The following application was submitted (UTC) on Fri, 04 Mar 11 10:36:43 +0000
Items with an '*' were required items in the application form.


PERSONAL INFORMATION
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Family Name (Last name, Surname)*:         ILUNGA
Full Name*:                                Alain
Employer/Organization*:                    Auto Transport Company
Position/Title*:                           IT Project Manager

Business Address
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43, Tombalbay Kinshasa/Gombe

Business Phone:                            00243990906338
Alternate Telephone:                       00243818135453
Email*:                                    alilunga@yahoo.fr
URL:                                       
FAX:                                       
Date of Birth:                             1967-02-27
Country of Residence*:                     Congo (RDC)
Passport Name:                             ILUNGA NGOIE ALAIN
Passport Number:                           OB0115934
Passport Issuing Country:                  Congo (RDC)
Passport Issue Date:                       2010-03-30
Passport Expiry Date:                      2015-03-29


WORKSHOP SPECIFIC INFORMATION
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Workshop Applied For*:                    NM-E: Network Monitoring and Management

Reason for Track Choice*
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I manage a network of more than 60 computers and provide training to professionals in charge of 
networks increasingly important. I think that a 
better monitoring, good practices would allow an
efficient administration. This training is an 
opportunity for me to increase my ability in administrating more complex and modern networks.


TECHNICAL SKILLS
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Unix User?*:                              true

How much have you used it?
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more than 10 years, daily.


Have you been a UNIX admin?*:             true

Describe your experience (length of time, versions, etc.)
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10 years in the ISP and Corporate environment, mainly in the implementation and administration of Messaging, Web, DNS, Backup, etc. I've used since 2010 different versions of Courier-Imap, Dovecot, Sendmail, Exim, Apache, Bind, Bacula, Squid, etc. on the FreeBSD, RedHat, Suse, Debian boxes.


Have you used/administered TCP/IP nets?*: true

Describe
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(Ethernet)
Wireless, wired TCP/IP connectivity
Satellite link management
Static routing (Including Cisco routers and FreeBSD, RedHat Gateways)


Have you set up and/or administered any of the following? Please give details

Bind or any other Nameservers*
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Bind9
DNS Caches, Authoritative DNS servers


Mail Transport Agents (ex. Sendmail, Exim, Postfix, Qmail)*
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Sendmail and Exim


Mailing List Managers (e.g. Majordomo or other list manager)*
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None


Web Systems/Servers (e.g. Apache, IIS or other web server)*
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Apache, IIS

Have you configured or otherwise managed any of the following? Please give details.

Routers*
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Cisco Routers (Static Routing)
FreeBSD and Redhat (Zebra)


Switches*
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Cisco Catalyst
Asante


Network Monitoring Systems*
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SNMP on Cisco routers (MRTG on Linux and FreeBSD)
Syslog on FreeBSD and RedHat


Network Operations Center (NOC)*
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No


CERT WORKSHOP APPLICANTS ONLY
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Which area of security interests you?
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What security interventions have you experienced?
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How do you intend to use the knowledge gained at the workshop?
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ROLE IN NATIONAL NETWORKING ACTIVITIES
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A description of your current employer, your position, your duties and 
responsibilities, and how they relate to current and future data 
networking activities in your country*
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My current employer is a Nissan, Ford and Volkswagen dealer having several sites in the country. As a IT Project Manager, I am responsible in managing the network infrastructure (including local and Wan links) and IT human ressources, developing IT solutions.
I am also heavily involved in training of IT professionals in Kinshasa and I help in Track E0 localization in some Francophone countries (Brazzaville, Kinshasa, Yaoundé)
I am involved in a project (in process of signing) that aims to electronically link several ministries and departments in the DRC, as onsite leader.
I think the country's imminent connection to the fiber (SAT3), my professional experience, involvement in the embryo to install a large-scale infrastructure involves strong capacity in the networks monitoring and management.


A brief description of your computing and networking environment (operating systems, 
networking software, modems, etc.), including the connectivity of your organization 
to the Internet and your country's connectivity to the international Internet*
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more than 100 employees
more than 80 computers (Windows XP, Vista, 7)
3 sites in Kinshasa
4 additional sites in the contry
VPN connection to the main site (OpenVPN server)
Satellite link on all sites, Comtec Modem, Front Cisco router
Windows 2003 servers for professionnal applications 
FreeBSD servers for Files Backup, Routers monitoring (mrtg), mail, web, vpn



Scope of your institution (check all categories that apply)*
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Commercial Network Provider

NGO Network Provider
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Approximate number of full time staff at your institution*
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150


How your training and current work prepare and qualify you for the track you wish to attend*
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I manage and help in increasingly large networks, good management requires adequate monitoring, hence the need for training in the administration and monitoring networks.


How you expect to use the knowledge you gain at the workshop after you return to your country*
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Improve my network, get into more ambitious projects in training, implementation 


If you have previously attended AfNOG or INET Workshops for Developing Countries 
Year and track you attended
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Scalable Internet services (Afnog 2003), Scalable Infrastructure services (Afnog 2004), Unix System Administration (Afnog 2005)


A precise description of how you have used the training you have received in the past
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ISP platform implementation (CITRACO Consultant) Mail, Web, DNS, Gateway, 
Sharing knowledge (Workshops)
Introduce FreeBSD on the Windows based corporates


The significant advances in networking which have occurred in your country specifically 
because of your knowledge and effort
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Essentialy in the training side, Hundred of IT professional trained
Use of local technicians in the deployment of the network the independent electoral commission during the 2006 presidential elections, (participated as expert) 


FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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Are you are requesting financial aid from the AfNOG Workshop for attending the 
workshop and meetings, or for travel costs?*
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Requested aid to cover the attendance fees.


Explain why you are asking for financial assistance.  How will your
organisation and your country benefit from your training?  What other
sources of funding have you approached, and what were the results?
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Having not yet received my institution agreement,  difficult agreement indeed, extroversion of Congolese economy. My participation to the workshop depend on my personal effort, I have an independant project in the country. Therefore I request financial assistance from Afnog.


How will the finances be paid?

Your Institution
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$0

Your Government
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$0

Your personal contribution
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$1,000

Amount you ask from AfNOG (less than $1,000)*
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$1,000



REFEREES
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First Referee*
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Richard CIBANGU
CEO Citraco
citraco@hotmail.com
00243999943007


Second Referee*
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Michuki MWANGI
mwangi@isoc.org
00254733570705


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