Middleware Announcements

["Lee Perlis" <>]

***Internet2(R) Members Update***
       September 2002

<> Virtual Briefings
<> Fall 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting
<> Information Sharing Guidelines
<> Internet2 K20 Initiative Update
<> Applications Update
<> International Update
<> Middleware Update
<> End-to-End Performance Initiative Update
<> Future Internet2 Events
<> New Members
<> Internet2 Days
<> Showcase Opportunities
<> Internet2 Related Events
<> Internet2 Employment Opportunities

Member updates are now archived at
http://www.internet2.edu/members/html/members-update.html

<> Virtual Briefings
+  September 13 Virtual Briefing - "New Networks, Old Economy"
An Internet2 Virtual Briefing will be held on Friday, September 13,
1:00-2:30 pm EDT (UTC -4). The topic is “New Networks, Old Economy.”
Presenters will discuss approaches for building advanced networks in a
telecommunications environment that some think is reverting to the models of
the "Old Economy". The speakers will explore the fundamental changes in the
telecom industry since the end of “Internet boom” and consider how the
higher education community should respond. Steve Corbató, Director of
Backbone Network Infrastructure for Internet2, will moderate the panel. The
panelists will include Erv Blythe, Virginia Tech; Stephanie Copeland, Qwest;
Christopher Peabody, Georgetown University; and Tom West, CENIC.
http://www.internet2.edu/activities/html/briefings.html

<> Fall 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting
+  Register Online Now for the Fall 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting
Registration is available online for the Fall 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting
in Los Angeles, CA. Early registrants are eligible for the Early
Registration Prize drawing of a Global Positioning System (GPS) Watch.
Early registration ends October 3, and online registration ends October 21.
Featured sessions will include End-to End Performance, the International
Task Force meeting, and  Middleware. The Preliminary Program for the Fall
Member Meeting will be available on the Internet2 web site during the week
of September 9. For online registration:
http://www.internet2.edu/activities/html/fall02-registration.cfm

Internet2 has reserved a block of rooms for registrants at the meeting site,
the Wilshire Grand Hotel.  Information about lodging is available at:
http://www.internet2.edu/activities/html/fall_02_accommodations.html

+  Demos, Tours, and Performance Event: Fall Member Meeting
In conjunction with the Fall 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting, a variety of
demos, tours, and events will take place on the USC campus the afternoon of
Tuesday, October 29. Meeting attendees will have the opportunity to see
several high-performance networking applications at the Davidson Executive
Conference Center. These demonstrations will feature applications developed
at Internet2 member universities and by Internet2 corporate members. Meeting
attendees will also have the opportunity to tour and see demos at the Robert
Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts and at the Integrated Media Systems Center.
The afternoon will conclude with Cultivating Communities: Dance in the
Digital Age, a music and dance performance event at the Bing Theater.
Presented by Internet2, the performance event will rely on production
direction from the Manhattan School of Music--with technical assistance from
Columbia University and others--and will feature performers from throughout
the Internet2 member community.
http://apps.internet2.edu/html/fall2002-demos.html
http://apps.internet2.edu/html/fall2002-perfevent.html

<> Information Sharing Guidelines
Periodically members are interested in sharing information about special
activities or opportunities with the Internet2 community such as technology
symposiums, workshops, donation programs, product offerings and or grant
opportunities.  In an effort to facilitate information sharing we are adding
a Member-to-Member section to this monthly update. Members interested in
contributing notices should review the guidelines at
http://www.internet2.edu/members/html/informationsharing.html and email
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 with proposed announcements.

