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Rich Carlson will host this event, which will include a presentation on M-lab, hands-on registering NDT/NPAD in the Lookup Service, resetting the mindset using advanced, diagnostic tools, and general discussion.

This session is one of the 3 preparation sessions for the IPv6 Challenge Experiment that occurs on Monday during lunch. The session starts off with a condensed recap of the Sun tutorials on preparation for the IPv6 Challenge -- what happens when we turn off IPv4? Participants get their laptops ready for this event and, in the process, become eligible for a) an event t-shirt (all successful participants) and b) a drawing for an inscribed iPod Touch (16G). As participants finish configuration their laptops for v6, they’ll be able to see what works and what does not under v6-only connectivity as the meeting space will have only IPv6 available on the wireless network during this session. All are encouraged to visit as many of the web sites they normally use as possible. Those sites that don’t work properly should be gently pinged to add v6 capabilities. Participants should especially look at their own institution’s web sites & online services. Those that don’t function properly and completely should be worked with upon the participants return to become compliant. (As a precursor, participants can look at this IPv6 Status Page to check on their school’s initial v6 conditions the goal being for each entry to be all green): www.mrp.net/IPv6_Survey.html

This session is one of the 3 preparation sessions for the IPv6 Challenge Experiment that occurs on Monday during lunch. The session starts off with a condensed recap of the Sun tutorials on preparation for the IPv6 Challenge -- what happens when we turn off IPv4? Participants get their laptops ready for this event and, in the process, become eligible for a) an event t-shirt (all successful participants) and b) a drawing for an inscribed iPod Touch (16G). As participants finish configuration their laptops for v6, they’ll be able to see what works and what does not under v6-only connectivity as the meeting space will have only IPv6 available on the wireless network during this session. All are encouraged to visit as many of the web sites they normally use as possible. Those sites that don’t work properly should be gently pinged to add v6 capabilities. Participants should especially look at their own institution’s web sites & online services. Those that don’t function properly and completely should be worked with upon the participants return to become compliant. (As a precursor, participants can look at this IPv6 Status Page to check on their school’s initial v6 conditions the goal being for each entry to be all green): www.mrp.net/IPv6_Survey.html

This will be an open forum to discuss how science communities will use the network. In the past, the expectation was that a 'killer app' would appear that would drive up utilization. There is now a fundamental shift in the thinking inside the science community. It is peak loads, not long term utilization, that needs to be considered. This forum will discuss how things have changed and how campus/regional networks need to react to these changes.

This is a regular meeting of this group.

Eric Boyd and Phil Demar will open the conference with a brief update on logistical details related to this event.

Guy Almes will welcome participants to the campus and introduce our distinguished speaker, Pierce Cantrell (VP for IT and CIO).

We describe the planned Data-Intensive Network at Texas A&M and discuss how similar networks at other research universities can strengthen Internet2's ability to support cyberinfrastructure needs.

Several major developments in DNSSEC has occurred in the last six months. This presentation will be an update of recent deployments within the .gov domain, recent implementation features within DNSSEC (such as NSEC3) and upcoming milestones in deployment. This talk will also preview new NIST recommendations on the new NSEC3 feature in the DNSSEC protocol and the pros and cons of its use.

Steve Cotter will provide details on the latest developments inside ESnet.

Carla Hunt will describe what the NTAC is and what issues the group is currently undertaking. The working groups that are part of the NTAC will be described, also.

As a follow on to the Internet2 RTC-AG initiative, this session will discuss the Texas A&M University convergence work. The talk will cover IP phone power, LAN traffic seperation, security requirements and 911 call routing. The talk will conclude with a discussion of furthering convergence by adding telemetry to the mix of voice and video.

NU has been providing entertainment television to its campus since 2002 using IP multicast. That service has grown from 20 to 37 channels, 2 of which are shared globally with the Internet2 community. In recent years, we have expanded the service to include student-generated content on a dedicated channel, video on demand for educational content in partnership with the NU Library, and video delivery via a set top box device from the system vendor. Moving forward this year, we plan to implement a shared lineup of channels with partner institutions in the area in an effort to spread costs and deliver a richer set of content to all of our users. In addition, we are rolling out a brand-new DirecTV-based service that delivers standard- and high-definition DirecTV content via our campus multicast network with the use of more familiar consumer set top box and DVR equipment.

