Transcript TERENA Technical Programme

TERENA
Technical
Programme
...promoting
better
Research
Networking
John Martin
Chief Technical Officer
TERENA
http://www.terena.nl/
TERENA is...
• 40 Research and
Education network
operators covering
Europe and beyond
• Political representation
and lobbying
• Forum for collaboration
on technical issues
• Technology Transfer
TERENA Technical Programme
• Working Groups
– Semi-permanent general discussion fora (Internationalization, lower
layers, etc.)
• Task Forces
– More dynamic
– Address current issues (caching, indexing, ATM testing, etc.)
• Workshops / Conferences
– Annual Research Networking Conferences
• JENC, TERENA Networking Conference 1998
– Workshops
• NATO Advanced Networking Workshops
• DESIRE II Workshops
• Projects
Working Groups
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Network Operations and Quality (WG-QMN)
Networked Multimedia Applications (WG-NMA)
Lower Layer Technology (WG-LLT)
Security - CERT, Certification (WG-SEC)
User Support and Training (WG-ISUS)
Internationalization Issues (WG-I18N)
Mail & Messaging (WG-MSG)
(about 1000 members)
Task Forces
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Advanced Networking Technologies (TF-TANT)
Traffic Metrics and Statistics (TF-ETM)
Web Caching and Replication (TF-CACHE)
Searching and Indexing (TF-CHIC)
User Support Issues (TF-ETINU)
User Documentation, e.g. GNRT (TF-TOOLDOC)
TERENA Technical Projects
External
Major
“pilot”
 Funded by
outside
organisations
 Funded by
TERENA
members
 Funded from
TERENA’s own
resources
 TERENA is a
partner itself
 Operated /
managed by
TERENA
 short-lived
 E.g. SCIMITAR,
CRII, DESIRE II
 E.g. DEVICE,
SIRCE,
PANTOMIME
 quick results
Recent pilot projects
Title
WG/ TF
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Who?
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Distributed Indexing
Pilot (CHIC-pilot)
ISUS,
CHIC
13,250
UK, PL,
NL
PV
04-98
08-98
completed
Evaluation and
Recommendation of
User Support Toolkits
ISUS,
ETINU
14,000
Discovery
PV
11-97
07-98
completed
Network monitoring for
cache servers
CACHE
6,050
Univ. Lgbh
JM
02-98
09-98
completed
Cache server
"appliance" Project
CACHE
6,050
Univ. Lgbh
JM
02-98
09-98
completed
Investigation into cache
routing
CACHE
2,700
Univ. Lgbh
JM
02-98
09-98
completed
Multilingual Email
Clients - A Test
MSG,
I18N
9,000
Kiev
Polytech.
Inst.
KM
04-98
09-98
completed
http://www.terena.nl/projects/
CHIC Pilot
(Distributed Web Indexing / Searching)
• Objectives:
– Link all the existing web
indexes in Europe to provide
better search facilities
• Deliverables:
– A pan-European search
engine
• Technologies:
– Harvest SOIF, Z39.50,
AltaVista, InfoSeek, WHOIS++
• Partners:
– Univ. Warsaw (ICM)
– Univ. Edinburgh,
Loughborough, Kent,
Lund
– DTV
– SURFnet
– Univ. Bristol (UKOLN)
• Contributions from
TF-CHIC
ERUST
(Evaluation of User Support Systems and Technologies)
• Objectives:
– provide tools and
recommendations for online
user support systems
• Deliverables:
– a survey on current user
support requirements
– a list of software modules
for online user support
• Contracted to George
Munroe, Discovery
• Includes collaboration
with IETF User Services
Working Group,
WG-ISUS, TF-ETINU
World-Wide Web Proxy-Caching
(Network Monitoring, caching “appliance”, Inter-cache routing)
• Objectives:
– Wider deployment of caching
technologies
• Deliverables:
– Network monitoring tools
– Cache “appliance” CD-ROM
– Inter-cache routing using AS
– URN testbed and FTP mirror
tracking
• Technologies:
– Squid, ICP, CIDR, URN
• Contracted to the
University of
Loughborough, UK
• Active contributions from
TF-CACHE
• Close collaboration with
DESIRE, NLAR (US)
Multilingual Email Clients - A Test
• Objectives:
– Determine interoperability of
email systems for nonASCII text
• Deliverables:
– Test criteria for ML testing
– Report on conformance for
most popular clients
• Contracted to Yuri
Demchenko, Kiev
Polytechnic Institute
• Partners in Russia,
Slovenia, Greece and
Belarus
• Reporting to WG-I18N
and WG-MSG
pilot projects in the pipeline
• Clearing House for Internet
Projects (CHIP)
– Proposed by various
– Objectives:
– To produce pilot project
information service
– Started October 1998
• Internet Streaming Media
– Proposed by SURFnet
– Objectives:
– Investigation of streaming
technologies and their
impact on networks
– Needs partners
Pilot project details from:
http://www.terena.nl/projects/
TERENA Pilot Projects Initiative
• Recent pilots very successful
– web caching / indexing, multilingual email...
– see: http://www.terena.nl/projects/
• Lessons learned:
– Process works
• results have been widely deployed, reported and are
well received
• lots of interest from the community in continuing
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need faster response / development cycle
need scope for larger projects (e.g. >40 kECU)
need to also encourage more large-scale activities
need better marketing of results (beyond TERENA)
• New call September 1998
Call for New Pilot Projects (Sept. 1998)
• Objectives
– innovation
– short-term gains
– proof of concept
• Small-medium projects
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10-50 kECU
projects up to 100k considered (for external funding)
small number of partners
short timescale (< 6 months)
technically innovative!
Pilot project submission details from:
http://www.terena.nl/projects/
TERENA Technical Staff
– John Martin, Chief Technical Officer
– web caching and replication, DESIRE II
– security issues, SIRCE
– Peter Valkenburg, PDO
– web indexing and searching, DESIRE II
– Information Services, GNRT
– SCIMITAR project management
– Kevin Meynell, PDO
– TEN-34
– traffic measurements
– DEVICE
– Yuri Demchenko, PDO
– multilingual / internationalization issues
– mail and messaging
Vacancy: Project Development Officer
• The job...
– developing and managing new technical developments in
research networking
• The requirements
– preferably a background in computer science or related
– thorough knowledge of computer networking
• The benefits
– forefront of technology development
– located in centre of Amsterdam
• Contact
– any TERENA staff
– send c.v. to John Martin <[email protected]>