TERENA NREN Compendium 2006
Services

Updated: 19 June 2006 at 16:04

Services

Detailed information sharing and collaboration is becoming more and more important for many NRENs. The purpose of the questions in this section is to give interested NRENs a first idea of who is doing what. It can be used by others as a starting point for a further exchange of information, for example within the framework of the TERENA Task Forces or the Joint Research Activities in the GN2 project.

5.1 Network Operations Centre (NOC)
5.2 Performance Monitoring and Management
5.3 Authorisation and Authentication infrastructure
5.4 Security Incident Response
5.5 Other Internet-related activities
5.6 Bandwidth on Demand
5.7 Grid Services
5.8 IP Telephony
5.9 Video Conferencing
5.10 User Support
5.11 Public Relations and communications
5.12 TERENA Task Force participation
5.13 What are your interest areas in research/development and future service deployment?

5.1 Network Operations Centre (NOC)

NOC	`(x)`It is provided by the NREN `( )`It has been outsourced to another organisation
	If the NOC has been outsourced:
Full name of the organisation (in English):
Full name of the organisation in the national language(s) (please use the Latin alphabet):
Abbreviation in English (if applicable):
Abbreviation in the national language(s):
	If the NOC is NOT at the main NREN address (as listed in section six below), please provide:
Visiting address:
City/postal code of visiting address:
Postal address (if different from above):
City/postal code of postal address:
Fax:
Phone
General e-mail address:
Website:

Main contact person:	Bruno Melideo
Direct e-mail address:
Does the NOC serve all the NREN's customers?	`( )`Yes `(x)`No
If NO: which categories of customers are NOT served by the NOC?	schools

5.2 Performance Monitoring and Management

Is there a Performance Enhancement & Response Team (PERT)?	`(x)`Yes `( )`No
If yes, contact email address:
URL, if applicable:
Website that lists monitoring tools (traffic map, etc.):	http://www.garr.it/mappagarr/garr-b-mappagarr.shtml
Traffic statistics URL:	http://www.noc.garr.it/mrtg
Looking glass URL:	http://www.noc.garr.it/lg.php
Any other tools that are perhaps not publicly available but that could nevertheless be useful for troubleshooting the network:

5.3 Authorisation and Authentication infrastructure

Authorisation and Authentication infrastructure	`( )`It is provided by the NREN `(x)`It has been outsourced to another organisation
	If AAI has been outsourced:
Full name of the organisation (in English):	National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Full name of the organisation in the national language(s) (please use the Latin alphabet):	Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Abbreviation in English (if applicable):	-
Abbreviation in the national language(s):	INFN

Main contact person:	Roberto Cecchini
Direct e-mail address:
Website or web pages with information about the AA infrastructure:	http://security.fi.infn.it/CA/
Does the NREN run an AA federation?	`(x)`No `( )`Yes, and it is Shibboleth-based `( )`Yes, and it is Shibboleth-compliant `( )`Yes, but it is neither Shibboleth-based nor Shibboleth-compliant
Policy URL:
How many institutions belong to this federation?
Does the NREN belong to another federation and if so, which?	`( )`edugain `( )`eduroam `( )`others, please specify
Does the NREN use a schema? If so, what kind is it?	-
Does the NREN operate a Certification Authority?	`(x)`Yes `( )`No

5.4 Security Incident Response

Security Incident Response	`( )`It is provided by the NREN `(x)`It has been outsourced to another organisation
CSIRT	`(x)`The NREN has a CSIRT that is accredited with the Trusted Introducer `( )`The CSIRT is currently an accreditation candidate with the Trusted Introducer `( )`Our NREN does not have a CSIRT or it is not accredited
Website or web pages with information about the NREN's work in the area of Security Incident Response:	http://www.cert.garr.it/

5.5 Other Internet-related activities NREN participation in other Internet-related activities:

Type of Activity	Type of Participation
RIPE	meetings and working groups
CENTR	meetings
ISOC	GARR is a member of the Italian Chapter of ISOC
IETF	meetings, mailing lists, chairing WGs
ccTLD registry	The national Registry is hosted by a GARR customer. Two members of the "rules committee" belong to GARR
Neutral Internet Exchange	GARR is a member of the 2 major italians IX, and promotes the creation of regional IX, too.
Other:	ICANN: GARR follows activities, and liases with the Italian GAC representative

