TzNOG Workshops

Dates: August 4 - 9, 2014
Location: Mwanza, Tanzania
Host: TBD.
Venue: ​JB Belmont Hotel

Two parallel workshops will be offered during the Tanzania Network Operators Group (TZNOG) meeting. The workshops will be held from Monday, August 4 through Friday, August 9, 2014. The TZNOG meeting and workshops will take place in Mwanza, Tanzania at the ​JB Belmont Hotel.

Routing and Switching Workshop

This course on Fundamentals of Routing and Switching uses hands-on training in a virtualized environment over a five-day period to teach skills required for the configuration and operation of IP networks connected to the Internet.The topics covered include: Basic routing; Basic ISIS routing; Intermediate BGP routing; Management of router configuration; and NOC (Network Operations Centre); Labs constitute about 60% of the course.

Systems and Network Security Workshop

This workshop will focus on security from the network perspective (ingress, egress filters, BCP 38, network intrusion detection, network traffic) as well as from the server side (proper admin procedures, firewalls, secure services, etc.). The workshop is aimed at Network and System administrators who are interested in learning best practices for maintaining a secure and stable operating environment. Please review the Agenda to see the topics to be covered. Labs constitute about 60% of the course.

Workshop Goals

• Train network engineering staff from Tanzanian organizations on how to design, build and secure scalable and sustainable networks.
• Learn best practices and methodology for securing networks, including:
  • Proper monitoring
  • Proper services build-out
  • Routing, switching and access control techniques with security in mind
• Strengthen the human network of the Tanzanian technical community in developing national and regional cyberinfrastructure

Requirements

• Some Linux/UNIX experience
• Knowledge of TCP/IP protocols and layer 2 and layer 3 network basics

Recommended Software

SSH

• PuTTY for Windows
• Linux/UNIX and Mac OS already have SSH installed. DO NOT USE PUTTY FOR LINUX OR MAC!

VNC

• TightVNC for windows (32bit)
• TightVNC for windows (64bit)
• Ubuntu users should have vinagre installed by default (or apt-get install vinagre will get it. Alternatively apt-get install xtightvncviewer gets tightvnc for Ubuntu installed)
• OS X has an inbuilt VNC client that you access from the Finder application (command+k) but it doesn't easily allow you to specify port numbers besides the default so try the Chicken VNC client

Workshop Items

• Agendas (includes links to presentations and schedule)
  • Intro2Linux: Introduction to Using Linux / UNIX and Networking
  • Track1: Routing and Switching
  • Track2: Systems and Network Security
• Workshop Participants
• Sponsors
• ​Workshop Evaluation

References

• Reference Materials
• Workshop Network Diagram
• Participant Diagrams and Documents
• Group Photos:
• Workshop Photos:

• TracGuide -- Built-in Documentation
• TitleIndex -- Complete list of local wiki pages
• WikiFormatting -- Trac wiki formatting language

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