Imagining a new Internet architecture enables us to explore new networking concepts without the constraints imposed by the current infrastructure. In this presentation, we invite you to join us on our 14 years long expedition for creating the SCION next-generation secure Internet architecture.

Real-world deployment of a new internet architecture appears almost infeasible, faced by a long road to wide-spread adoption. A large part of the challenge are dependency loops among a number of constituents: end users, leaf (autonomous system) domains, ISPs, OS vendors, and application developers. End users rely on their leaf domain and applications or OS supporting the new architecture -- but their adoption is driven in turn by end user demand. Similarly, ISPs require leaf domain demand, but leaf domain demand can only emerge once ISPs offer the new technology.

To break these dependency cycles, we roll out a real-world deployment of the SCION secure network architecture connecting education and research institutions to the SCION production network. Applications running on hosts in these networks can immediately make use of the next-generation infrastructure thanks to a bootstrapping service, even without OS or local network device support. To provide sufficient incentives to applications to build SCION support into applications, we present a path towards reaching 1 million hosts in SCIONabled networks. On the path toward this vision, 12 R&D entities on 3 different continents are now connected with native SCION connectivity (in a non-overlay, SCION-native, "BGP free" manner). We present several applications and use cases that can be used across these campuses.

Adrian Perrig is a Professor at the Department of Computer Science at ETH Zürich, Switzerland, where he leads the network security group. He is also a Distinguished Fellow at CyLab, and an Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. From 2002 to 2012, he was a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Engineering and Public Policy, and Computer Science (courtesy) at Carnegie Mellon University. From 2007 to 2012, he served as the technical director for Carnegie Mellon's Cybersecurity Laboratory (CyLab). He earned his MS and PhD degrees in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University, and spent three years during his PhD at the University of California at Berkeley. He received his BSc degree in Computer Engineering from EPFL. He is a recipient of the ACM SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation Award. Adrian is an ACM and IEEE Fellow. Adrian's research revolves around building secure systems -- in particular his group is working on the SCION secure Internet architecture.