Version 6, as of 19 March 2002
Security and Networks Track
Track description		The development of modern distributed computing and complex data management systems, such as exemplified by the GRID, relies increasingly on two components where specific advances are necessary to satisfy these stringent requirements. These two areas are Computer Security and Network Performance. This track addresses each of them, in the form of two series of lectures, and via a selection of topics at the forefront of the technology. The security part starts with background knowledge and move to specific technologies such as cryptography, authentication, and their use in the Grid context. The Networking part focuses on two aspects that are of primary importance in a Grid context: TCP/IP enhancements and network monitoring. The aim is to present the fundamentals and the evolutions of the TCP/IP stack and to explore advanced Network measurement and analysis tools and services for end-to-end performance measurement and prediction.
Track coordinators		François Fluckiger, CERN francois.fluckiger@cern.ch;Pascale Primet, ENS Lyon, Pascale.Primet@ens-lyon.fr
Series Ref	Title of the Lecture Series		Description of the Lecture	Lecturer (s) name, affiliation,	Lecturer (s) data: email, tel number	Lecturer (s) Biography	L / E	Total # of hours	Lecture Description
									Ref.	Lecture description
SN1	Computer Security		Safe computing on the Internet requires understanding the techniques for reducing risk without sacrificing function. This series of lectures presents the background knowledge and discussion of the concepts and tools for protecting computing resources from misuse. Emphasis is placed on the role individuals play in improving the security of the whole community.	Robert D. Cowles, SLAC	rdc@Slac.Stanford.edu +1(650)926-4965	With more than 30 years of experience in computing and as the Computer Security Officer at SLAC, the lecturer can ground the more abstract discussions with practical, real-world examples. In addition to seminars in the US and Europe, he has taught regular classes on Internet and web security for the University of California and Hong Kong University. Education: BS Physics from University of Kansas, 1969; MS Computer Science from Cornell University, 1971.	Lectures	3	SN1.1/L	Your Workstation Threats Destruction Modification Embarrassment Responsibilities Backup & Virus protection Patching and configuration management Email security
									SN1.2/L	Cryptography and PKI Symmetric and Asymmetric encryption Public Key Infrastructure X.509 Certificates Certificate Authorities Registration Authority Obtaining a certificate Protecting your private key
									SN1.3/L	Grid Security Registering your identity Authentication models Authorization to use resources Proxy Certificates and delegation MyProxy server Community Access services Threats Vulnerabilities How *you* can make the Grid more secure
							Exercises	2	SN1.1/E	Generate a key pair; Perform steps necessary to send email that is signed and encrypted either using PGP or using X.509 certificates.
									SN1.2/E	Register with a MyProxy server and use a web Grid portal to submit a job for execution
SN2	High performance Grid Networking		These lectures present the fundamentals of the TCP/IP stack and the limits of the protocols to meet the network requirements of the Grid application and middleware. The evolution of the network layer and of the transport layer are examine in order to understand the tendencies in the high performance networking. Emphasis is placed on the practices that permit end to end performance measurement and improvement.	Pascale PRIMET Ec-Lyon Inria	Pascale.Primet@ens-lyon.fr	Pascale Primet is assistant professor in Computer Sciences. gives lectures in Advanced Networks, Quality of Service and Operating System since more than ten years. member of the INRIA Reso project. Manager of the Workpackage Network (WP7) of the EU DataGRID project and scientifical coordinator of the french Grid project E-TOILE; Engineering).	Lectures	3	SN2.1/L	Grid Networks requirements. IP protocol. TCP protocol : main features, limits
									SN2.2/L	IP Service Differentiation - Elevated services - Non elevated services : ABE, EDS, QBSS.
									SN2.3/L	High Performance Transport protocol and TCP optimization
							Exercises	2	SN2.1/E	Configure and use tools and services for Grid status and networks performance measurement.
									SN2.2/E	Mesure and understand end to end performance of TCP connections over different types of links.