Catalogue of services

Basic Service

• Access to the CESNET e-infrastructure – connection of an organisation

Network services

• IP connectivity (IP) – native IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity
• Dedicated circuits and network (Circuit) – VLAN, VPN
• Lambda services (Lambda) – dedicated optical point-to-point channels
• Photonic services (Photonic) – point-to-point interconnections on pure optical basis
• Experimental network environment (Testbed) – reservation of infrastructure components for testing

Computation and development environment

• Massive computations (MetaCentrum) – grid, cloud, and hadoop platforms
• Application licences – application SW for massive computations
• Virtual servers – virtual servers on a reliable virtualisation infrastructure
• Development and test environment (PlanetLab) – platform for network protocol and application development

Data storage and backup

• Data storage – data storage, backup and archiving
• FileSender – large files transmission
• ownCloud – user data storage and synchronisation

Collaboration support and multimedia

• Videoconference – remote users communication
• Webconference – remote users communication with minimal requirements on own equipment
• IP telephony – telephone conversations over the network
• Streaming – internet broadcasting of events and lectures
• Special video transmissions – high definition multimedia transmissions
• Videoarchive – multimedia files archive

Security

• Security incidents resolutions (CSIRT) – response to security incidents
• RTBH filter – protection against unwanted traffic
• Warden – sharing of security incidents informations
• Mentat – SIEM for processing of security incidents informations
• Forensic laboratory (FLAB) – forensic analysis, penetration and stress tests

Infrastructure services

• Address resources allocation (NIC) – allocation of IP addresses
• DNS services – recursive and authoritative DNS serveres
• Time services – time synchronisation
• Backup mail server – receiving mail in case of failure of the primary server
• Antispam Gateway – protection against unsolicited email

Identity management

• eduID.cz – simple access to network services
• eIDAS – remote electronic signing and signature validation
• eduroam – user roaming and authentication
• Certificates for users and servers (PKI) – for SSL and digital signature
• Perun – Identity and Access Management System
• Time-Stamp Authority (TSA) – verification of existence of an object in the given time

Monitoring and measurements

• Service Desk – monitoring centre and nonstop helpdesk
• Network Operations Center (NOC) – supervisory of the infrastructure
• Network traffic monitoring (FTAS) – data transmission monitoring
• Monitoring of network quality (G3) – monitoring of network quality parameters

Consultations and training

• CESNET Day – presentation of e-infrastructure services
• Trainings and workshops – on expert topics
• Consultations – in relevant fields
• Working Groups – community support

Expert services and technology transfer

• Dedicated installations and system administration – usage of in-house developed systems by other organisations
• Expert services; laboratories; technology transfer – designing of optical systems, licensing of our results

More information

• Services for our members – classification of standard and extraordinary services

Last change: 8.9.2023