One of the main purposes of PlanetLab is to enable research into new Internet technology. Frequently, researchers will deploy technologies on PlanetLab that use the Internet in new ways. As a result, PlanetLab network traffic is sometimes viewed as anomalous by automated Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs), which may trigger alerts. If an alert is interpreted as a security threat by a system administrator or IDS, a complaint may be lodged against your site or other PlanetLab hosting sites.

Recent security incidents, and their resolution, are listed below:

1. Distribution of copyrighted material on a BitTorrent experiment

May 13-14, 2008 (Princeton University)

Participants:

• John Hartman
• Scott Baker
• Thierry Parmentelat
• Justin Cappos
• David Johnson
• Xavier Cuvellier
• Fred Kuhns
• Yogesh Mundada
• Mary Fernandez
• Trevor Jim
• Aki Nakao
• Ozaki Ryota
• Scott Kirkpatrick
• Daniel Hokka Zakrisson
• Larry Peterson
• Faiyaz Ahmed
• Andy Bavier
• Sapan Bhatia
• Marc Fiuczynski
• Scott Karlin
• Tony Mack
• Reid Moran
• CK Ong
• Stephen Soltesz

Slides:

• AT&T

• EverLab - one of the first Private PlanetLabs, operating 50 nodes in 8 sites in Europe

• KAIST

• OneLab (PlanetLab-EU) - European part of the PlanetLab platform, that operates in federation with PLC

• Polish Telecom - a Content Distribution Network testbed inside their commercial network has been built to perform tests of existing P2P related technologies for Video on Demand distribution of large files with QoS mechanisms

The HP Compaq dc7800 Business PC uses Intel vPro technology to simplify back-office management and reduce IT-related expenditures. Intel vPro technology is a combination of Active Management Technology (AMT) and Intel Virtualization Technology (IVT), which allows for improved management of PC systems and better security.

AMT provides Out-of-Band (OOB) remote access to a system regardless of the state of the operating system or power state as long as the system has AC power and is connected to a network. AMT is a hardware and firmware platform resident solution relying upon the Manageability Engine (ME) within the chipset.

In addition to serving as a research platform, PlanetLab is also being used by courses that give students first-hand experience with broad-coverage services. The following links point to course web pages for classes and seminars that have used PlanetLab. If you have a course page that you would like to have included on this list, please send e-mail to PlanetLab Support (support@planet-lab.org).

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• CS 525: Advanced Distributed Systems - Spring 2008