2. Internet2: an Overview Heather Boyles
Director, International Relations
Second ACCESS NOVA FORUM May 28, 2002
This is a general overview presentation about Internet2. Internet2 is a consortium, led by US universities, which is recreating the partnership among academia, industry and government that fostered today’s Internet in its infancy.

3. Outline Background: why and who? Focus areas and activities: what?
International partnerships: how?
Your questions……..
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4. Internet2 Mission and Goals
Develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s Internet.
Enable new generation of applications
Create leading edge R&E network capability
Transfer technology and experience to the global production Internet
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5. Internet2 Members +200 universities (yellow dots)
This is the latest map of Internet2 universities. Each Internet2 university commits to providing the high performance networking on their own campus, connecting to a high-performance backbone network, and supporting advanced applications development on their own campus.
Partnerships are the foundation of how the Internet developed and they are also a part of the foundation of Internet2.
Internet2 universities are recreating the partnerships that fostered the Internet in its infancy
Industry
Government
International
Over 70 Internet2 Corporate Members
Over 40 Affiliate Members
Government Research Agencies
National Institutes of Health
National Science Foundation
NASA
NOAA
USGS (Earth Resources Observations Systems)
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6. Additional Membership
Over 70 Internet2 Corporate Members
Over 40 Affiliate Members
Government Research Agencies
Internet2/U.S. Government:
separate but interdependent
Internet2 is led by higher education
Focused on research and education needs
Internet2 International Partner Program
Partnerships are the foundation of how the Internet developed and they are also a part of the foundation of Internet2.
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7. How Internet2 works Universities commit: Working groups:
Engineering lead: connect university to rest of Internet2 community, deploy new technologies
Applications lead: support apps development on campus
Working groups:
Of expert/interested individuals within community
Chaired by volunteer (sometimes by staff)
Staff support
Projects: Abilene, Shibboleth
Internet2 Staff
Focus Areas
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8. Internet2 Focus Areas Advanced Applications Middleware Engineering
End to End Performance
Advanced Network Infrastructure
Partnerships
These are the five areas that Internet2, Internet2 members, and partner organizations are focused on.
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9. Internet2 Focus Areas Advanced Applications Middleware Engineering
Advanced Network Infrastructure
Partnerships
These are the five areas that Internet2, Internet2 members, and partner organizations are focused on.
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10. Advanced Network Services (Distributed Network Middleware)}
Applications
Authentication, Identification, Authorization, Directories, Security
Advanced Network Services (Distributed Network Middleware)
Advanced Physical Network Infrastructure
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11. Middleware
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12. Internet2 Middleware Initiative
Focus on core middleware as infrastructure
Interoperability
190 universities will never buy the same software
Getting stuff implemented
Best practices
Integrate across applications
Discourage ‘islands’ of middleware infrastructure
E.g. core middleware just for this particular grid project
Enable community to share resources
Grid, remote instruments, shared classes
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13. I2MI core middleware activities
Identifiers
Early Adopters - survey/docs about how campuses are assigning and relating identifiers
Authentication
WebISO (Web Initial Sign-on): share expertise, code
Directories
DoDHE: Dir. of Directories for HE: inter-institutional directory searching, using eduPerson and LDAP Recipe
eduPerson: an LDAP object class that includes widely-used person attributes in higher education
LDAP Recipe: promote common design
Authorization
Certificates and PKI
Internet2 PKI Labs
An identifier is a function that maps real-world subjects into name or character strings, so that distinct subjects have distinct strings
Authentication is the process of establishing whether or not a real-world subject is who or what its identifier says it is.
Directories contain critical customization information for people, processes, resources and groups By placing such information in a common storage area, diverse applications from diverse locations can access a consistent and comprehensive source for current values of key data
authorization indicates what an identifier, properly authenticated, is permitted to do with a networked object or resource.
The software, protocols and legal agreements that are necessary to effectively use certificates combine to form a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).
