Submission information
Proposals: If you would like to give a presentation or tutorial, or organize a BoF, SIG, or side- meeting, submit your proposals HERE. If you have questions, please contact either of the co-chairs Phil Demar, or Eric Boyd
Lightning Talks will again be offered on Wednesday morning. A Lightning Talk is a sub-5-minute talk on a topic of your choice – anything interesting, timely, or even a bit off the wall. Proposals are solicited during the workshop; successful candidates will be informed on Tuesday before the Reception. Slides are welcome but not required.
| Focal Area | Co-Chairs |
| Security | Matt Crawford (FNAL) & Shumon Huque (UPenn) |
| RONs (to Campus) Issues | Linda Winkler (ANL) & Lonnie Leger (LONI) |
| Campus Networking | Scott Pinkerton (ANL) & Russ Hobby (UC Davis) |
Within each of these areas, several talks will focus on IPv6 and Performance issues. NOTE: Proposals on other topics will be entertained.
Focal Areas
The Security Focus area is interested in talks on any of the following topics:- Network Access Control (802.1x, WPA/802.11i) and device quarantining to assess security posture.
- DNS Security (DNSSEC, secure dynamic updates, defenses against denial of service, and generally hardening the DNS infrastructure).
- Enterprise management of host-based network security.
- Middleboxes (firewalls, IDS/IPS, traffic shapers, NAT, etc) and their impacts on applications, network performance, availability, etc.
- Authentication and Authorization systems (PKI, Kerberos, federated authn/z), with emphasis on extending them to cover diverse services.
- Routing security (securing/hardening BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, etc)
- IPv6 versions and implications of all the above.
- Other topics: Layer-2 security, protections against ARP/ND spoofing, MPLS VPNs, Multicast security, VoIP security, SCADA networks, TIC/Einstein, etc.
The campus networking environment faces numerous challenges – it needs to support an increasing number of advanced services, support the demand for more bandwidth, keep up with the increasingly sophisticated cyber security challenges, and make infrastructure investments to support future technologies. All this while operating with (hopefully) flat budgets!
Suggested topics include (but are not limited to):
- Advanced services to address:
- End-end performance challenges
- QoS for voice, video, and dynamic circuit services
- Special campus networks for researchers
- Network needs for data centers, grid and cloud computing
- Virtualization support for the data center, as well as routers/switches
- Demand for more bandwidth on the campus:
- Increasing deployment of 10 GigE throughout the campus
- Evaluation of 40 Gig and 100 Gig aggregation links
- Security infrastructure build out & management:
- Integrating solutions to provide defense in depth
- Managing the diverse threat vectors (e-mail, web, identity theft, etc)
- Building out the infrastructure:
- Wiring closet upgrades to support VoIP
- In-building cellular coverage
- Wireless infrastructure (more coverage, newer technology)
The RON environment faces many challenges similar to those of campuses and national backbone providers. The focus area will address the changing needs of regional networks with regard to each other and national backbones. Some of the topics in this focal area include:
- increased demands for fault-tolerant provisioning, reliability, redundancy and business continuity issues
- future-proofing the infrastructure
- settlement-free peering services
- network performance
- changing roles- R&E, state agencies, RHC
- utilization targets for various services
- engaging the network research community
- extending network reach
- demands of large scale projects
- 40G and 100G aggregation