BELNET
Encyclopedia
BELNET is a Belgian internet provider for research institutions. Beginning in 1989, BELNET provides web services to higher education, federal departments and ministries, and international organisations.
BELNET operates the Belgian CERT, BE-CERT, and the Belgian National Internet eXchange
(BNIX) since 1995. BELNET is connected to GÉANT
, the high speed pan-european rsearch backbone and to several European internet exchanges and is active in Grid computing
.
Since 2001, BELNET provides IPv6
connectivity and multicast
access to its customers.
One of BELNET's FTP servers is a mirror for holding several files related to the FOSS
and GNU
communities, as well as Linux
distros such as Ubuntu
, Debian
, Gentoo
, and Fedora
.
Since 2004, BELNET is the operator of BEgrid, the Belgian research grid infrastructure, and since 2009 it is also the operator of the BEgrid Portal (based on P-GRADE Portal
technology).
BELNET operates the Belgian CERT, BE-CERT, and the Belgian National Internet eXchange
Belgian National Internet eXchange
The Belgian National Internet eXchange is an Internet Exchange Point operated by the Belgian national research network BELNET. Created in 1995, it is one of the charter members of Euro-IX, the European Internet Exchange Association....
(BNIX) since 1995. BELNET is connected to GÉANT
GEANT
GÉANT is the main European multi-gigabit computer network for research and education purposes...
, the high speed pan-european rsearch backbone and to several European internet exchanges and is active in Grid computing
Grid computing
Grid computing is a term referring to the combination of computer resources from multiple administrative domains to reach a common goal. The grid can be thought of as a distributed system with non-interactive workloads that involve a large number of files...
.
Since 2001, BELNET provides IPv6
IPv6
Internet Protocol version 6 is a version of the Internet Protocol . It is designed to succeed the Internet Protocol version 4...
connectivity and multicast
Multicast
In computer networking, multicast is the delivery of a message or information to a group of destination computers simultaneously in a single transmission from the source creating copies automatically in other network elements, such as routers, only when the topology of the network requires...
access to its customers.
One of BELNET's FTP servers is a mirror for holding several files related to the FOSS
Foss
Foss may refer toPeople*Foss , people with the last name Foss*Foss Shanahan , New Zealand diplomat*Foss Westcott , English bishop...
and GNU
GNU
GNU is a Unix-like computer operating system developed by the GNU project, ultimately aiming to be a "complete Unix-compatible software system"...
communities, as well as Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
distros such as Ubuntu
Ubuntu (operating system)
Ubuntu is a computer operating system based on the Debian Linux distribution and distributed as free and open source software. It is named after the Southern African philosophy of Ubuntu...
, Debian
Debian
Debian is a computer operating system composed of software packages released as free and open source software primarily under the GNU General Public License along with other free software licenses. Debian GNU/Linux, which includes the GNU OS tools and Linux kernel, is a popular and influential...
, Gentoo
Gentoo Linux
Gentoo Linux is a computer operating system built on top of the Linux kernel and based on the Portage package management system. It is distributed as free and open source software. Unlike a conventional software distribution, the user compiles the source code locally according to their chosen...
, and Fedora
Fedora (operating system)
Fedora is a RPM-based, general purpose collection of software, including an operating system based on the Linux kernel, developed by the community-supported Fedora Project and sponsored by Red Hat...
.
Since 2004, BELNET is the operator of BEgrid, the Belgian research grid infrastructure, and since 2009 it is also the operator of the BEgrid Portal (based on P-GRADE Portal
P-GRADE Portal
The P-GRADE Grid Portal is a grid portal solution that allows users to manage the whole life-cycle of executing a parallel application in a grid, enabling the creation, execution and monitoring of workflows through high-level Web interfaces....
technology).