<> Internet2 K20 Initiative Update
+ CENIC Named SEGP of the Month
Cyberstep's English for All (EFA) project is part of a new multimedia
learning system created expressly for adults who want to learn English. The
program includes five compelling, real-life stories in twenty,
fifteen-minute episodes. Each episode features a multi-ethnic cast and a
friendly Wizard, who explains language and skill content throughout each
story. The content is based on the California ESL standards and skill areas
identified in the Latino Adult Education Services Project and is correlated
to CASAS and SCANS competencies. The English For All video is digitized at a
high frame rate so that learners can see mouth formation and important body
language. For the full article on this project, please visit the Internet2
K20 website: http://k20.internet2.edu/segp/index.shtml

<> Applications Update
Excerpts from the applications newsletter are below, for the complete
applications newsletter go to:
http://apps.internet2.edu/html/newsletter.html

+ Internet2 Commons Site Coordinator Training
Training for Commons site coordinators will be held October 30-31, following
the Fall 2002 Member Meeting in Los Angeles, CA.  The training will be
co-sponsored by Internet2 and CENIC. Please see the following link for
information about this training.
http://www.internet2.edu/activities/html/fall_02_commons_training.html

<> International Update
+ Slovakia (SANET) and Internet2 Sign Memorandum of Understanding
SANET, Slovakia's academic network, and Internet2 have recently signed a
Memorandum of Understanding. SANET interconnects academic and research
institutions and universities in Slovakia.  SANET an independent civil
association, not-for-profit organization, also manages Slovakia's link to
the pan-European GEANT network at 100 Mbps. SANET is also leading SANET2, a
project to build up a gigabit network for
the Slovak academic and research community with the connection to a
trans-european gigabit network and global Internet.

Internet2 has formed peer-level relationships with organizations outside the
U.S. who have projects similar to Internet2 in scope and objectives. SANET
joins over 45 international organizations and networks that together with
Internet2 are working towards ensuring continued global interoperability of
advanced networking and enabling collaboration between U.S. researchers,
faculty, students and their overseas counterparts. For more information
about SANET: http://www.sanet.sk/en/index.shtm

+ International Task Force Events during Fall Member Meeting
International presentations and updates from both Internet2 International
Partners and Internet2 members are planned for the Fall Member Meeting
taking place 27-30 October in Los Angeles, California. Please see the fall
meeting program website for the dates and times of the International Task
Force Meeting and International Collaboration Updates.
http://www.internet2.edu/activities/html/fall_02_schedule.html

<> Middleware Update
+ Shibboleth
Shibboleth facilitates inter-institutional sharing of web resources subject
to access controls.  Alpha code version 2.5 has been released and beta is
expected in September.   The Shibboleth pilot sites are preparing for
deployment and testing of the Shibboleth beta code.  Content providers
working with institutions in the beta pilot are EBSCO Publishing, Online
Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), SFX, and others.  The release of
production code is scheduled for October.  Project updates are maintained
at: http://middleware.internet2.edu/shibboleth/

+ Web Initial Sign-On (WebISO)
WebISO is an essential component for the campus middleware function.
Pubcookie, WebISO software, is one of the components included in the NMI
deliverables.  Other similar software options are being reviewed.  Pubcookie
3.0.0 Beta 1 is now available. This is a beta-test release comprising new
login server and Apache module components.  Interested parties are
encouraged to deploy this version in test and pilot environments and to
provide feedback to the Pubcookie team.  A final 3.0 version is expected to
be released sometime in September.

Please see the newly redesigned Pubcookie web site for information about the
package and the project, including download, development, and mailing list
info:  http://www.washington.edu/pubcookie/

+ National Science Foundation Middleware Initiative (NMI)
The NMI teams are developing the deliverables for Release 2 scheduled for
October 25, 2002.  "Middleware: The New Frontier", an article written by
Alan Blatecky, Ann West, and Mary Spada, was published in the July/August
2002 edition of the EDUCAUSE Review.  The article can be viewed at:
http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/erm02/erm024w.asp

NSF Middleware Initiative Release 1.1 (NMI-R1.1) was issued on August 28,
2002, including a security patch necessitated by vulnerabilities found in
OpenSSL.  This NMI update includes the latest OpenSSL version (0.9.6g) from
http://www.openssl.org/source/.  See CERT Advisory CA-2002-23 at
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-23.html for details of OpenSSL's
vulnerability prior to version 0.9.6g.  If you previously installed
NMI-R1.0, we strongly suggest that you download and use NMI-R1.1 instead.

The NMI-R1.1 update is at http://www.nsf-middleware.org/NMIR1/download.htm.
For help, please send mail to: 
<>.

