UbuntuNet-Connect 2020

Session

Subtheme 1: Off-campus Connectivity and Innovation

18 Nov 2020, 12:00

Virtual Conference

1. Off-campus eduroam to support secure remote learning: The case for RENU during the COVID-19 pandemic

Hellen hnakawungu Kabuubi (RENU)

18/11/2020, 12:00

eduroam (education roaming) is a world-wide trusted and secure Wi-Fi network for researchers, students and staff of education and research institutions. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, globally, most NRENs typically deployed eduroam only in the networks of their member institutions, whereby users could only access eduroam when they visited any campus that had deployed eduroam. However, that...

2. NKN: Key enabler for creating a paradigm shift for knowledge sharing during COVID

seema khanna

18/11/2020, 12:20

3. Supporting Resilient Off-Campus Access in a Disrupted Environment

KENNEDY ASEDA (KENYA EDUCATION NETWORK)

18/11/2020, 12:40

Teaching & Research has largely been based on on-campus models where researchers, faculty and
students have traditionally conducted their core business primarily from within their home
institutions with remote or off-campus access only initiated whenever there is collaboration with
other institutions.
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted to closure of all educational institutions in Kenya...

4. Advances in Collaboration in R&E Networking between Africa, Latin America and the U.S.

Heidi Morgan (USC-ISI)

18/11/2020, 13:00

5. eduVPN and how to deal securely with generalised remote working

Tangui Coulouarn (DeiC)

18/11/2020, 13:20

eduVPN is a VPN solution targeting the research and education community. The purpose of the solution is to provide secure access both to private institutional networks as well as public networks. eduVPN is one of the very few fully free software solution for VPN, both on server and client server sides. Different client apps have been created for Windows, Linux, macOS, Android and iOS; the...