A range of post-IPv4 runout scenarios at the institutional, national, and global levels are presented, illustrating the likely consequences of increased use of NATS and/or private addressing, the emergence of sanctioned and unsanctioned IP address resource "transfer" markets, and the marginal incorporation of IPv6 by some routing domains. Broad (and not very optimistic) commonalities in the outcomes anticipated by all of the scenarios are identified, along with practical strategies for mitigating or adapting to the novel risks of a future characterized by increasingly heterogeneous addressing and routing conventions.

ARIN will provide an update of new policy developments for the management and administration of Internet number resources. We will also provide status of the remaining IPv4 free pool and describe efforts underway inside the ARIN policy and other communities to plan for resource depletion. Information about IPv6 outreach efforts and resource deployment status will be described.

Regular meeting of group

The session starts off with a condensed recap of the Sun tutorials on preparation for the IPv6 Challenge -- what happens when we turn off IPv4? Participants get their laptops ready for this event and, in the process, become eligible for a) an event t-shirt (all successful participants) and b) a drawing for an inscribed iPod Touch (16G). As participants finish configuration their laptops for v6, they’ll be able to see what works and what does not under v6-only connectivity as the meeting space will have only IPv6 available on the wireless network during this session. All are encouraged to visit as many of the web sites they normally use as possible. Those sites that don’t work properly should be gently pinged to add v6 capabilities. Participants should especially look at their own institution’s web sites & online services. Those that don’t function properly and completely should be worked with upon the participants return to become compliant. (As a precursor, participants can look at this IPv6 Status Page to check on their school’s initial v6 conditions the goal being for each entry to be all green): www.mrp.net/IPv6_Survey.html

Internet2 recently asked members to suggest potential topics for future workshops. One topic that was of substantial interest to members was a workshop on DNSSEC. This birds of a feather round table session is intended to provide an opportunity for you to weigh in on whether or not this type of workshop is needed, and, if so, help us begin to design and organize that new potential workshop, get involved as a trainer or host, and identify locations for this type of an event. We encourage you to come and share your thoughts and preferences about content and coverage, format, location and timing, etc. during this conversational session.

This session offers participants a brief overview of the tools, software, and equipment needed to connnect to the Internet2 DCN. The presenters identify the policies, current and projected, for using the service and provide technical instruction.

Internet2 has been engaged with the community since September 2008 to discuss the details of a DCN Pilot Service to begin in mid 2009. The largest portion of that discussion has focused around the business models. Chris Robb, in his role as co-lead from Internet2 staff, will present some of the economic models discussed and the challenges in applying them to new services.

Change is dear to the heart of every network and thus every network operator. A Network's requirements are constantly being changed to reflect THE CONSTANT evolution of the internet and usage patterns. Although the network's implementation is readily modified, network documentation is rarely updated to reflect the newly implement requirements. This lack of documentation, in conjunction with low level granularity of the configuration commands, forces unfamiliar operators to expend more time while making future changes. The lack of documentation also makes the network more vulnerable to misconfigurations due to inconsistent changes. We have developed a set of tools that reverse engineers documentation for a network from its configuration files. Our tools extract documentation in the following three ways: 1) high level policies in the form of constraints placed on communication between users 2) related configurations commands across files in the form of mined configuration templates, and finally 3) dependent configuration commands within and across files in the form of referential links. We have run our tools on several educational networks with varying levels of success. We would also love to have you run our tools and tell us what you think. Any suggestions and feedback on how our tool might be more applicable to your configuration needs are welcomed.

