' about NRENs Further indirect exchanges: knowledge interactions WE want more back. The TEC is working on the issue.

Claudio Allocchio TERENA VP Technical Programme TERENA GA – Limassol, 21 October GN2 TERENA tasks: (NA3) Users Support and Consultancy - Central support for with DANTE. (NA4) NREN Development and Support Next editions of NREN Compendium Assistance to R&E networking in less-advanced regions (GN2, SEEREN and EUMEDCONNECT countries only) (NA5) Foresight Study (NA6) Coordination of RTD activities Organisation of TERENA task forces, liaisons with JRAs Participation in GN2 Project Management: TERENA President and Secretary General

Claudio Allocchio TERENA VP Technical Programme TERENA GA – Limassol, 21 October GN2 NA6 Coordination of RTD Activities JRA1- Performance Measurement and Management A comprehensive Network Management Framework TF-NGN PERT JRA2 - Security Network Security Components TF-CSIRT, TF-AACE --> TF-EMC 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 --> TF-EMC OTHERS to come, created inside TERENA community

Claudio Allocchio TERENA VP Technical Programme TERENA GA – Limassol, 21 October GN2 NA4 NREN Development and Support Assistance to Research and Education Networking in Less-advanced Regions: GN2 participating countries, + those connected via SEEREN and EUMEDCONNECT 2-4 focus countries/year Assessment of needs, specific support measures (workshops, consultancy, …) Development Support Advisory Panel (currently) Claudia Battista, GARR Marko Bonac, ARNES Sabine Jaume, RENATER Jorge Sanchez, GRNET Valentino Cavalli, TERENA Terms of Reference to be delivered December 2004

Claudio Allocchio TERENA VP Technical Programme TERENA GA – Limassol, 21 October LOBSTER TERENA, information dissemination, web, workshops Design and deploy infrastructure for accurate traffic monitoring, successor of SCAMPI Collaboration with Internet2 activities and TF-NGN TNO Telecom, FORTHnet, FORTH, Alcatel, Endace, UNINETT, CESNET, VUA Started October 1st 2004

Claudio Allocchio TERENA VP Technical Programme TERENA GA – Limassol, 21 October NoAH NoAH is a support action for Design Studies and building of new infrastructures and accompanying measures Study the idea and deployability of an "Honeypot" network in Europe (NRENs, ISPs, Universities, Large Organisations) TERENA Job: you guess what (dissemination, WEB, …) FORTH, FORTHnet, DFN, ETH Zuerich, VUA, Virtual Trip In conrtact negotiation phase

Claudio Allocchio TERENA VP Technical Programme TERENA GA – Limassol, 21 October rd IST Call Specific Support Actions: new proposals (1) 6DISS - Dissemination of IPv6 knowledge and best-practice Martell Consulting, Cisco, GRNET, RENATER, FCCN, UCL, University of Southampton, TERENA organise training workshops in world regions targeted by the call, including the Balkans, the Caucasus, North African and South African countries, Latin America and the Caribbean, and to exchange information with India and China TERENA is the disseminating partner, and liaison with CLARA

Claudio Allocchio TERENA VP Technical Programme TERENA GA – Limassol, 21 October rd IST Call Specific Support Actions: new proposals (2) SEEFIRE - South-East European Fibre Infrastructure for Research and Education TERENA (coordinator), GRNET, CESNET, HUNGARNET and AMREJ (main partners), Analysys consulting and all NRENs involved in the SEEREN project (subcontractors). exploit the results of SEEREN, GÉANT and SERENATE deliver a database of available fibre plants in South East Europe deliver studies in fibre deployment and transmission technologies suitable for building NREN-owned fibre networks Deliver a strategic study dealing with telecom regulations

Claudio Allocchio TERENA VP Technical Programme TERENA GA – Limassol, 21 October Questions?