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AfNOG 2008 Workshop on Network Technology

AfNOG 2008 Atelier sur les Technologies Réseau

Rabat, Maroc (Morocco)

24 to 30 May 2008

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Introduction

This Workshop on Network Technology is held from 24 to 30 May 2008, in conjunction with the ninth meeting of the African Network Operators Group, AfNOG 2008, the eighth public meeting of AfriNIC, AfriNIC-8, and several other meetings from 31 May to 6 June 2008.

The venue for the workshop is the Ecole Mohammadia d'Ingénieurs, and the venue for the meetings is the Golden Tulip Farah Hotel, both in Rabat, Morocco.

The workshop aims to 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.

This workshop builds upon the experiences of the previous AfNOG workshops held in Cape Town (South Africa) in 2000, Accra (Ghana) in 2001, Lomé (Togo) in 2002, Kampala (Uganda) in 2003, Dakar (Sénégal) in 2004, Maputo (Moçambique) in 2005, Nairobi (Kenya) in 2006, Abuja (Nigeria) in 2007, and the Internet Society's INET workshops held from 1993–2000 at eight locations around the world.

AfNOG 2008 was made possible by generous contributions from several sponsors.

Goals

The goals of the Workshop are:

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

Workshop tracks / Thèmes des ateliers

An intensive program of instruction is planned for the workshop, composed of three instructional tracks in English, and one in French. Participants attend only one of the tracks, since the tracks run concurrently. All participants will engage in extensive hands-on training, setting up and managing prototype infrastructure and services.

Detailed information for each track appears below.

Introduction to Unix (in English)
SA-E – Unix System Administration (in English)
SS-E – Scalable Internet Services (in English)
SI-E – Scalable Network Infrastructure (in English)
SI-F – Infrastructure Réseaux IP (en français)

Additional Material

Workshop pictures
Selected software packages
Wireless Networking in the developing world, English (2nd ed), French, Spanish, Arabic.
How to Accelerate Your Internet
NLnet labs DNSSEC tutorial
Selected topics from INET2000 Network Training Workshop:
- Advanced BGP topics
- Policy track
Selected material from AfNOG 2007 Workshop on Network Technology