SANET
{{short description|National research and education network}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Slovak Academic Network
| abbreviation = SANET
| motto =
| image = SANET Slovakia logo.png
| image_border =
| size =
| alt = SANET Logo
| formation = 2001
| purpose =
| headquarters = Bratislava, Slovakia
| status = Association
| region_served = Slovakia
| leader_title = President of the Board of Directors
| leader_name = Pavol Horváth
| main_organ = General Assembly
| website = {{URL|1=https://www.sanet.sk/?page_id=2381|2=www.sanet.sk/}}
}}
SANET (Slovak academic network) is the national research and education networking organisation of Slovakia. The SANET association is a non-profit organisation whose members contribute to the operations of the network.{{cite book|title=15 Years of SANET|url=http://www.sanet.sk/buletin_sanet_en.pdf|year=2006|accessdate=13 September 2013|publisher=SANET}}{{Cite web |title= SANET in the 2012 edition of the Compendium of NRENs in Europe|url=
http://www.terena.org/activities/compendium/2012/?nrenid=38|accessdate= 13 September 2013}} It is a member of TERENA.
Network services
The SANET network connects locations in 23 towns. The network infrastructure is based on leased dark fibres. The network topology is configured as two rings providing full resilience with a maximum delay of 5 ms. Connectivity to the domestic commodity Internet is realised through an Ethernet link at 10 Gbit/s to the Slovak Internet exchange point SIX located in the Computer Center of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. International connectivity is provided through cross-border dark fibres at 10 Gbit/s to the ACOnet node in Vienna, the CESNET node in Brno and the PIONIER node in Bielsko-Biała, as well as local links in Bratislava to the points of presence of GÉANT (1 Gbit/s) and of GTS (2 Gbit/s).{{Cite web |title= ACOnet - CESNET - SANET Triangle |date= 9 November 2006 |url= http://www.terena.org/news/fullstory.php?news_id=2030|accessdate= 14 September 2013 }}{{Cite web |title= SANET in the CEENet Infrastructure Knowledge Base |url= http://wiki.ceengine.eu/SANET|accessdate= 12 September 2013 }}{{Cite web |title= SANET a small giant |date= November 2012 |url= http://www.ceengine.eu/newsletter/issue6/|accessdate= 13 September 2013 }}
Other services
Besides access to the SANET network, the European academic backbone network GÉANT and the global Internet, SANET provides web hosting, email hosting and DNS hosting as services to its user community. SANET is also the National Roaming Operator for the worldwide eduroam roaming service.{{Cite web |title= eduroam in Slovakia |url= http://www.eduroam.sk/en/eduroam.shtm|accessdate= 13 September 2013 }} In 2011 SANET joined the TERENA Certificate Service, enabling the provision of server certificates to its connected institutions.{{Cite web |title=SANET TCS |url= https://tcs.sanet.sk/info/|accessdate= 12 September 2013 }}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|1=https://www.sanet.sk/?page_id=2381}}