About the third AfNOG meeting in Lome

In conjunction with the third meeting of African Network Operators Group (AfNOG) in May 2002, AfNOG is holding a Network Technology Workshop prior to the meeting. The workshop will be held in facilities of the Mercure Hotel, Sarakawa, Lome, Togo, during May 05 - May 10, 2002. The workshop will offer advanced training to operators of existing African Internet Service Providers (ISPs) who are participants in the process of developing and enhancing a national Internet with regional and international connectivity.

Attendance at the workshop includes attendance at AfNOG's third meeting, AfNOG 2002 , and the third of AfriNIC (www.afrinic.org), which will be held in Lome on May 12th-13th and 14th respectively, following the workshop.

This workshop builds upon the experiences of the previous AfNOG workshops held in Cape Town, South Africa, Accra, Ghana and the INET workshops held during 1993-2000 at eight locations around the world.

GOALS

The goals of the workshop are:

1. To train a critical mass of trainers and professionals in network infrastructure and services to be able to support an extension of Internet-related activities within the African countries represented.

2. To identify and share individual and institutional contacts as well as information sources that will assist the process of national development, using international Internet connections.

3. To build robust professional linkages between all participants in the programs so that the mentor-student and colleague-colleague relationships formed during the workshop and conferences will remain strong and of continuing usefulness well beyond the workshop and conference.

4. To increase the level of co-operation among existing projects and activities for establishing public data networks in Africa.

5. To train people and groups of people who will return to their country and region and who will teach others what they have learned at the workshop.

PROGRAM

An intensive program of instruction is planned for the workshop, composed of two instructional tracks.

Participants attend only one of the two tracks, since the tracks run concurrently.

All participants will engage in extensive hands-on training, setting up and managing prototype infrastructure and services.

The course descriptions below include for each instructional track:

1. Who should attend this course.
2. What you need to know to enter this course and benefit from it
(Prerequisites).
3. What you will learn in this course (Subjects).

TRACK 1. SCALABLE INTERNET SERVICES

Who should attend: Technical staff who are now providing mail, file, web, and other TCP/IP based services to local and/or dial-up end users.

Prerequisites: UNIX use and some Unix system administration.

Subjects: large-scale provision of UNIX-based TCP/IP services such as:

DNS (Domain Name Service)
SMTP mail exchange
POP mail delivery
Mailing lists
HTTP web service
Security
TRACK 2. SCALABLE NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE
Who should attend: Technical staff who are now operating a wide area TCP/IP network, likely with international and/or multi-provider connectivity. Those who will be involved in the establishment and/or operation of a basic national network infrastructure in the country.

Prerequisites: experience using TCP/IP-based networking technologies.

Subjects: configuration and operation of larger scale backbones, including:

Basic routing
OSPF routing
BGP routing (limited)
Management of router configuration
NOC (Network Operation Center)
Exchange points between networks
Security
TRACK 3. FRENCH TRACK ( same as Track 2)

Base des reseaux IP
Bases de configuration des routeurs Cisco
Routage statique (utilisation d'Unix et de Routeur Cisco)
OSPF
Architecture d'un reseau redondant
BGP
NOC services et application
Securite Reseau

PLACE
The workshop activities to be held at the Mercure Hotel, Sarakawa, Lome, Togo . Sponsored participants will be offered room and board at the Mercure Hotel during the workshop and the AfNOG and AfriNIC meetings, which follow. Shuttle bus and taxi transportation is available from the airport to the workshop accommodations.

DATES

Participants should plan to arrive in Lome on or before 1800 hours on Saturday 4th May,2002, and leave after 1800 hours on Tuesday 14th May. Workshop sessions will be held starting in the afternoon, Sunday 05th May, and end in the evening of Friday 05th May.

The AfNOG 2002 meeting begins at 0900 hours, Sunday 12th May 2002, and AfriNIC begins at 0900 hours, Tuesday, 14th May 2002.

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