Introduction

Nik Mitev

IT Services specialist

Loughborough University

eduroam UK support

Quick overview● Distribute to every member organisation

● Test and report on compliance with the technical specification

– Authentication mechanism

– Port restrictions

– A few more

● Authenticates as a visiting user

● We only analyse the visited service

Latest additions● Moved from Barrier Breaker to Chaos Calmer

– May require recall of probes

– Not decided on update method for pilot probes

● Added generic port testing

– For ports required open by the technical specification

– Plain TCP/UDP only

– Not for protocols recognised by next-gen firewalls

– Required an update to the way tests are run and results collected

● Added a random offset to timing of tests

Issues we are working on● Port tester problematic behind NAT

● No remote access for troubleshooting

– May use 3G connectivity, coverage issues

● Options for keeping the OS updated

– Would require our own update server or

– 3G connection to oversee/troubleshoot updates

– Distribution upgrades likely to be harder to deploy remotely