BELNET

BELNET

BELNET

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Belnet (the Belgian National research and education network) is a Belgian internet provider for educational institutions, research centres, scientific institutes and government services.[1][2] Since 1993, BELNET provides web services to higher education, federal departments and ministries and international organisations.[3]

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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,[4] and since 2009 it is also the operator of the BEgrid Portal (based on P-GRADE Portal technology).

On 4 and 5 May 2021, Belnet was subject to a massive DDOS attack that disrupted the accessibility of websites using the .be domain, including those of the Belgian government, parliament, police, educational and research institutions, health care, and public broadcasters,[5][6] forcing the postponement of parliamentary hearings relating to Uyghur genocide.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    "Who are we?". Belnet.be. Archived from the original on 2013-08-13. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
  2. [2]
    "1 in 3 Flemish cities and municipalities 'cannot guarantee services' due to internet problems". The Brussels Times. 14 January 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Home | Belspo". www.belspo.be. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  4. [4]
    "Announcement - Belgian research grid connects to world-wide grid". Belnet.be. 22 November 2005.
  5. [5]
    "Belgian government websites down after DDoS attack". The Brussels Times. 4 May 2021.
  6. [6]
    Helen Lyons (5 May 2021). "Belgian government websites still under cyberattack". The Brussels Times.
  7. [7]
    Véronique Kiesel (4 May 2021). "Cyberattaque: annulation forcée à la Chambre des auditions sur le Xinjiang". Le Soir (in French).


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