What’s Happening at Internet2 Renee Woodten Frost Associate Director Middleware and Security 8 March 2005

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3 Internet2 Mission and Goals Internet2 Mission  Develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s Internet. Internet2 Goals  Enable new generation of applications  Re-create leading edge R&E network capability  Transfer technology and experience to the global production Internet

4 Internet2 Universities 206 University Members, March 2005

5 Internet2 Corporate Partners

6 Internet2 Partnerships Internet2 universities are recreating the partnerships that fostered the Internet in its infancy Industry Government International Additional Participation  Over 60 Internet2 Corporate Members  Over 40 Affiliate Members  New Association Member Category  Over 30 International Partners

7 Sponsored Education Group Participants

8 Internet2 Governance Structure  Internet2 Board of Trustees  Four Advisory Councils : Applications Strategy Council Industry Strategy Council Networking Planning and Policy Advisory Council Network Research Liaison Council

9 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

10 Internet2 Today MotivateEnable End-to-end Performance Networks Middleware Applications Services Security

11 Internet2 Emphasis  Advanced Network Infrastructure  End-to-End Performance  Middleware  Security  International Connections  Applications

12 High Performance Networks

13 Optical Networking  National LambdaRail – Enabling fiber infrastructure to support networks: –for research and development of Internet technologies and protocols –new applications and services  FiberCo – A fiber holding company; holds national/regional fiber assets with the capability of assignment to other organizations  Hybrid Optical and Packet Infrastructure Project – hopi.internet2.edu a facility for experimenting with future network technologies, infrastructures, and architectures

14 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

15 Middleware  Middleware is the stuff that makes “transparent use” happen, providing persistency, consistency, security, privacy, and capability

16 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

17 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: Internet2/EDUCAUSE Task Force, Security at Line Speed Workshop

18 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

19 International Partnerships Current MoU Partners Developing Partnerships Related Efforts in Formation

20 Advanced Networking in Action

21 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: Internet2 Commons, eVLBI

22 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

23 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

24 More Internet2 Information  On the Web 

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