Major science projects including the LHC, LIGO, GLAST and many others rely on collaborative systems for videoteleconferencing and data sharing on a daily basis. This reliance persists through all phases of the experimental program, from the original conception and design, to construction and commissioning, to the extraction of results and discoveries. Meeting the needs of these projects for collaborative work has aspects which go beyond the commercial systems now on the market, including: global scalability and the ability to integrate across the full range of working environments from the desktop/laptop to conference and control rooms and auditoria, increasing quality while adapting to variable network conditions and efficient use of CPU and GPU processing power, and low cost of the equipment and operational manpower needed to support thousands of scientists at sites around the world. I will present the technical requirements and methods for a solution to this critical set of issues, and refer to the current status and development path of the EVO (Enabling Virtual Organizations) system, and its autonomous real-time communications infrastructure, which has been deployed and operated by the Caltech team to meet these needs, building on developments of the last 14 years.

Appeal for 4G continues to grow, providing greater spectral efficiencies than its predecessors and the versatility and openness of end-to-end IP networks. Both of these factors suggest new opportunities for operators building mobile network or those offering only mobile services. Regardless of the 4G access technologies implemented, they will see increased spectral efficiencies. This becomes particular important as revenues from data services have significantly increased. This growth has fueled the demand for more targeted applications as well as devices that can support a common platform for these applications. 4G offers all-IP end-to-end networks that provides the basis for a secure, open platform that can realize efficiencies throughout the network. More importantly, can readily integrate and optimize applications into their offering that uniquely meet their customer’s needs. In this presentation, there will be a brief overview of the access benefits relative to 3G as well as how the end to end IP network is enables increased opportunity for new services.

Come and hear Texas RON story. Lonestar Education and Research Network,LEARN continues to evolve and has enabled high capacity network infrastructure in the great state of Texas. Also, learn more about our recent collaboration with private sector to enable network in West Texas and deployment of AT&T fiber in East Texas under the SURA's Gridfiber Agreement.

Regular meeting of group

This is a regular meeting of the IPv6 Working Group. Current efforts include the IPv6 Challenge and various "turn off the IPv4" experiments that are being conducted at meetings around the country. The group is also responsible for updating and providing the Internet2 IPv6 (and IPv6 Multicast) Workshops. For more information, see ipv6.internet2.edu

This BOF is intended to discus network connectivity issues within MREN and CIC, and anyone interested in Chicago and the surrounding region.

The Joint Engineering Team is concerned with the engineering coordination of the various US Federal R&E networks, joined by invited academic networks. While this is a by-invitation meeting, the JET is receptive to requests to attend. Please send a note to Paul Love at love@nitrd.gov if you'd like to attend. As a reference point, the JET's typical event horizon is fairly short (6-12 months) but on occasion it looks out to the mid-term.

In November 2008 Internet2 announced a cooperative agreement with Infinera Networks, Level(3) Communications, Juniper Networks, and ESnet to jointly operate a 100Gbps testbed on an aggressive schedule. As end-systems become more powerful, as campus architectures migration to 10G cores, and as backbone edge connections move beyond 10Gbps, there is a need to keep pace with growth within the network core. This talk will provide an update to those discussions and some details on the proposal."

This will describe the CoUniverse, how it supports UltraGrid, and the integration of DCN capabiities into the CoUniverse video conferencing software. It will include a demonstration of UltraGrid HD video using UltraGrid to the conference if DCN capability is available.

This session will provide a brief update on activities related to moving from GEANT2 to GEANT3.

As the likely date for worldwide IPv4 address exhaustion is now less than three year away, many sites have started thinking about how they will handle IPv6 on their campuses. Some may welcome IPv6, at least in part because they believe deploying IPv6 may improve their security posture; other sites may be "dragging their heels," worried that deploying IPv6 will expose them to new security vulnerabilities for which few solutions are yet available. Can both perspectives be right? What should campuses be doing? We'll consider issues such as pre-attack network reconnaissance; IPv6 support in firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and other network appliances; potential issues with 6to4 translation gateways; gratuitous global IPv6 transit and the odd routing it can cause; the myth that IPv6 always employs IPSEC; and the absence to-date of things like IPv6 DNS blocklists.

As the unassigned IPv4 address pools near exhaustion, there are several policy changes in process within the various Regional Internet Registries (RIRs). These changes include; how the last /8s will be assigned to the RIRs, reserving some IPv4 address space for IPv6 transition mechanisms, mechanisms to prevent a run on the IPv4 bank, changes to transfer policies, and creating an IPv4 recovery fund. This presentation will review the status of these policies and policy proposals, primarily focusing on the ARIN region.

