{{short description|National research and education network}} {{Infobox organization | name = Slovak Academic Network | abbreviation = SANET | image = SANET Slovakia logo.png | image_border = | image_size = | image_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 network]]ing organisation of [[Slovakia]]. The SANET association is a non-profit organisation whose members contribute to the operations of the network.<ref>{{cite book|title=15 Years of SANET|url=http://www.sanet.sk/buletin_sanet_en.pdf|year=2006|accessdate=13 September 2013|publisher=SANET}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> It is a member of [[TERENA]].
==Network services== The SANET network connects locations in 23 towns. The network infrastructure is based on leased [[dark fibre]]s. 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).<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title= SANET in the CEENet Infrastructure Knowledge Base |url= http://wiki.ceengine.eu/SANET|accessdate= 12 September 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title= SANET a small giant |date= November 2012 |url= http://www.ceengine.eu/newsletter/issue6/|accessdate= 13 September 2013 }}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{Cite web |title= eduroam in Slovakia |url= http://www.eduroam.sk/en/eduroam.shtm|accessdate= 13 September 2013 }}</ref> In 2011 SANET joined the [[TERENA]] Certificate Service, enabling the provision of server [[Digital certificate|certificates]] to its connected institutions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SANET TCS |url= https://tcs.sanet.sk/info/|accessdate= 12 September 2013 }}</ref>
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== External links == * {{Official website|1=https://www.sanet.sk/?page_id=2381}}
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