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The annual Internet2 Spring Member Meeting brings together the global R&E networking community to meet colleagues in person, discuss ongoing work, and form new collaborations. In addition to presentation tracks such as Network Planning and Engineering, Teaching and Learning, and Middleware, the meeting will offer many sessions with international focus. The full schedule of international activities is posted, and highlights include a track session on African NREN development, a strategy-focused International Task Force, and the Caribbean Regional Interest Group which will focus its time on how connectivity was affected by the recent earthquake in Haiti as well as how technology is being used to assist recovery efforts. Don’t miss out! Register here to participate in the Spring Internet2 Member Meeting, 26-29 April in Washington, DC.
A snowy and secluded location provided the right setting for a training workshop for members of Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs) that was organised by TERENA in Uppsala, Sweden on 4-5 March 2010. The workshop was attended by 30 trainees from 24 organisations in 18 European countries, including staff members of CSIRTs in research networking organisations, banks, government institutions and universities.
The trainees completed exercises, heard presentations and joined in discussions about the legal, technical, operational and organisational aspects of CSIRTs, as well as the role of CSIRTs in dealing with vulnerabilities. The training materials were developed originally in the TRANSITS (Training of Network Security Incident Teams Staff) project. For the first time, TERENA included an extensive role-play exercise in the programme of a TRANSITS workshop.
A proposal for new terms of reference was introduced during the fifth TF-Storage meeting, held on March 4-5, 2010 in Utrecht, the Netherlands, hosted by SURFnet, the Dutch National Research and Education Networking (NREN) organisation. Participants expressed their interest in continuing the task force in the current style and format, and they accepted the new terms without changes.
The two-year mandate of TF-Storage expired in February 2010, explained Jan Meijer (UNINETT), the current task force chair. The new terms of reference will be reviewed by the TERENA Technical Committee before they come into effect.
Funet customers can in future obtain certificates without charge. CSC has opened Funet Certificate Service, which offers at the beginning Server Certificates. The service is included in the Funet membership fee.
The upgrade of the Finnish University and Research Network (Funet) to use solely light-paths is in the final phase. Thanks to the upgrade, which started already in the year 2006, it is possible to increase the bandwidth of the backbone network smoothly and to create separate point-to-point connections within the network. The customers can acquire a second connection for their affiliate and transmit their internal traffic through Funet.
CESNET hosted the 5th FEDERICA general assembly in Prague from March 1st to 3rd. FEDERICA is an European project focused on the development and evaluation of novel networking technologies.
RIPE 60 will take place on 3-7 May 2010 in Prague, Czech Republic. You can now register online for RIPE 60 at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-60/registration
Tickets: You can register for the full week (350 euro) or choose a day ticket for a particular day (125 euro). Discounted week tickets are available for students (175 euro). If you are a new LIR you may be entitled to free entry to the meeting. More information is available at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/introduction.html
Meeting Venue/Hotel: RIPE 60 will take place in the Prague Marriott Hotel. Discounted room rates have been negotiated for RIPE Meeting attendees. Instructions on how to book your hotel can be found at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-60/venue.html
More information is available, and will be continually updated, at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-60/
The Japanese National Institute of Informatics (NII) and Livedoor, a Japanese provider of commercial WLAN services, have collaborated to create a region-wide eduroam service in the Kanto area of Japan.
As a result, eduroam is now available in over 130 access points ('hotspots') at cafes, convention centres and a few large shops in the area including Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa, and Saitama.
The third Slovenian IPv6 summit will take a step forward from an awareness phase to a more technical standpoint.
The event will start with two technical workshops. First workshop will provide theoretical insight into the IPv6 protocol while the second will be based on practical training in real networking environment. On the second day technical presentations will take place along the keynote by Daniel Karrenberg, chief scientist at the RIPE NCC. Summit will be wrapped up by the round-table discussion about the requirements for IPv6 support in the networking equipment and services.
Summit is organized by ARNES, Slovenian Go6 institute and the Laboratory for Telecommunications at Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Ljubljana.
On Thursday 18 February the Dutch Minister Plasterk officially kicked off the GigaPort3 project. This project will enhance the network infrastructure for universities and research institutes in the Netherlands. SURFnet organised the meeting to exchange views with the attendees on the selected approach and the envisaged results of GigaPort3. The aim of the GigaPort3 project is to raise the SURFnet network infrastructure to a higher level and to integrate it seamlessly with other ICT infrastructure facilities. The innovative SURFnet7 network will be implemented to do just that.