Eric Boyd will give an update on the Internet2 Network and technology directions, focusing on network cyberinfrastructure and enabling hybrid networking. He will also discuss outreach efforts to domain research communities.

As fixed mobile convergence (FMC) becomes a reality we need to prepare our campuses. Two major advances are making FMC a reality, one being the adoption of the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) by carriers and the other the deployment of distributed antenna systems (DAS) which let us use our fiber infrastructure to allow carriers to enhance services on our campuses and elsewhere. This session will discuss the DAS deployment at Texas A&M University in terms of benefits to our students, faculty, staff and visitors on campus.

Today's data centers are growing to unprecedented levels of density and capacity. A new generation of protocols have been proposed and are under development that enhance Ethernet's ability to scale to larger sizes and provide lossless transport. This session will cover those protocols and the new capabilities they will provide to the data center.

The bandwidth requirements of the RHIC and LHC collaborations have created unprecedented demands on the BNL local area network, often times requiring solutions not supported by commercially available equipment anywhere (most notably firewall, IDS/IPS technologies). The intent of this presentation is to give an overview of how BNL has met these challenges in a manner that meets operational requirements, without compromising service and security to the campus as a whole.

This presentations will talk about the Building Information Exchange for First Responders (BIEFR) project that will allow building alerts to be sent to 911 centers and and have responders gain access back to the building.

The Cisco Nexus series of Ethernet switches represents a disruptive change in scale, reliability, and flexibility available in the data center and provides a platform capable of delivering storage through Fibre Channel over Ethernet and close integration with VMware. This presentation will cover the the Nexus 7000, 5000, 2000, and 1000v.

InfiniBand was once billed as the foundational, system-wide interconnect to unify all of enterprise networking. While that didn't happen, the protocol is playing an increasingly important role in the datacenter. With the steady adoption of more powerful business-continuity, disaster recovery and high performance and grid computing applications, many enterprises and research institutions are turning to InfiniBand as the enabler of their most latency-intolerant, bandwidth-intensive applications across Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) optical networks. Paul Morkel, Director ASM NA, and Brian Savory Director Business Development Enterprise of ADVA Optical Networking will offer their thoughts on InfiniBand's place in the enterprise datacenter moving forward. Can InfiniBand co-exist with emerging Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)? What strategic factors must enterprise datacenter managers weigh in ensuring that today's and tomorrow's needs are cost-effectively met?

Stephen R. Kovac, Vice President of Global Services for Verizon Business will be presenting the full range of Data Center Options offered by Verizon business. The presentation will start with Collocation following the progression through the entire continuum of Managed Hosting, Processing and Building your own Data Center. In 2008, Verizon introduced "Center Office as a Customer Data Center", building dedicated customer Data Centers in hardened Verizon facilities. The presentation will cover the benefits and challenges of the different solutions and the clearly define the advantages to building in a Verizon facility.

Have you looked at owning your own optical transport network in the past and decided against it given the equipment and infrastructure costs? Well, it may be time to look again. Next generation optical transport equipment like the Ekinops 360 next generation transport system bring the cost of ownership down. Technologies like single fiber transmission, elimination of amplification sites, lower power consumption, the ability to operate over lower grade, cheaper fiber, and multiplexing over fiber or leased lines (yes, you don't necessarily need leased fiber) allow for reduced cost of infrastructure and equipment.

Have you looked at owning your own optical transport network in the past and decided against it given the equipment and infrastructure costs? Well, it may be time to look again. Next generation optical transport equipment like the Ekinops 360 next generation transport system bring the cost of ownership down. Technologies like single fiber transmission, elimination of amplification sites, lower power consumption, the ability to operate over lower grade, cheaper fiber, and multiplexing over fiber or leased lines (yes, you don't necessarily need leased fiber) allow for reduced cost of infrastructure and equipment.