5.6 Bandwidth on Demand (lightpaths or point-to-point dedicated bandwidth services at layer 2 or below)

What layer 2 protocols are users allowed to transport?	`(x)`Ethernet `( )`SDH `( )`ATM
Others:
Does the NREN currently offer or is it planning to introduce a Bandwith on Demand service?	`(x)`YES, we currently offer such a service `( )`No, but we are planning to introduce it within the next year or two `( )`Unsure, we want to find out first if there is user demand for it `( )`NO
If yes, how are such services provided?	`(x)`Through manual provisioning processes carried out by the NOC `( )`Via a provisioning tool `( )`In another way
Via a provisioning tool?
In another way?
How does the NREN handle bandwith reservations (if any) in its network?	`( )`Reject requests if they exceed available reservable bandwith `(x)`Reject requests untill we can provision more bandwith `( )`Accept requests anyway, rely on statistical multiplexing/sufficient overprovisioning
URL to online monitoring tool or other on-line information:	Traffic monitoring is available at www.noc.garr.it/mrtg
Indication of the current uptake of the BoD services:	Receiving requests for Virtual Private LAN service
Main contact person:	Laura Leone/ NOC
Direct e-mail address:

5.7 Grid Services

Are grid services currently running over the network?	`(x)`YES - please proceed to the next questions `( )`NO
Is the NREN planning to introduce or facilitate grid services within the next year or two?	`(x)`YES `( )`NO
Are Grid Services Provided by	`( )`The NREN `(x)`Institutions with the support of the NREN `( )`Institutions alone `( )`Discipline based distributed groups or Virtual Organisations `( )`Other
What is the geographical extent of Grid Services?	`(x)`Connected to international Grids `( )`National `( )`Regional within the country
Does the NREN actively participate in any EC funded Grid activities?	`(x)`Yes, the EGEE/EGEE2 project `( )`other
Other, please specify:	EUMEDgrid, EUChinaGrid
URL to website or web pages with information about the NREN's Grid services:	-

If Grid Services are currently running or planned, what disciplines are running Grid enabled applications?

High Energy Physics	`(x)`Now Running `( )`Planned `( )`Don't Know
Other Physics	`(x)`Now Running `( )`Planned `( )`Don't Know
Computational Chemistry	`(x)`Now Running `( )`Planned `( )`Don't Know
Other Chemistry	`(x)`Now Running `( )`Planned `( )`Don't Know
Biomedical	`(x)`Now Running `( )`Planned `( )`Don't Know
Astroscience	`(x)`Now Running `( )`Planned `( )`Don't Know
Earth Science	`(x)`Now Running `( )`Planned `( )`Don't Know
Climatology	`( )`Now Running `( )`Planned `(x)`Don't Know
Other - please state:

5.8 IP Telephony

Is the NREN running IP telephony in its organisation in general?	`(x)`YES `( )`NO
If yes, on which protocols is the service based?	`( )`SIP `(x)`H.323 `( )`Other
If other, please specify:
Does the NREN send IP traffic to Telco(s) using IP instead of PSTN/ISDN?	`( )`YES `(x)`NO `( )`Both types of traffic
URL to description of IP telephony deployment:
Approximately how many people are currently connect to the IP telephony deployment?

5.9 Video Conferencing

Do you offer video conferencing?	`(x)`YES `( )`NO
Type of service	mainly high definition services (DVTS and HDTV) fo special users' needs (muic master classes). A traditional H.323 coordinated service is planned. Currently there are services offered by GAR customers
General usage policy	Usable by any institution connected to GARR
GDS connection
Offical site for videoconference services	http://www.garr.it/eventi/dvts.html
Contact	Claudio.Allocchio@garr.it

5.10 User support

Does the NREN facilitate or support the work of specific groups of users? (x)YES
( )NO

If yes, list of categories of users that support is provided for:

