Performance WG at 2013 Annual Meeting in Arlington
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/display/PerformanceWG/Notes+from+2013+Annual+Meeting+in+Arlington
Ken Miller, Working Group Chair, welcomed the group.
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What's New in Perfsonar Toolkit 3.3 and Roadmap for Next 6 months – Brian Tierney, ESnet
See slides:https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/download/attachments/10402/20130423-tierny-perfsonar.pdf
New Features in 3.3:
-CentOS 6 (32-bit and 64 bit support)
-LiveUSB distribution in addition to NetInstall and LiveCD
-Completely rewritten and re-designed lookup service
-Centralized mesh configuration management software
-Integration with MaDDash performance monitoring dashboard
-Numerous other bug fixes and enhancements
-Traceroute visualization developed by University of Wisconsin
-Final 3.3 release coming soon
Looking for help on release testing and better visualization and analysis tools
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A Study on Network Performance from Selected Campus Environments - Jason Zurawski
See slides:https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/download/attachments/10402/20130423-zurawski-firewalls.pdf
Upcoming workshop:
Networking Issues for Life Sciences Research
http://events.internet2.edu/2013/ftw-life-sciences/index.cfm
July 17- 18, 2013
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Need networking people and life sciences people to attend
Firewalls or "When Security and Performance Clash"
-Firewall is a useful tool, but can cause bottlenecks
-Delivers functionality that often can be implemented in different ways:
- Filtering ranges can be implemented via ACLs
- Port/Host blocking can be done on a host by host basis
- IDS tools can implement near real-time blocking of ongoing attacks that match heuristics
Brown University example - Totally protected campus, with a border firewall
PSU example - Unprotected campus, protection is the job of network customers
The Science DMZ
-It's a blueprint, not a specific design
-Approach to network architecture that preserves the ability to securely manage two different worlds (enterprise and research worlds)
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Working Group Updates, Ken Miller, PSU
Performance Working Group White Paper was recently released:
"Firewall Recommendations for the pS Performance Toolkit"
See paper at:http://psps.perfsonar.net/toolkit/20130416-Firewall-PerfWG.pdf
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