Stephen R. Kovac, Vice President of Global Services for Verizon Business will be presenting the full range of Data Center Options offered by Verizon business. The presentation will start with Collocation following the progression through the entire continuum of Managed Hosting, Processing and Building your own Data Center. In 2008, Verizon introduced "Center Office as a Customer Data Center", building dedicated customer Data Centers in hardened Verizon facilities. The presentation will cover the benefits and challenges of the different solutions and the clearly define the advantages to building in a Verizon facility.

InfiniBand was once billed as the foundational, system-wide interconnect to unify all of enterprise networking. While that didn't happen, the protocol is playing an increasingly important role in the datacenter. With the steady adoption of more powerful business-continuity, disaster recovery and high performance and grid computing applications, many enterprises and research institutions are turning to InfiniBand as the enabler of their most latency-intolerant, bandwidth-intensive applications across Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) optical networks. Paul Morkel, Director ASM NA, and Brian Savory Director Business Development Enterprise of ADVA Optical Networking will offer their thoughts on InfiniBand's place in the enterprise datacenter moving forward. Can InfiniBand co-exist with emerging Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)? What strategic factors must enterprise datacenter managers weigh in ensuring that today's and tomorrow's needs are cost-effectively met?

The Cisco Nexus series of Ethernet switches represents a disruptive change in scale, reliability, and flexibility available in the data center and provides a platform capable of delivering storage through Fibre Channel over Ethernet and close integration with VMware. This presentation will cover the the Nexus 7000, 5000, 2000, and 1000v.

Next generation 9-1-1 (NG-9-1-1) services will enable the use of voice, video, text messages, and data for emergency communications. This will be possible using a whole new architecture for emergency communications, one that is based on the internet protocol (IP) and open standards. However, delivering the latest multimedia technology to Public Service Answering Points (PSAPs) presents both new opportunities and challenges. In this presentation we review how technology is evolving towards an NG-9-1-1 solution, and underscore the challenges and issues that must be solved.

As networks migrate to IP packet-based networks, transport and Ethernet data rates experience a paradigm shift. Ethernet rates historically have increased by a factor of ten and currently are defined up to 10 Gb/s. Alternatively, SONET/SDH/OTN rates, currently defined up to 40 Gb/s, traditionally increased by a factor of four. Convergence began at 10 Gb/s rate and is continuing at 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s. Emerging standards support this convergence and provide the framework for next-generation networking. Currently, 40GbE originally proposed for enterprise computing is likely to make its way into the transport network, an increase of a factor of four instead of the traditional Ethernet factor of ten. For backbone transport networks, 100 Gb/s is proposed —an increase of two and a half times the previous 40 Gb/s SONET/SDH/OTN rate instead of an increase of 4X. This convergence between transport and Ethernet is rapidly changing the networking landscape. Additionally, support for machine protocols such as Infiniband over the WAN are best suited for 100 Gb/s speeds, potentially driving requirements for 100 Gb/s networking. These factors make a strong case for development of physical 100G networking technologies. This presentation reports Ciena’s results in 100G and a view towards the future.

Much has been made of the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) architecture, and its ability to bring about transformational change. Those expectations, generally referred to as "convergence", are quite broad and far reaching. So where is the industry in realizing this vision? What is available, what is deployed, what is in the labs? What aspects of convergence can we expect to see, when, and and how will they affect the way businesses and inviduals interact? This presentation is an "insider's perspective" on such issues, from someone who has for the past 3 years been intimately involved in the development and deployment of this technology.

The IEEE P802.3ba Task Force has been chartered with the development of 40 Gigabit Ethernet and 100 Gigabit Ethernet. In this session, John D’Ambrosia, chair of the IEEE P802.3ba Task Force, will provide an overview and update on the progress of the effort. Fundamental to this effort is the development of an architecture that could address both rates, as well as the number of physical layer specifications chosen to target computing and core networking applications that had driven the decision to develop two new rates of Ethernet. The presentation will conclude with a discussion on the timeframe for when these higher speeds of Ethernet can be expected to be available.

