Linking U.S.Russian Science, Education, Research

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Linking U.S.-Russian Science, Education, Research
Developmentwith High Performance Networking

• Natasha Bulashova, Friends Partners Foundation
• Greg Cole, Joe Gipson
• National Computational Science Alliance, UIUC

N S F H I G H P E R F O R M A N C E I N
T E R N A T I O N A L I N T E R N E T S E R
V I C E S P R O G R A M
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MIRnet Network Topology
NAP in Chicago is represented with router and ATM
switch connected to STAR TAP NAP in Moscow is
represented with router and ATM switch connected
to Internet Exchange in M9 which is managed by
Russian Institute of Public Networks.
Intro
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Russian Academy of Science
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Russian Users
Novgorod State Univ. In 0.4 Out 0.2
Moscow State Univ. In 30.4 Out 24.8
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Yaroslavl Reg. Net. In 0.7 Out 0.6
Chernagolovka In 24.5 Out 6.1
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Ural State University In 2.7 Out 3.8
MEPHI In 8.0 Out 2.3
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RAS Ural Reg. Acad. Net. In 1.4 Out 0.6
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Chelyabinsk FREEnet In 3.0 Out 0.6
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Intro
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MIRnet routed institutions in Moscow
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U.S. Users

• Traffic to U.S.
• 93 educational
• 7 .gov/.mil
• Traffic from U.S.
• 92 educational
• 8 .gov/.mil

US Government agency use of MIRnet (megabytes
transferred since July, 2000)
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Russian Institution Users
Megabytes transferred July 1 - October 14, 2000
Impact
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US Institution Users
Impact
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International Traffic Flow to Russia
4 Finland 4 (31G)
2 Sweden 12 (99G)
7 Canada 3 (22 G)
6 U.K. 3 (24G)
5 Netherlands 3 (27G)
13 Japan 0.3 (2.8G)
1 U.S. 63 (508 G)
3 France 4 (33G)
12 China 0.4 (3G)
Primary Country Providers of Traffic to Russia
since July 1, 2000
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Link Configuration
PVC for regular applications (PVCr), 4 Mbp/s
PVC for multicast applications (PVCm)
Router CISCO7507 Chicago
Router CISCO7507 Moscow
PVC for special application (PVCs)
Engineering
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MIRnet challenges

• Current Russian management strictly controls
  access (no access in St. Petersburg or
  Novosibirsk, for example)
• Not peering with some key Russian networks of
  interest to US federal agencies (such as NASA,
  DOE, DOD)
• 6 Mbps link is over-subscribed

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MIRnet Immediate future

• Transition network/project management to original
  partners (Kurchatov Institute FP Foundation)
• Implement, with Teleglobes help, a trial MPLS
  service (2xDS3 Moscow-Amsterdam, 1xDS3
  Amsterdam-Chicago)
• Move, with Teleglobes help, to new permanent
  MPLS service (OC3 Russia-Europe, 2xDS3
  Europe-Chicago)
• Expand access within Russia immediately to St.
  Petersburg, Novosibirsk expand peering
  arrangements (in Moscow) with Rbnet, FREEnet,
  Radio MGUnet, Russian Space Science Internet,
  RUNNet, MinAtom

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MIRnet Longer term

• Extension to other CIS countries
• Access type facility in Moscow
• Deploy Access Grid nodes across Russia
• Expand U.S. federal agencies involved in using
  MIRnet
• Complete MIRnet Access Scheduling System (MASS)
  (pursuing development funding for this now)
• Conference in 2001 on high performance networking
  applications (Moscow)
• Northern Network

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Another challenge . .
Russian Science Academy Orders Reports on Foreign
Contacts MOSCOW, May 31, 2001 -- (Agence France
Presse) Russia's Academy of Sciences has ordered
Russian scientists to report to state authorities
on their contacts with foreign officials,
according to a copy of the directive obtained by
AFP Wednesday. One directive orders the heads of
laboratories and research groups throughout
Russia to inform the academy's "foreign
department" by June 1 of any agreements and
international cooperation deals they may have
entered into. Science officials are required to
inform the department of any visit by a foreigner
to their laboratories and of any application for
financial aid from foreign organizations. They
are also to present a report after any scientific
mission abroad, and to provide a copy to the
authorities of any article sent abroad for
publication. A directive dated May 24 was headed
"The Academy of Sciences action plan to avoid any
harm to the Russian state in the sphere of
economic and scientific cooperation." It orders
"specialist departments" and the heads of
research institutes to "carry out an analysis of
international agreements signed by scientific
bodies in order to ... prevent the transmission
abroad of information concerning national
security." It also calls for "strengthening
controls on articles being prepared and the
exchange of information with foreign countries"
in order "not to permit the publication abroad of
unauthorized information."
The directive moreover calls for "organizational
and technical measures to ensure the security of
limited-access information when (Russian)
scientists link up with international computer
networks, particularly the Internet." ((c) 2001
Agence France Presse)
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Thank you Natasha

• Originating member of Russian MIRnet team
• Worked with US staff for 7 years on several
  US-Russian networking projects
• Focus on developing domestic Russian
  infrastructure via CIVnet program

Natasha Bulashova, President, FP
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Thank you!

• NSF ANIR, Steve Goldstein
• Kurchatov Institute, Evgeny Velikhov
• Teleglobe
• University of Tennessee (Homer Fisher)
• UIUC/NCSA
• STARTAP