Category	Currently providing support, type of support	Planning to introduce, if so when; the type of support
High Energy physics	GARR contributed to the design and implementation of LHC Optical Network providing dedicated tier0-tier1 10Gbps ligthpath. A dedicated 10Gbps ligthpath connects the italian tier1 in Bologna by INFN-CNAF to the tier0 at CERN. Also, backup tier1-teir1 10Gbps ligthpaths are going to be provided through an IT-CH-DE CBF from CNAF in Bologna to the german Tier1 in Karlsruhe (FZK)	GARR is planning a TIER1-TIER2 connectivity model using MPLS e2e dedicated paths among them also considering VPNl2 or VPLS architecture
Chemistry
Biomedical
Astroscience	EVLBI project involves three Italian sites located in S. Basilio (CA), Noto (SR), Medicina (BO). For all of them GARR should provide 1Gbps connectivity to GARR PoPs. The GE link for Medicina (Bologna) is already up and running.	GARR is working to find a setup based on dark fiber to provide the 1Gbps connectivity to the Noto and S. Basilio sites before end 2007.
Arts	Music MasterClasses events took place many times between GARR and US sites. GARR provided a 1Gbps link to the closer GARR PoP (Rome) and the traffic transit to the international destinations. GARR provides the connection to the sites hosting specific events on a temporary basis (workshop, conferences, meeting ecc) with different bandwidhts (2Mbps up to 1Gbps).
Humanities	GARR provide connectivity to several very important museums in Italy
Others:	GARR is providing CINECA,the italian site involved in the DEISA project, with a dedicated dark fiber link equipped with a 1Gbps Ethernet access and connectivity to GEANT2 backbone. MUPBED project: GARR is providing 1 GE connectivity to TILab the italian testbed laboratory of the MUPBED project and provides also 4 layer2 e2e MPLS paths to the other european involved sites.	The CINECA connection to DEISA project should increase to 10Gbps at the end of 2006. GARR is going to provide TILab, the italian testbed of the MUPBED project, with a STM-16 SDH connection going to the GEANT2 SDH backbone.

Main contact person:	Marco Marletta, Claudio Allocchio
Direct e-mail address:

5.11 Public Relations and communications

Does the NREN have at least one part-time person working on public relations and communications? Number of persons working in this area for the NREN, in FTE:	2.5
Does the NREN have a dedicated budget for P.R. and communication?	`(x)`YES `( )`NO
Who can TERENA use as contact person for PR and communications matters?	Federica Tanlongo
Direct e-mail address:

5.12 TERENA Task Force participation

TERENA supports joint European work to develop and test new networking technologies and applications. TERENA brings together technical specialists in Task Forces and innovative projects. In many cases, these Task Forces work together closely with relevant activities in the GN2 project.

Task Force	Currently participating	Would like to participate
TF-CSIRT (security)	Roberto Cecchini Claudio Allocchio	Barbara Monticini
TF-EMC2 (middleware)		Roberto Cecchini
TF-LCPM (portfolio management)	Gabriella Paolini Federica Tanlongo
TF-Mobility		Roberto Cecchini
TF-NGN (advanced networking)	Mauro Campanella
TF-PR (public relations)	Alessandra De Nicola Federica Tanlongo
TF-VVC (voice/video)	Claudio Allocchio

5.13 Interest areas in research/development and future service deployment:

	Current	Essential future	Potential future development	Will follow other NRENs	No Interest
Infrastructure
SDH	`[x]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`
Giga Ethernet	`[x]`	`[x]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`
Wireless LAN	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[x]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`
Diffserv/QoS	`[x]`	`[x]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`
MPLS Service Deployment	`[x]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`
Mobile IP	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[x]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`
Multicast	`[x]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`
Access for roaming end-users	`[ ]`	`[x]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`
802.1x Authentication	`[ ]`	`[x]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`
Wavelength Testbed Access	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[x]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`
Wavelength Service Deployment	`[x]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`
Multi-domain PIP	`[x]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`
Mobile IP	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[x]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`
Access for students who live off-campus	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[x]`
Access for students in dormitories/on campus	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[x]`
Access for employees from their homes	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[x]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`
Lights paths for high-end users	`[x]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`
eduroam	`[x]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`
Middleware
Directory Services	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[x]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`
PKI Services	`[ ]`	`[x]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`
Identity Management Systems	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[x]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`
Grid Support infrastructures	`[ ]`	`[x]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`
Application level
Teaching and learning methods	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[x]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`
Video Conferencing	`[x]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`
Streaming Media	`[x]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`
VoIP (internal)	`[ ]`	`[x]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`
VoIP (across the WAN)	`[ ]`	`[x]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`
Instant Messaging	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[x]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`
Management
Traffic Monitoring	`[x]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`
Charging / billing systems	`[x]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`
Web Server content management	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[x]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`
Web Server usage analys	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[x]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`
Information Content indexing	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[x]`
Disaster preparedness	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[x]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`
Performance Enhancement and Response Team (PERT)	`[x]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`	`[ ]`
Others, please specify:

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