The following application was submitted (UTC) on Mon, 31 Jan 11 23:36:32 +0000
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
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Family Name (Last name, Surname)*: Gogwim
Full Name*: Gogwim, Joel Godwin
Employer/Organization*: University of Jos, Nigeria
Position/Title*: Systems Administrator
Business Address
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ICT Directorate, University of Jos, Nigeria
Business Phone: +234-8036058175
Alternate Telephone:
Email*: gogwim@unijos.edu.ng
URL: www.unijos.edu.ng
FAX:
Date of Birth: 1972-03-05
Country of Residence*: Nigeria
Passport Name: Gogwim, Joel Godwin
Passport Number: A02066928
Passport Issuing Country: Nigeria
Passport Issue Date: 2010-12-13
Passport Expiry Date: 2015-01-12
WORKSHOP SPECIFIC INFORMATION
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Workshop Applied For*: NM-E: Network Monitoring and Management
Reason for Track Choice*
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1. Managing users & applications'traffic - filtering traffic
2. Bandwidth management - Optimization, Performance and report generation
3. Network Devices & Services monitoring
4. Load Balancing and shaping techniques
5. Free Open Source Network monitoring & Management tools
6. Configuration management
7. Fault management
8. Performance management
9. Security management
10. Accounting managment
TECHNICAL SKILLS
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Unix User?*: true
How much have you used it?
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For Six years
Have you been a UNIX admin?*: true
Describe your experience (length of time, versions, etc.)
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I have UNIX based systems for six years. And these include FreeBSD 6.0; Ubuntu 7.0,8.0,10.04; CentOS5; Fedora core 3,4; Mandriva 2010; etc.
Have you used/administered TCP/IP nets?*: true
Describe
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I have administered and used TCP/IP network in University of Jos, Nigeria where connections to faculties are via fibre optic and at the Access/User layers we have Ethernet Cat5/5e/6 with Cisco Catalyst Switches for client connection. At the distribution layer, we have DHCP server (Linux based) that serve all the VLANs. Before 2010, our TCP/IP network was based on Private IP NAT implementation but now we have deployed the blocks of public IP Addresses we acquired from AfriNIC.
Have you set up and/or administered any of the following? Please give details
Bind or any other Nameservers*
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I have setup/administered BIND9.3.2 for the university DNS server.
Mail Transport Agents (ex. Sendmail, Exim, Postfix, Qmail)*
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I have built Postfix as our SMTP Server and also migrate to Zimbra mail.
Mailing List Managers (e.g. Majordomo or other list manager)*
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I have used Login Manager("Vlogin")with SquirrelMail
to manage usernames.
Web Systems/Servers (e.g. Apache, IIS or other web server)*
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I have built Apache server for the university website designed using Drupal; built Apche also for our students' portal, eLearning (Moodle)and DSpace.
Have you configured or otherwise managed any of the following? Please give details.
Routers*
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I have both configured and managed Cisco Routers 800, 1600, 1700, 1800, 2600, etc in our network and also in the University Cisco Regional Networking Academy as instructor. Briefly work with Vyatta and Mikrotik routers
Switches*
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I have work with varieties of switches including Cisco Catalyst, HP, 3Com, D-Link, Juniper, Linksys, Intel, etc.
Network Monitoring Systems*
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Briefly use Nagios, Mikrotik and Cisco Network Assistant
Network Operations Center (NOC)*
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I have not setup or administered a NOC.
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 university of Jos, Nigeria. I head the Network & Internet Services department of the ICT Directorate in University of Jos, Nigeria my duties and responsibilities include coordinating the following units of the department: Wired & Wireless; Server & Network Services; Network Security, e-Services. At the same time, I work with the server & Network Services and Security units as member of those units daily to ensure network and service availability for staff and students. I play a vital role in network operators workshops (ngNOG)in Nigeria right from the inception. Also as a full member of Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) and Computer Professional registry of Nigeria (CPN), I have been involve in the networking trainings organized by these bodies around the country as a facilitator/instructor and will continue to serve under this capacity.
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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OS: I have used and work with Linux, FreeBSD, and Windows
Networking Software: I have work with IOS, MikroTik, Vyatta and JUNOS.
Modems: I have work with Comtech EF DATA, iDirect, and DVB Skysream modem.
Scope of your institution (check all categories that apply)*
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Academic Network Provider
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Approximate number of full time staff at your institution*
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5000
How your training and current work prepare and qualify you for the track you wish to attend*
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I have been trained in many professional trainings like Cisco CCNP, CCDP and even AfNOG so these I hope will give me the basic to cope with the AfNOG Network Monitoring and Management track. Also, my six years experience as systems administrator of a large university network of three campuses will give me the fundamentals to flow well in this track.
How you expect to use the knowledge you gain at the workshop after you return to your country*
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I plan to disseminate the knowledge and experience gain from this workshop as follows:
1. Teach my colleagues back in University of Jos who are not opportune to attain
2. Use it to solve and overcome most of the problems we face daily in managing the university network and services and better manage our limited bandwidth
2. Share the knowledge and experience gain with colleagues in national workshops and training like JosNOG, ngNOG, NCS, CPN and Application of ICT to Teaching, Research and Administration (AICTTRA) in Nigeria higher institutions.
If you have previously attended AfNOG or INET Workshops for Developing Countries
Year and track you attended
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2007 E0, and 2008 SS-E
A precise description of how you have used the training you have received in the past
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I have used the knowledge in training others and better managed the university network services.
The significant advances in networking which have occurred in your country specifically
because of your knowledge and effort
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I was able to influenced Plateau State Polytechnic to built a Data Centre with basic services running for use by both staff and students. Before the commencement, I consult for them and trained their technical staff on managing the Data Centre. Currently I am working with them to develop students portal so that their registration next session will be online.
We have received staffs from Nasarawa State University, Benue State University and College of Education Akwanga, Nasarawa State on Internship who work directly in my department to learn best practices; presently a lot of changes had been recorded in their institutions as a result of this and remote assistance I do offer to them.
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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I am requesting for financial aid because my university will not be able to cater for both my travel expenses and also the attendance fees.
My organization and country will benefit from my training as I plan to disseminate the knowledge and experience gain from this workshop as follows:
1. Teach my colleagues back in University of Jos who are not opportune to attain
2. Use it to solve and overcome most of the problems we face daily in managing the university network and services and better manage our limited bandwidth
2. Share the knowledge and experience gain with colleagues in national workshops and training like JosNOG, ngNOG, NCS, CPN and Application of ICT to Teaching, Research and Administration (AICTTRA) in Nigeria higher institutions.
I have approached Telecoms like MTN Nigeria for sponsorship though I am yet to hear from them.
How will the finances be paid?
Your Institution
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700
Your Government
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Your personal contribution
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301
Amount you ask from AfNOG (less than $1,000)*
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999
REFEREES
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First Referee*
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Aminu Ibrahim
Convenor,
The Nigeria ICT Forum of Partnership Institutions LTD/GTE,
P.M.B. 498 Garki GPO,
25 Libreville Street, off Aminu Kano Crescent, Wuse II, Abuja.
Tel. Office: +234 9 874 6732; Mobile: +234 803 470 9404
URL: http://forum.org.ng; http://bandwidthconsortium.org/
mail: aminu@forum.org.ng
Second Referee*
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Prof. L.S.O. Liverpool
Mathematics Department
University of Jos, Nigeria
Tel: +234-8037000213
email: liverpoo@unijos.edu.ng
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