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[Greg Wood <>]

MICROSOFT WINDOWS UPDATE OFFERS UNIQUE NETWORK RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY

As an Advanced Content Distribution Project, Internet2 Corporate Partner 
Microsoft is augmenting existing download paths for the newly released 
Windows XP Service Pack 2 with a link to the Abilene backbone network. 
While the Abilene link will be seamlessly incorporated into existing 
Windows Update infrastructure from a user perspective, this project 
presents a unique opportunity to gather information about large-scale 
software distribution over a nationwide high-performance network 
infrastructure. Network measurement and other data will be captured for 
the duration of the project and provide the basis for applying the 
lessons learned during this project to similar efforts in the Internet2 
community.

More information about Advanced Content Distribution Projects is 
available at:
http://members.internet2.edu/corporate/cfp-contentcollab.html


Contact:
Greg Wood
Internet2

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