Update

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Brief History• Internet2 project 1996• Formed University Corporation for Advanced

Internet Development• UCAID developed national backbone Abilene

as the NSFNet funding declined for the vBNS.• Internet2 peers with national and international

research and educational networks. Over 180 institutions.

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• System Administration - Affiliate member, SUNY’s at Albany, Buffalo, Binghamton and Stony Brook - Regular Members

• NYSERNet provides I2 in NYS– U of R, RIT, Cornell, Syracuse, RPI, Columbia, NYU,

American Museum of NH, Rockefeller University, Polytechnic University -

– gigaPoP in NYC - peers in NYC and Buffalo with Abilene and the +vBNS in NJ.

Internet2 Connectivity in NYS

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Abilene• National backbone established by UCAID 1999.• Internet2 members connect through their gigaPoP

or other peering location.• October 1999 - Sponsored Participation -

• Mechanism to allow non- I2 members to participate in Abilene

• Sponsored by and access through I2 participant campus

• None in NYS

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Abilene

• August 2000 UCAID changed the COU to include K-20– early 2001 - SEGP - Sponsored Education Group

Participation • State educational network connections to Internet2 through an

Internet2 and Abilene participant

• March 2001- Missouri, Oregon, Virginia, Washington, Michigan agreed to connect their state education networks (K-

20), next in line are Indiana, Ohio, Oklahoma and Rhode

Island.

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Cost of Participation

• Primary Member - Internet2 - $20,000/year connect through gigaPoP.

• Sponsored Participant– No Internet2 cost

• Sponsored Education Group Participant– $30,000/year + $2,000/congressional representative

• Direct connection to Abilene - OC3-OC48 $110,000 -$430,000 (not through a gigaPoP)

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Other I2 Programs

• Middleware– Shibboleth-standards-based web access control

to span institutional boundaries– eduPerson-Standard directory structure

focusing on higher education – Certificate Program with CREN– HEPKI - Certificate policy to bridge HE with

other communities certificate authorities

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Other I2 Programs

• EDUCOMMONS Project - use P2P technology in teaching and learning

• End-to-end Performance - E2E provide tools, support, capture

• Health Sciences Applications - HIPAA, WEDI, Visual Human, Security

• Arts and Humanities• Distributed Storage Infrastructure

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Network Working Groups

• Quality of Service

• Measurement

• Multicast

• IPv6

• Security

• WEB100

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I2 Commons

• Video conferencing services

• Video Portal

• Digital video services-streaming, interactive and on demand

• MCU Services

• Video support services, training, etc.

• Research Channel

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• WWW.INTERNET2.EDU

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Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

US Commerce Department

International Internet management

Issued 7 new Top Level Domains (TLD’s)

.info, .biz. .museum, .pro, .name, .coop, .aero

.info and.biz may be important to us

.EDU goes to EDUCAUSE -

Community Colleges will soon be eligible for .edu

.com, .net, .org - Verisign formerly NSI

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Other Regulatory/Policy

• TEACH Act - Extends DMCA to distance education and fair use of digital works

• CIPA- Children’s Internet Protection Act of 2000 - Requires filters on Internet access for those using e-rate and LSTA money

• HIPAA - Rules finalized and released

• Section 508 (ADA) - Standards released effective June 26, 20001