Transcript 20031014-Plenary-DVH

Internet2 Strategic Directions
October 2003
Fundamental Questions
What does higher education (and the
rest of the world) require from the
Internet and its applications?
What should the Internet2 community
do to address those requirements?
What specific steps should we take to
move forward?
Community’s Role in Defining
Internet2 Strategy
Past
• Internet2 Engineering Working Group
• Internet2 Applications Report
Present
• E2Epi Design Team
• Internet2/EDUCAUSE Security Task Force
• Applications Strategy Council
• Middleware Architecture Committee for Education
(MACE)
• Internet2 Working Groups
Future
• Internet2 Hybrid Optical Packet Design Team
Internet2 Today
Applications
Middleware
Services
Networks
Security
End-to-end Performance
Motivate
Enable
Today's Requirements
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Member input
Internet2 Council input
International partner input
National Research Council Project
NSF
Cyberinfrastructure
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Not just networking
For learning and teaching as well as research
Consistent with higher ed values -- open
Therefore, IT infrastructure must be:
– Integrated, High performance, Scalable, Reliable, Secure,
Ubiquitous
Linkage to the evolving global
information infrastructure
Hybrid Optical Networking
Includes both IP packet and circuit capabilities
Provides new opportunities for demanding
applications and network experimentation
Does not obviate security and performance issues
Requires interoperability and varying degrees of ondemand resource allocation
Depends on interplay of national, regional, and
metropolitan efforts
Examples: National LambdaRail, regional optical
networks
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
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
Federated Authentication
Scalable, decentralized infrastructure
Critical to a broad range of initiatives
Being adopted and implemented
• Industry
• International
Middleware is an increasingly enabling
element
Examples: Shibboleth, InCommon
Federation
How?
Attract additional resources
• Work with members to secure research grants
• Provide capabilities that recover full costs
• Seek federal support for higher education leadership to
strengthen the Internet
Facilitate the Cyberinfrastructure Initiative
Integrate our work to meet the systems
challenge
Enlist a larger community beyond the
membership that shares our vision
Committed to Core Values
Address the advanced networking needs and
interests of the research & education
community
Implement a systems approach towards a
scalable and vertically integrated advanced
networking infrastructure
Leverage strategic relationships among
academia, industry and government
Catalyze activities that cannot be
accomplished by individual organizations
Provide leadership in the evolution of the
global Internet