pTLA request from Greek Research NETwork

[Bob Fink]

6bone folk:

I have received the following pTLA request from Yiorgos Adamopoulos
representing the Greek Research NETwork (GR-NET).  They have responded to
all my pTLA rules and I am thus soliciting comments from the list before
assigning this pTLA.

It appears to me to be a fully qualified request and am inclined to issue
the pTLA unless hearing sound reasons to the contrary.

Anyway, please respond to either me or the list with any comments prior to
close of business April 10.


Thanks,

Bob

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Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 18:47:07 +0300 
From: Yiorgos Adamopoulos
<Y.Adamopoulos@noc.ntua.gr> 
To: rlfink@lbl.gov 
Cc: Yiorgos Adamopoulos
<adamo@ajax.noc.ntua.gr>, Costas Troulos <ktroulos@ajax.noc.ntua.gr>,
Dimitris Kalogeras <dkalo@ajax.noc.ntua.gr>, pssara@duth.gr 
Subject: pTLA
request 


Dear Bob,

Reagrding the assignment of a pTLA, I hereby send you the answers for your
questions, on behalf of the GRNET-NOC.  

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1. Must have experience with IPv6 in the 6bone, at least as a leaf site and
preferably as an NLA transit under a pTLA.

I am writing this letter to request a pTLA.  The Greek Research NETwork
(GR-NET
hereafter) through its member the Demokritos University of Thrace (duth.gr) 
has served as a leaf node.

Major experience was gained through constant interaction with various aspects
of IPv6 (tunnelling, routing etc.).  We will use Cisco routers, Sun and HP
workstation, and PCs with various Unix flavors.  GR-NET intends to deploy a
large base of IPv6 networks in major (~ 25)  Greek universities and technical
education institutes. The appropriate funds have been granted through a
research programme of  ministry of education.

We will build two tunnels, one with Cselt/IT and the other with BTLABS/UK thus
utilizing our Internet connections (10 Mbps with TEN-34 @ Italy and 2 Mbps
with BT @ NL).

2. Must have the ability and intent to provide "production-like" 6bone
backbone service to provide a robust and operationally reliable 6bone
backbone.

GR-NET is the Greek National Research & Technology Network, providing Internet
services to the Academic and Research community. It is a project recently
launched by the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT), the
government agency responsible for the coordination and development of research
and technology activities in Greece. Co-funded by the European Union, GR-NET
is included in the 2nd Framework Support Programme, with a budget of 5.000.000
ECUs for 3 years.

GR-NET interconnects Universities and Research Centers in Greece, as well as
the Research Departments of relevant organisations. It provides high-speed
reliable interconnection among the above as well as international Internet
connectivity via two lines:

               · a 10 Mbps line to Italy (IP over ATM),
               · a 2 Mbps line to Amsterdam,

GR-NET participates in the European Organisation DANTE that interconnects
European academic and research networks as well as in the TEN-34 project.
TEN-34, is a consortium of European Union research networks funded by the
Telematics Applications Programme and Information Technologies of DG XIII that
interconnects European academic and research networks at high speeds (from 10
Mbps to 34 Mbps).

GR-NET topology includes, at the first phase, network nodes in 6 major greek
cities, that is, Athens, Thessaloniki, Patras, Ioannina, Xanthi and Heraklion.
The main gateway is located in the greek PTT's building in Athens, consisting
of two interconnected routers.

GR-NET also administers the Athens Internet eXchange (AIX) which interconnects
the major ISPs of Greece. In this way GR-NET can expose the Greek Internet
community (except from the academic one) to the new era  of IPv6.

GR-NET is also a regional (Southeast branch of Europe and  Mediterranean)
provider by interconnecting the academic Bulgarian and Cyprus networks.
Israel, Lebanon and other national academic research networks  are about to
get connected.


3. Must have a potential "user community" that would be served by becoming
a pTLA, e.g., the requester is a major player in a region, country or focus
of interest.

GR-NET interconnects  the academic communities of  Greece, Cyprus and
Bulgaria.
The user community currently served is about 500.000 students and researchers
in Greece only. (data taken from a recent survey ).

4. Must commit to abide by whatever the 6bone backbone operational rules
and policies are .

We state that GR-NET will commit to the operational rules of IPv6 now and
in the
future.

GR-NET as Local Internet Registry (LIR) assigned from RIPE follows  the
principles of Internet Registry (cautious management of Internet resources
i.e. addresses and route aggregation).  Through this activity GRNET has
increased interaction  with the academic community. GR-NET will inform the
academic community about the current and future  principles of IPv6 (i.e
address allocation).
--

If you need any futher clarification on any of the above (or even other)
questions, we'd be more than happy to answer them.  This email is also sent
to:

Dr. Dimitrios Kalogeras (GRNET-NOC routing / Network Manager)
Mr. Costas Troulos (GRNET / NTUA NOC IPv6 contact)
Mr. Panagiotis S. Saragiotis (DUTH Network Manager)

Relevant URLs that can serve as apendices to this application are:

	http://www.grnet.gr/
	http://www.grnet.gr/aix/
	http://www.gsrt.gr/
	http://www.duth.gr/

On behalf of the GRNET-NOC,

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Yiorgos Adamopoulos               -- #include <std/disclaimer.h>
mailto: Y.Adamopoulos@noc.ntua.gr -- Network Operations Center, NTUA, GREECE

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