Minutes from the 3rd
NWG
29 June 2001
Edificio Mayantigo, Santa Cruz de La Palma
Present
Apologies
Nominations
for Secretary
Introductions
Minutes from Previous Meeting
Actions
ORM Network Group Meeting
AOB
Date for Next Meeting
| Diego Sierra | (DS) |
| Don Carlos | (DC) |
| Jacob Clasen | (JWC) |
| Markku Verkkoniemi | (MV) |
| Toni Coarasa | (TC) |
| Carlos Martin Galan | (CMG) |
| Marcello Lodi | (ML) |
Andrea Zacchei
Iain steele
No interest was shown in this position so DCA volunteered to take the minutes at subsequent meetings.
Introductions were made by existing members of the Group for the benefit of the two new members (Jacob and Markku).
The Group accepted the minutes as a true and factual account of the meeting held on the 10th of November 2000.
20000512.4 JC : Supply NWG with exact figure for acceptable level of connectivity. Send security requirements to all UIs as he will not be present at the security meeting (neither will the other HEGRA representative Toni Coarsa). This will be provided within the next 2 months by Toni.
20010629.1 DS : To make network diagram available on the WWW.
20010629.2 DS : To circulate "Acceptable Use" policy before the next meeting.
20010629.3 DS : To circulate router rules via Email for discussion and information.
20010629.4 TC : To investigate releasing the HEGRA security policy to the other members of the group.
Diego presented a network diagram of the ORM but said that this was not available on the web, at the moment. He continued by saying that the Cisco AGS+ will be changed within the next 6 months with a Cisco 3620. When these changes occur all the networks, with the exception of the SLO link, will be moved to the new Fore Ethernet switch.
Network Downtime Figures
DCA reported that 13 hours were lost in the first 6 months of the calendar year. This equates to approximately 0.3% downtime.
Security
DCA raised the issue of whether the IAC had an "Acceptable Use" policy and if so, could it be made available to the other UIs. This document will be prepared by the IAC, with the support of the ORM NWG and presented to the OSC for ratification.
In addition, it was noted that on the whole the UIs maintained their own security and this was working very well. Markku described how the NOT was implementing a firewall using VPNs between the ORM and the SLO. Toni demonstrated how HEGRA would also implement a firewall. DCA said that the ING were also going to implement firewalls, but since Luis wasn't at the meeting, he could elaborate further on the plans of the ING.
Toni will investigate the possibility of providing the HEGRA security policy to the other UIs so that they may use this as a basis to create their own policies.
Residencia
DCA commented that the ING were investigating the use of wireless networks with the hope of installing a system in the Residencia and the SLO Meeting Room. He also said that if other UIs wanted to use this system then that could be arranged, but the ING would not provide the wireless network cards.
Information Interchange
DCA noted that the exchange of technical information on the mailing list was limited and suggested that this would be a good forum for discussions of a technical nature and encouraged its use.
1) ML raised the question about Quality of Service (QOS) between the SLO and the ORM. DCA said that this is currently not available and the likelihood of it being available between the Mayantigo and the ORM was slim. DS said that the IAC plan to ensure QOS between the new SLO base and the ORM.
Date
for the next meeting : 14th December 2001 at 10:00 in La Laguna..
File location : http://www.ing.iac.es/~cfg/ormnwg/20010629.html
Minutes prepared by : Don Carlos Abrams
Last updated : 2nd July 2001