Real-Time Applications

International 10Gb Line-Speed Security

URL:
www.evl.uic.edu

Contact:
Kim Roberts, Nortel, Canada, krob @ nortel.com

Collaborators:
Nortel, Canada: Kim Roberts, Thomas DiPasquale, Behrouz Nikpour
Electronic Visualization Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA: Tom DeFanti, Jason Leigh, Alan Verlo, Luc Renambot
Argonne National Laboratory, USA: Linda Winkler
Calit2, University of California, San Diego, USA: Greg Hidley
International Center for Advanced Internet Research, Northwestern University, USA: Joe Mambretti
SARA Computing and Networking Services, NL: Paul Wielinga, Bram Stolk

This security demonstration uses AES-256 encryption and OME switching hardware to send encrypted streaming media at 10Gb speeds with minimal latency from Nortel’s Ottawa facility, and from Amsterdam, through StarLight in Chicago, to iGrid in San Diego. Such capability is desirable for many applications of lightpaths to reduce vulnerability to theft or modification of commercially valuable information. Applications can enable and disable the encryption on demand during the iGrid demonstration.