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Fall 2009 MERC IR Meeting

October 27, 2009


MERC Financial Report


MOREnet Network Update

October 27, 2009


Fiscal Year Comparison - MERC


Fiscal Year Summary – MERCFY09 FY08

Total Bandwidth (Mbps) 3243.1 2400.6

YTD Bandwidth Growth (Mbps) 842.5 812.1

YTD Percentage Growth 35% 51%


Fiscal Year Summary – TOTALFY09 FY08

Total Bandwidth (Mbps) 9171.6 6801.6

YTD Bandwidth Growth (Mbps) 2370 2077.2

YTD Percentage Growth 35% 44%


Overall Network Growth Trend

Trend is based on a rolling 3 year average equating to a 35% annual growth rate


Network Upgrades• Backbone Turn-Ups

– MOREnet 10G backbone – 3/15/09– Univ. of Missouri backbone – 4/19/09

• Internet Upgrade– Increased capacity from 4.4G to 5.5G

• Internet2 Upgrade– Increased capacity from 622M to 10G


Data Center Moves

– Moved KC, STL, & JC core data facilities to new locations

– Added a new core data facility in Stoutland

– 95% of members experienced outages of <15 minutes during the moves


Network Roadmap• Install new Internet gateway routers

– separates backbone & Internet routing

• Install optical & routing equipment for Rural Healthcare Pilot Program – Supports Missouri Telehealth Network

• Provision Commercial Peering Services– Offloads I1 traffic & avoids I1 costs


Questions?


Network Security Trends & Issues


Top Cyber Security Risks

• Client-side software that remains unpatched– Adobe PDF Reader,

QuickTime, Adobe Flash and Microsoft Office

• Internet-facing web sites that are vulnerable– SQL injection and Cross-

Site Scripting flaws

Source: http://www.sans.org/top-cyber-security-risks/


What is your update path for…

• Windows 2000– Mainstream Support Retired - 6/30/05– Extended support Retired - 7/13/10 or (9/8/09)

• Windows XP– Mainstream Support Retired - 4/14/09 or (9/8/09)– Extended support Retired - 4/8/14

• Office 2003– Mainstream Support Retired - 4/14/09– Extended support Retired - 4/8/14

http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeselect



• Server 2003– Mainstream Support Retired – 7/13/10– Extended support Retired – 7/14/15

• Server 2008– Mainstream Support Retired – 7/9/13– Extended support Retired – 7/10/18

http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeselect



• All Software– “Add-ons” like Acrobat, Flash, etc– Centurion Guard…and a newly discovered issue

with their software• Other products like this could also be vulnerable

• Firewalls• Switches• Workstations• Printers


Current Security Issues/Trends

• Workstation protection (USB) KB962007

• Patch Management• Virtualization• Rootkits• Botnets

– Spear Phishing– Credential Stealing– Spam

• User Education• Wireless• Budget issues• Encryption• SSN remediation• eDiscovery


Is the light at the end of the tunnel a train?• DNSSEC• IPv6

– Dual Stack– Vista/Windows 7 defaults– SnowLeopard– Linux current distros

• Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity• Pandemic Planning


Upcoming Webinars

• Google Hacking: Parts 1, 2 and 3• And maybe Part 4

• http://www.more.net/content/web-seminar-schedule


SANS@EDU• DEV541 Secure Coding in Java/JEE: Developing

Defensible Applications– Tuesday, January 5th - Friday, January 8th, 2010– 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM EDT– $1,000.00

• SEC577 Virtualization Security and Operations– Wednesday, Jan 20th - Thursday, Jan 21st, 2010– 9:00 AM to 5:00 AM EDT– $500.00– Hosted at MOREnet and NWMSU

• http://www.sans.org/partnership/


MOREnet Backbone-centric Services Discussion

MERC IR Meeting27 October 2009


Today’s Goal

• Goal for today’s discussion (and this afternoon’s roundtable):

• Preliminary look at potential services under consideration for backbone-centric services

• Discuss and understand member needs • Distribute a preliminary survey to focus

our discussion


Backbone-centric services goal• Goal for any potential backbone-centric

service:• Must generate significant value for MOREnet

membership– One-off of commercially-available service at a

significant cost reduction– Unique service required by MOREnet membership –

performance, regulatory requirement, etc.• Must at least cover cost of the service. Will

need to understand timing, scope and volume of member need to ensure we can deliver a valuable service.


Background:• MOREnet has an established a fiber core

network which allows significant increases in bandwidth for relatively modest increases in cost.

• This fiber footprint has the opportunity to grow through stimulus projects and member builds.

• We have the opportunity to think about the fiber network in two components:– Backbone-centric: traffic which stays on

MOREnet’s private network– Internet-centric: traffic bound for the internet


Background:

• We are in the first phases of understanding the market:– commercial offerings– technical advantages/barriers– legal advantages/barriers


Potential Backbone-centric services:• Remote Server collocation (Member

equipment) • Remote backup• Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) across

the MOREnet network• Cloud Storage• Virtual computing• Application hosting


Remote Server collocation services (Member equipment)

• MOREnet provides space, redundant power, climate control, connectivity and physical security

• Members locate and manage their own hardware, software and data.

• MOREnet should not be responsible for equipment, software or data replacement, security or integrity.

• MOREnet is responsible for monitoring and managing power, climate control and connectivity to collocated member equipment. MOREnet is responsible for admitting and escorting member staff to their equipment.


Hands and eyes• Qualified MOREnet staff contracted to perform

observation and physical actions to maintain collocated hardware as above at the direction of collocated member.