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14. Typical Internet2 University Network Connection
Internet2 Backbones (2.4 Gbps)
University Campus
University Campus
155 Mbps – 2.4 Gbps
Department
155 Mbps – 2.4 Gbps
100 Mbps
Regional Network 622 Mbps-2.4 Gbps
Lab or Classroom
155 Mbps – 2.4 Gbps
University Campus
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15. Abilene International Peering
09 March 2002
Abilene International Peering
STAR TAP/Star Light
APAN/TransPAC, Ca*net3, CERN, CERnet, FASTnet, GEMnet, IUCC, KOREN/KREONET2, NORDUnet, RNP2, SURFnet, SingAREN, TAnet2
Pacific Wave
AARNET, APAN/TransPAC, CA*net3, TANET2
Sacramento
Los Angeles
Washington
NYCM
BELNET, CA*net3,
GEANT*,
HEANET, JANET,
NORDUnet
SNVA
GEMNET, SINET, SingAREN, WIDE
LOSA
UNINET
OC3-OC12
San Diego (CALREN2)
CUDI
AMPATH
REUNA, RNP2 RETINA, ANSP, (CRNet2)
El Paso (UACJ-UT El Paso)
CUDI
* ARNES, CARNET, CESnet, DFN, GRNET, RENATER, RESTENA, SWITCH, HUNGARNET, GARR-B, POL-34, RCST2, RedIRIS

16. Abilene ITN service Transit to vBNS and non-US peers of Abilene
Example:
Peer with Abilene
Send/receive traffic to all Abilene participants, plus:
vBNS participants
All non-US network peers of Abilene (over 25)
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17. Networks reachable via Abilene – by country
Europe-Middle East
Asia-Pacific
Americas
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Cyprus
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
*CERN
Australia
China
Hong Kong
Japan
Korea
Singapore
Taiwan
Thailand
Argentina
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Mexico
United States
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18. Internet2 International Goals
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
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19. Asia to US connectivity (April 2002)
Country
Network
BW(mbps)
Interconnect
APAN/US
TransPAC
622
Tokyo to P. Wave
Tokyo to Star Light
Australia
AARNET
310
Pacific Wave
China
CERNET 10
STAR TAP
Korea
KOREN/KREONET2 45
Japan
SINET
155
Abilene, Sunnyvale
WIDE (ipv6 only)
GEMNET 33
Singapore
SingAREN 27
STAR TAP, Sunnyv.
Taiwan
TANET2 90
Thailand
UNINET
Abilene, LA
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20. Europe to US connectivity (April 2002)
Country
Network
BW(mbps)
Interconnect
Belgium
BELNET
155
NYC
CERN
622
STAR TAP
Ireland
HEANET
310
NYC/STAR TAP
Netherlands
SURFnet
1244+
Star Light
Nordic Countries
NORDUnet
NYC/Star Light
U.K.
JANET
2400
Russia
FASTnet 45
Europe
GEANT
5000
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21. Americas Connectivity (April 2002)
Country
Network
BW(mbps)
Interconnect
Canada
CA*net3
1310
S.T., Pacific Wave, NYC
Mexico
RED-CUDI
255 * one more coming up via HSTN
Tijuana-San Diego (CALREN2), Juarez/El Paso
Chile
REUNA 45
AmPATH
Brazil
RNP2
ANSP
Argentina
RETINA2
Puerto Rico
To Abilene-U.S.
Via South Florida GigaPoP
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22. Global Terabit Research Network (GTRN) http://www.gtrn.net/
Goal: cooperatively, cohesively manage intercontinental infrastructure
International partnership: Europe NREN Consortium, North America (through Internet2-U.S. and CANARIE-Canada), and Asia Pacific
The Global Terabit Research Network (GTRN) is an international partnership to establish a true world-wide next generation Internet to interconnect national and multinational high speed research and education networks. The initial partnership between Europe through the NREN Consortium and North America through Internet2 in the US and CANARIE in Canada was formalized earlier this spring. At today's inauguration the participation of the Asia Pacific region was formally announced. The GTRN will be extended to connect the new GTRN-AP network which is a high-speed regional network that presently links SINET and IMnet in Japan and KREONET in Korea. CERNET of China is expected to connect to it soon, followed by other countries in the Asia Pacific.
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23. Resources http://www.internet2.edu/international
ARENA (
Interactive atlas with links to research and education networks around the globe
NOC and technical contact information and who connects to which network
Which networks are connected together (peer)
Pathfinder tool draws a path and shows bandwidth from one institution to another
Major efforts underway to complete project and provide useful tools
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24. arena.internet2.edu
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25. Questions? info@internet2.edu
International:
Thank You!
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