INTERNET 2

09BCE035Arpan Patel

Contents:What is Internet2 ?History of Internet2

Important dates Timeline

Why Internet2 ? Internet2 MissionThe Goal of Internet2 ?Why is it important ?Security in Internet2Future of Internet2 ?

ADVANCED INTERNET PROJECTS:

Next Generation Internet (NGI)oFocused on:

Federal mission agency needsMaintaining US Internet leadership

Internet2oFocused on:

Higher education needsMoving the public Internet to the next level

What is Internet2 ? Internet2 is a not-for-profit consortium, led by over 220 US universities,

developing and deploying advanced network applications and technology, accelerating the creation of tomorrow's Internet, since 1996.

Provides a high-performance network environment for the US research and education community. Optimized to meet the needs of research, teaching, learning, clinical and outreach missions of that community.

An organization that serves academic and technology needs at all levels of education

A venue that brings together academics and scientists from all over the world.

Develops high speed data transfer applications

Enables the development and deployment of new network, middleware and applications technologies, services and protocols

Close collaborations with government: NIH, NSF, NLM, NASA, to name only a few.

Primary purpose is to help education.

In the 90’s the Internet gained in public recognition and popularity. Universities were among the first institutions to outgrow the Internet's

bandwidth limitations because of the data transfer requirements Some universities wanted to support high-performance applications like

data mining, medical imaging and particle physics. This resulted in the creation of the very-high-performance Backbone

Network Service, or vBNS, developed in 1995 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and MCI, specifically to meet the needs of the supercomputers at educational institutions.

The concept of the “next-generation Internet” was born. The Internet2 Project was originally established by 34 university

researchers in 1996 . The Internet2 consortium administrative headquarters is located in Ann

Arbor, Michigan, with offices in Washington, D.C. The Internet2 community, in partnership with Qwest, built the first

Internet2 Network, called Abilene. In 2006, Internet2 announced a partnership with Level 3

Communications to launch a brand new nationwide network, boosting its capacity from 10 Gbit/s to 100 Gbit/s.

In October, 2007, Internet2 officially retired Abilene and now refers to its new, higher capacity network as the Internet2 Network.History of

Internet2

TIMELINE

October 1, 1996 – Internet2 is launched1997- Inernet2 goes international when

Canada joins, and cooperate when Cisco joins.

2000- Internet2 member achieve 831 Mbps of data from Redmond, Washington to Arlington, Virginia in under 82 seconds.

2006 – internet2 celebrates its 10 years with 200 U.S. universities ,70 leading corporations, 45 govt. agencies, 50 international partners.

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*Why Internet2?

*Real-time access to remote resources

*Large-scale multi-site computation and data mining

*Interactive collaboration

*Rich, multi-media digital libraries

*Shared virtual reality

*Accelerating the creation of tomorrow's Internet

Goals•Develop advanced internet applications•Accelerate the creation of tomorrows internet•Enable new generation of applications•Re-create leading edge R&E network capability•Transfer technology and experience to the global production Internet•Create a partnership among the important parties involved:

–Academia– Industry–Government

Internet2 Objectives• Response to Research & Education Needs• Applications Innovation & Demonstration• Reliable, Broadband Desktop to Desktop Connectivity• Intercampus• Intracampus

• Higher Education Control• Transparent Interface to the Commodity Internet

• Rapid Transfer to Commercial Sector

IMPORTANCE: Everything that gets developed on the internet

where does it come from ??Internet2 facilitates this development

Internet2 and its members are developing and testing new technologies, such as IPv6, multicasting and quality of service (QoS) that will enable revolutionary Internet applications. However, these applications require performance not possible on today's Internet. 

More than a faster Web or email, these new technologies will enable completely new applications such as digital libraries, virtual laboratories, distance-independent learning and tele-immersion.

Security Task Force EDUCAUSE/Internet2 created it July 2000

Works to improve cyber-security and the protection of information assets and critical infrastructures

INTERNET2 SECURITY

Security Task Force goals: Increase Education and Awareness

Develop Standards, Policies and Procedures

Design Security Architecture and Tools

Increase Organization and Information Sharing

Future of Internet2? Make the network available to the public, though no one is sure what

this means

Integrate the present internet into internet2

Rebuild / Retrofit the current internet around the architecture developed for the internet2

Bring down the partnership cost of being involved in the project so more novel companies can participate, contribute, and benefit

Connectivity: Reliable, Scalable, High performance

Ease of use, privacy, and security

Integration with advanced applications

Internet2 Corporate Partners

Internet2 International Partners

Internet2 Universities209 University Members as of August 2007

Internet2 vs Web2.0

Not The Same