• MOREnet can read error messages on console, observe lights, recycle power, check cable connections, swap complete hardware units (servers, switches, UPS, etc.) and in rare cases swap components within the complete hardware units.

• Qualified staff will exercise reasonable care when handling Member hardware.


Remote backup

• MOREnet provides off-site backup facilities for member data.

• MOREnet provides redundant disk space with checkpoint services.

• Disk mirroring or hot backup are possibilities.

• Data integrity and protection is critical with password protection, encryption, etc. considered.


Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)Segregated traffic across MOREnet’s

private network at a lower cost point.


Virtual Computing

• MOREnet provides a virtual server environment including hardware, software, space, redundant power, climate control, connectivity and physical security for members to manage their own software and data on a permanent or ad hoc basis.


Cloud storage

• Write your own definition.• Everything from a mainframe time-

sharing to the SETI project scavenging desktop cycles!


Application Hosting

• Running specific applications in virtual environment – branded with Member identity

• Course Management, Financial Management, Specific email and directory services, etc.


Network Centric Survey• List of questions to stimulate the discussion:

– Are you looking for any network-centric services right now?– If so, what specific service(s) are you looking for?– When do you plan on implementing a solution(s)?– If you had to prioritize, what would be your top priority for a

network centric service? What would be next priority?– Would you be comfortable with MOREnet outsourcing some

network-centric services? – Are you using anything that could be considered a network-

centric service currently? If so, what is it and how much do you pay? Do you consider this cost reasonable?

– Do you currently partner with another organization for backup storage or disaster recovery? How does it work?


Roundtable Discussions

• Please consider attending the Network Centric Roundtable discussion to further articulate your position

• Contact Chip Byers ([email protected]) or

• Dave Olson ([email protected])


MOREnet Advocacy Project Update


MERC ARRA Stimulus Update

27 October 2009


A little history…• MOREnet began working on a public/private

backbone proposal in February 2009• Clear that MOREnet would not have had the

20% matching funds for the project• We discussed the concept with the major

transport providers in Missouri• We discussed it with the State. They had a

number of anchor institutions along the route and could provide some matching funds

• The State adopted the proposal as a key broadband initiative and sought matching funds


A little more history…

• State issues a call for partners in July • State partners with Sho-Me

Technologies for “middle mile” connectivity on August 12th

• At the request of the NTIA, Governor Nixon recommends funding 41 projects in Missouri


Sho-Me Proposal

• Sho-Me has submitted their own BTOP application

• 2500 miles of 72 count fiber (higher if they can use buried fiber)

• 750 miles of existing 2 count fiber to close the loops

• Equipment to light three fibers:– 1 DWDM– 1 Ethernet– 1 SONET


Sho-Me Proposal

• State (OA, other state agencies, and MOREnet) to share 12 dark fibers and some portion of the lit services

• Connect anchor institutions• Erecting 200 towers – wireless

access appropriate in some situations


How does the MOREnet community benefit?• A nod from the Governor• “Technical aspects of the project were crafted

by a highly experienced team of technical personnel, led by and certified by the Professional Engineers from Sho-Me Technologies, but supported by the ideas from the University of Missouri’s MOREnet team and the State of Missouri Information Technology Services Division (ITSD).” (from Jay Nixon’s Letter of Support for the project)


How does the MOREnet community benefit?• Yet undetermined share of:

– 6 spare fibers– 500 mb of Ethernet access between DWDM PoPs– 135 DWDM Lambda spans– ½ the OC12 capacity at each SONET node– Tower access at each of the 200 towers

• Fiber routes to pass through or nearby 150 Higher Ed, K12, Library, TeleMed and extension sites

• At no additional costs for the life of the project…


Surely there will be some costs?• We don’t really want the backbone going through non-

hardened facilities– About $12-15K to build a net-shelter at each site on the

backbone– Other sites will need to build to the backbone

• Increases in Ethernet capacity between DWDM PoP’s• We will almost certainly require increases in DWDM

lambda segments between DWDM PoP’s• Will likely share in equipment refreshes

– DWDM gear refresh in 7 to 10 years• We will buy any equipment we choose to locate on the

towers


Barriers/other issues

• Sho-Me proposal is about 14% of the total for first round NTIA funding $1.2B for infrastructure

• Commerce’s NTIA and Agriculture’s RUS programs received 2,170 applications totaling $28B or about 7 times the funding available for the first round

• Partial funding could occur forcing a redesign with less desirable outcomes including smaller allocation of transport for state and MOREnet


So….

• If Sho-Me gets the grant, all of it• If the MOREnet community can wait

until the network gets built,• If our sites let Sho-Me build a net

shelter on their property,• When our circuits on those routes

expire,• We’ll have bandwidth (then fiber) to the

member’s doorstep at a very significant cost avoidance!


Which way from here?• At this point, I don’t think anyone really

knows• We will continue to work with Sho-Me and

the state to better understand the exact routes, who’s on the routes, near the routes, etc.

• In the event Sho-Me is not awarded the grant, MOREnet needs to be ready to apply in the second grant window with another middle mile proposal

• In the event Sho-Me is awarded the grant, we will need to connect MOREnet sites to the middle mile


Which way from here?

• Explore other parts of the BTOP grants:– Public Computer Centers: funding for

projects to expand computer center capacity at entities that permit the public to use these computers, such as community colleges or public libraries. ($50 million)

– Sustainable Broadband Adoption: funding for innovative projects that promote broadband demand, education, awareness, training, access equipment or support. ($150 million)


Questions???


HELIX 2010 Update

• HELIX 2010: An IT Odyssey• March 18-19, 2010• Call for presentation proposals will

open soon

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