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. |