5/7/2002 Vidmid-vc: Middleware for Video Conferencing Services Egon Verharen, SURFnet Vidmid-vc chair Middleware Vidmid VC History, Scope, Status, Authentication & Authorization, Object classes and dir.services, Resource discovery

5/7/2002Internet2 Spring member meeting 2002, Background Why Collaboration does not know boundaries Services coming your way Shared need & interest Formed in spring 2001 Spent some time naming and scoping Critical insight and momentum from ViDe & Internet2 Middleware (MACE & Shibboleth) leaders Focus on videoconferencing and video-on-demand for their middleware requirements Component of NSF Middleware Initiative (NMI) NMI-EDIT

5/7/2002Internet2 Spring member meeting 2002, Middleware and federated administrations Middleware It’s not the network, it’s not applications, it’s the stuff nobody wants to do Stuff Identification (“who are you?”) Authentication (“prove me who you are”) Authorization (“I tell you want you can do”) Directory services (where the info is stored) Security Federated Administration Virtual organisations/Communities of interest Trust-based connection between (local) security domains –Higher ed

5/7/2002Internet2 Spring member meeting 2002, Where are we ? H.323, SIP, multicast tools

5/7/2002Internet2 Spring member meeting 2002, Vidmid in id-world Campus authentication Enterprise directory Web services and servers WebISO Learning Management Systems Personal Portals Objectclass standards (e.g.eduperson, gridperson) Content Portals Shibboleth exchange of attributes Future PKI DoDHE et al. Future PKI Interrealm Security Domain Grids et al.

5/7/2002Internet2 Spring member meeting 2002, Vidmid VideoConferencing Goals: Enable authenticated and authorized call setup Work out architectural issues –Id, Authnz, Dir. + Resource discovery, security/PKI (for encryption, authentication, signing) –Both intra- and interrealm Identify infrastructure to support interrealm community video –H.323, SIP, VRVS/AG (multicast) Instigate client/gw development foster interoperability at identifier, security and video stream levels –Engage industry players

5/7/2002Internet2 Spring member meeting 2002, Vidmid VC status Prioritized Workplan from vidmid-vc UNC, nov Deliverables: Scenario’s Object Classes & Directory services –Video-app directory –ITU standard –Implementation: directory of video-directoriesdirectory of video-directories Resource discovery whitepaper –Where to find the objects & services Users, endpoints, gatekeepers/proxies/registries, dialing instructs, MCUs, gateways, …

5/7/2002Internet2 Spring member meeting 2002, Enterprise Directory User data cn. commURI Gatekeeper Local endpoint tables Figure 1. Relationship of H323 LDAP components h323 LDAP Server commObject data. commUniqueId commOwner

5/7/2002Internet2 Spring member meeting 2002, Vidmid VC status, deliverables Framework of requirements, thread models and security services Flows and architecture for (inter-realm) authentication and authorization –Conferencing attributes –endpoint authentication –datastream protection Testbeds –SIP –H323 –interdomain –international

5/7/2002Internet2 Spring member meeting 2002, A&A call setup EP auth 1 GK/proxy server 2 reg. autz 3 Ent.p. autz ? Shibb? 4 5 autz 6 Ent.p. autz 7 8:OK media 9 1a & 2a

5/7/2002Internet2 Spring member meeting 2002, Summary Vidmid on speed Deliverables ready Object classes White paper on resource discovery, authnz Near Future SIP clients Directory testbed Prepare And join

5/7/2002Internet2 Spring member meeting 2002, Background info, URLs & docs Vidmid website Workplan vidmid-vc Scenario’s (Art Vandenberg GSU, Mary Fran Yafchak SURA, EV) Object Classes & Directory services (Tyler Johnson UNC, RadVision) Resource discovery whitepaper (Art Vandenberg, GSU) 01.txthttp://middleware.internet2.edu/video/draft-internet2-vidmid-vc-resource-discovery- 01.txt Directory of video-directories (ViDeNet)

5/7/2002Internet2 Spring member meeting 2002, Other joint research Networking –QoS for digvid applications (TF-NGN, I2 QoS) –Network analysis and simulation tools (TF-NGN, VideNet Scout, I2 e2e) –High-reliability architectures (TF-STREAM) –Multicast address space management (Geant) –IPv6 (6net wp’s) Middleware –Globally-scaleable H.323 number/dial plan & update (TF- STREAM, ViDe NASM) –Inter-gatekeeper communication (ViDeNet) –Security and authentication (I2 vidmid) –Directory services (I2 vidmid, ViDeNet, TF-LSD)

5/7/2002Internet2 Spring member meeting 2002, Areas for Joint R&D Videoconferencing –Gateway development (I2 Commons) VRVS, AccessGrid (see next pres), MPEG-2, MJPEG –SIP & VoIP (many, vidmid, TERENA?) –Integration alternative media streams (I2, AccessGrid) e.g. MPEG-4 & HDTV & MJPEG) –Data collaboration tools (ViDe, AccessGrid) –(Semi)Automated scheduling (VRVS, AccessGrid, …)

5/7/2002Internet2 Spring member meeting 2002, H.323 authenticated call setup H.323: Terminals register with gatekeeper (H RAS: registration, admission, status) Terminals call each other (H Call signaling) audio/video traffic exchange (RTP) For authn: H.235 annex D (username/passwd), annex E (cert, PKI)