| Lead sector | Other sectors | Start | Project Duration in Months |
|---|---|---|---|
| RESEARCH | 1 DECEMBER 1995 | 24 |
Project Objectives, Summary description and anticipated results:
The aim of the ICE-TEL project is to offer solutions to the problem of security on the Internet as used by industrial and academic research. This will be achieved by support for the usage of secured applications where users need to be certified, by providing a large scale public key certification infrastructure in a number of European countries and by providing all the necessary technology components which allow the deployment . In particular, the project will:
. develop and deploy the necessary tools for both the provision of the security infrastructure and the support of users of the infrastructure for a variety of platforms (Unix, PC, Macintosh),
. develop and deploy security toolkits which allow to integrate public key based security services into virtually any application, and which make use of the security infrastructure,
. develop and deploy security enabled user services which immediately allow to use the certification infrastructure without further application integration,
. support the integration of security services into applications, and provide secure testbeds for applications.
Main validation of the applicability and usability of the tools will be in three selected applications as part of the project, and in other TELEMATICS APPLICATIONS-, ACTS- and ESPRIT-projects. The three selected applications are:
1. Secure communication between administrations and electronic request and delivery of documents in the region of Torino, coordinated within the EU-sponsored „Information Society Network",
2. Secure communication between national Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) and other distributed network support groups,
3. Provision of a security enabled electronic Directory service for a large British research agency.
The project will take it's basis from existing security developments from earlier EU projects and with background technology from project partners and set up an initial certification infrastructure at the beginning of the project.
Major Validation sites:
| Institution/ Organisations | City/Town + Postal Code | Region | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Certification Authority- Providers and Users: DFN, UKERNA | All major cities in Germany All Major Cities in UK | - | DE, UK and many European national research networks |
| Computer Emergency Response Teams CERTs: DFN, UKERNA | All major cities in Germany All Major Cities in UK | - | DE, UK and many European national research networks |
| Regional Administrations | Torino, Barcelona | IT11, ES51 | IT,ES |
| Defence Research Agency | Malvern (UK) | UK55 | UK |
Other Characteristics of the Project:
| Users Involved |
|---|
| Researchers, research students, communal and regional administration employees and clients, technical professionals. |
| Technologies and/or approach used |
| Public key cryptography, symmetric cryptography, smartcard technology, broad spectrum of network technology, Internet and OSI communication technology (WWW, X.500 Directories, E-Mail). |
| Expected benefits for the citizen |
| Unlimited information exchange, electronic transactions and telecooperation over open networks will impact everyone's life in the future. Security technology to protect their assets and their privacy is vital. |
| Expected benefits for the users of the application |
| Increased usage of telematics due to increased protection of electronic communication, privacy protection, protection of corporate networks and computers, secured communication in an open environment |
| Expected benefits for the European Industries |
| There should be benefits from the User industries, in improving their productivity by use of the techniques pioneered in ICE-TEL; it is also vital that the supplier industry get a better feel for the impact of the technology on their products. Finally, it is vital that the European industry develop their own standard security technology and products to avoid dependencies from prevalent export regulations, particularly in the US. |
| Contribution to EU-policies |
| It is the policy of the EU to promote the Information Society and adequate security and privacy protection is an important pre-requisite for this |
Coordinator:
| Institution/ Organisations | City + Postal Code | Region | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| GMD - Forschungszentrum Informationstechnik GmbH | Darmstadt, 64293 | DE71 | DE |
| Parent company | Controlling Company (Country) | ||
| n/a | n/a |
Contact person from the Coordinating Contractor:
| Title, First Name, Name | Wolfgang Schneider | Address: | Dolivostr. 15, 64293 Darmstadt, DE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tel: | +49 6151 869 700 | Fax: | +49 6151 869 704 |
| E-mail 1: | schneider@gmd.de | E-mail 2: |
Other Contractors:
| Participants Code | Name of Institution/Organisation | City + Postal Code | Region | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C 2 | University College London | London WC1E 6BT | UK55 | GB |
| C 3 | ISODE Consortium Ltd. | London TW9 1DT | UK55 | GB |
| C 4 | Computer Security Technologies AB | Stockholm 16428 | SE01 | SE |
| C 5 | Software and Systems Engineering Ltd | Dublin | IE002 | IE |
| C 6 | Intrasoft SA | Athens, 11525 | GR3 | GR |
| C 7 | IAIK, Technische UniversitŠt Graz | Graz 8010 | AT22 | AT |
| C 8 | Politecnico di Torino | Torino 10129 | IT11 | IT |
| C 9 | University of Salford | Salford M5 4WT | UK82 | GB |
| C 10 | Danish Computing Centre for Research and Education | Copenhagen 2100 | DK002 | DK |
| C 11 | Uninett A/S | Trondheim 7002 | NO | |
| C 12 | Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores | Lisboa 1000 | PT13 | PT |
| C 13 | Fundacao para o Desenvolvimento Dos Meios Nacionais de Calculo Cientifico | Lisboa 1799 | PT13 | PT |
| C 14 | Fundacio Catalana per a la Recerca | Barcelona 8010 | ES51 | ES |
| C 15 | Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya | Barcelona 8071 | ES51 | ES |
| C 16 | Josef Stefan Insitute, University of Ljubljana | Ljubljana 61000 | SI | |
| C 17 | Institute of Cybernetics | Tallinn EE0026 | EE |