The Ethernet movement is evolving in a number of directions—synchronous Ethernet, ring protection switching, service-level agreement (SLA) monitoring, circuit emulation, provider backbone transport (PBT), multi protocol label switching – transport profile (MPLS-TP), GELS, etc.—that at first blush might appear random. But, a common thread links all of these additions to Ethernet standards. The protocol is being prepared for its next evolution phase: “Packet-Optical Transport.” In this phase, Ethernet becomes the protocol of choice for transport across optical-based infrastructure in regional networks, as well as in the campus or access arena. In fact, it will eventually replace the SONET transport layer in long haul applications too. This evolution is driving the creation of a new class of transport technology that is optimized for managing the Research and Education WAN infrastructure at both the wavelength and the EVC/VLAN levels. This class of technology will be introduced and discussed along with the evolving Ethernet standards that enable it.

Modern radiation modeling tools open up a new window for education of professionals in practical computational methods that can be used to compare the physics and applicability of different radiation treatment methods. This talk will describe a long-term effort to build a comprehensive curriculum for education of radiologists, cancer therapy technical assistants, and radiation oncologists in the use of modern grid-supported computational tools for radiation dose calculation. Opportunities for collaboration in this effort will be described.

Paul Love will host a session of Lightning Talks -- as always, these talks are a maximum of five (5) minutes long and have been vetted by a subgroup of the program committee.

To submit a talk, send proposals to jt-lightning-talks@internet2.edu

NOTE: TO BE HELD AT BUFFALO WILD WINGS, 500 FT. FROM HILTON, TUESDAY, 8:45 TO 10:30 PM. PLEASE DON'T ASSIGN A ROOM OR CHANGE THE TIME. In Nebraska, we were treated to Dan's accounts of flight training in a DC-3. Who knows what's next? Pilot = aircraft driver in this context. Proteon User's Group: drink beer and discuss the lack of a Proteon Wikipedia article. HANDY USER TIP: Talk 6 and proto 0 to configure IP! All welcome. If anybody knows Noel personally, please invite him.

This session is meant to bring the audience up to speed on on what has been happening in Internet2 security-related activities, and what to expect in the days ahead.

The increasing criminal sophistication of Web malware is designed to rob organizations of critical data and resources while evading detection and analysis. Cyber criminals conceal their attacks through a blend of threats such as phishing spam containing URLs that load Web pages laced with obfuscated code. Nearly all serious Web malware infections use obfuscation to infiltrate the unprotected port 80. In this session, attendees will learn about Web-malware infection techniques that are aiding cyber criminals and presenting challenges to IT security professionals. Topics include polymorphic JavaScript, malicious Web sites that only attack targeted IP addresses, and malware integrity checking and authentication.

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DREN and its community of DoD research organizations have been deploying IPv6 in its testbed and production networks for a number of years. There have been many challenges and lessons learned from these efforts. Lack of parity with IPv4 along with scarcity of IPv6-enabled security components has hampered deployment. Recent events and upcoming deadlines are resulting in a resurgence of interest in IPv6 deployment, and we are about to see increased activity in this area. This presentation will provide an update on these activities, challenges, lessons, and trends.

MPLS has been used by service providers for several years and the reasons for deploying MPLS in service provider networks are well understood. Recently campuses have also begun deploying MPLS for very different reasons. In this presentation, I will present the rationale for using MPLS on a large campus network along with Indiana University's experience with deploying MPLS.

This session will be about ISI's experiences with deployment of the IVI IPv4v6 translator service, including: 1) IVI architecture, 2) Experience of ARIN/NANOG demo, 3) Status of IETF standardization, and 4) Address assignment, DNSSEC.

Is your Regional Optical Network ready for big science applications? Large scale projects such as LHC, e-VLBI, LIGO, and UltraGrid and others are here or will be soon. These applications have the potential to require major network upgrades due to their large bandwidth requirements and the need to make scattered resources available over a high-speed, low latency network. In this panel discussion, representatives of several RONs will discuss how their networks are preparing to handle the demands of this set of applications and how they are positioning their RONs for addressing the needs of their constituent member university researchers.

Eric Boyd and Phil Demar will close the meeting by providing information on the upcoming Summer 2009 and Winter 2010 Joint Techs, report out on the Alaska survey, link to online evaluation, and calls for future Joint Techs hosts.

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