Additional NMI information is available from the following sites:
http://www.nmi-edit.org/
http://www.grids-centere.org/
http://www.nsf-middleware.org/

+ Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
Based on the success of the first PKI Research Conference last April, NIST
and NIH agreed to co-sponsor with Internet2 a second research conference.
The conference is currently planned for Spring 2003.

+ Digital Rights Management (DRM) Workshop
A DRM workshop, endorsed by CNI, EDUCAUSE, Internet2, SURA, ViDe, and funded
by an NMI Award, will be held in early September. The workshop will explore
emerging middleware, particularly directory issues and the role they may
play as a foundation for DRM in research and education.  See the workshop
web site for more information:  http://www.ait.utk.edu/drmworkshop/

+ Advanced CAMP Presentations
The presentations from Advanced CAMP, held in Boulder, Colorado, July 31st
to August 2nd, are now available at:
http://www.nmi-edit.org/news/adcamp.html

+ Directories
The Directories working group is reviewing feedback from the NMI testbeds
sites on the directory object classes and other NMI R1 deliverables.  This
input will be incorporated in subsequent versions.  Work continues on new
deliverables for R2 including LDAP Analyzer Software and a Groups
Implementer’s Guide.  For more information see:
http://middleware.internet2.edu/dir/

<> End-to-End Performance Initiative (E2Epi)
+ End-to-End Performance Initiative Performance Environment System
The "E2E piPEline: End-to-End Performance Initiative Performance Environment
System Architecture" white paper is now available. This white paper was
prepared under the direction of Eric Boyd, E2E Performance Engineer. The
paper outlines the plans for a distributed, scalable system to test,
monitor, and report end-to-end performance and will be able to indicate
performance capabilities and locate performance problems along the path
between two computers connected by the Abilene network, participating
campuses, regional networks, and gigaPoPs. This "pipeline" will enable
advanced Internet applications to operate at peak performance and thus
advancing the productivity of academic researchers.
http://e2epi.internet2.edu/e2epipe_index.shtml

<> Future Events
+ IPv6 Workshop
  11-13 September
  Columbus, OH
  http://ipv6.internet2.edu/workshops/workshop-ohio.shtml

+ Future Internet2 Member Meetings
  - Spring 2003 Internet2 Member Meeting, Arlington, Virginia, April 9-11
  - Fall 2003 Internet2 Member Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, October 13-16
  - Spring 2004 Internet2 Member Meeting, Arlington, Virginia, April 19-22

+ Joint Techs Workshop
 - February 2-6, 2003  Miami, FL
 - January 26-February 1, 2004  Honolulu, HI

<> New Members
+ University Members
  - Loyola University Chicago
  - Saint Louis University
  - University of Toledo

<> Internet2 Days
Hold an Internet2 Day for your Internet2 member organization. Technical
support for live demonstrations and informational materials are
available. For more information see:
http://apps.internet2.edu/html/internet2_days.html
or contact Marianne Smith 
<>.

+ 15 November 2002
Wichita State University
http://www.hipecc.twsu.edu/internet2.html

<> Showcase Opportunities
Internet2 would like to showcase our members' efforts on our homepage. We
encourage Internet2 members to share advanced networking milestones, as well
as interesting people, events, collaborations and efforts in the advanced
networking community. Include a brief description (less than 100 words), all
appropriate links and images, and contact information. If you have
suggestions about projects or news that might be featured, please contact
Adam Csillag 
<>.

<> Internet2 Related Events
+ Online Calendar
For a complete listing of events for and of interest to the Internet2
community, see the online Internet2 Calendar. Be sure the
Internet2-related event you are holding or know about is listed at:
http://www.internet2.edu/calendar/main.php

iGrid 2002
24-26 September 2002
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
http://www.igrid2002.org

EDUCAUSE 2002
1-4 October
Atlanta, GA
http://www.educause.edu

CUDI Fall 2002 Meeting
16-18 October
Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México
http://www.cudi.edu.mx/otono2002/index.html

SC2002
16-21 November
Baltimore, MD
http://www.sc-conference.org/sc2002

CANARIE Advanced Networking Conference
18-20 November
Montreal, Canada
http://www.canarie.ca/conferences/advnet_2002.html

<> Internet2 Employment Opportunities
http://www.internet2.edu/ucaid/html/opportunities.html

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