The following application was submitted (UTC) on Tue, 22 Feb 11 08:17:53 +0000 Items with an '*' were required items in the application form. PERSONAL INFORMATION ==================== Family Name (Last name, Surname)*: MUSOKWA Full Name*: SCHOLASTICA Employer/Organization*: SIMBANET TANZANIA LTD Position/Title*: TEAM LEADER NETWORKS Business Address ---------------- BOX 14827 DAR ES SALAAM Business Phone: 255685110466 Alternate Telephone: 255755001205 Email*: schola@simbanet.co.tz URL: www.simbanet.co.tz FAX: N/A Date of Birth: 1978-04-02 Country of Residence*: TANZANIA Passport Name: SCHOLASTICA LUPAKISYO MUSOKWA Passport Number: AB258102 Passport Issuing Country: TANZANIA Passport Issue Date: 2008-01-08 Passport Expiry Date: 2018-01-07 WORKSHOP SPECIFIC INFORMATION ============================= Workshop Applied For*: AR-E: Advanced Routing Techniques Reason for Track Choice* ------------------------ ON CISCO AND JUNIPER; BGP MULTI-HOMING, BGP COMMUNITIES, ROUTING POLICIES AND FILTERING, MPLS, SCALABLE IBGP, MP-BGP. TECHNICAL SKILLS ================ Unix User?*: true How much have you used it? -------------------------- INSTALLED SERVER WITH ONE APPLICATION USE BASH SHELL COMFORTABLY Have you been a UNIX admin?*: false Describe your experience (length of time, versions, etc.) --------------------------------------------------------- REDHAT 9 CENTOS 5.2 FEDORA 9 INSTALLED AND CAN USE COMFORTABLY Have you used/administered TCP/IP nets?*: true Describe --------- ROUTER CONFIGURATION INCLUDING RIP, BGP, ISIS, MPLS,ACCESS LISTS, BANDWIDTH MANAGEMENT. CUSTOMER EDGE AND PROVIDER EDGE ROUTERS FOR VARIOUS CONNECTIVITIES. Have you set up and/or administered any of the following? Please give details Bind or any other Nameservers* ------------------------------ NO Mail Transport Agents (ex. Sendmail, Exim, Postfix, Qmail)* ----------------------------------------------------------- NO Mailing List Managers (e.g. Majordomo or other list manager)* ------------------------------------------------------------- NO Web Systems/Servers (e.g. Apache, IIS or other web server)* ------------------------------------------------------------ NO Have you configured or otherwise managed any of the following? Please give details. Routers* -------- YES C800,... ASR1000 JUNIPER: J2350 IBGP, EBGP, ISIS, MPLS, VRF Switches* --------- YES CISCO CATALYST VLANS, STP Network Monitoring Systems* ---------------------------- IDIRECT NMS, CACTI SERVER, THE DUDE,THE OPMANAGER Network Operations Center (NOC)* -------------------------------- I WORK AS A NETWORK TEAM LEADER IN THE SIMBANET NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTER. AM RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING CONFIGURATIONS AND AM ALSO PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT TEAM. CERT WORKSHOP APPLICANTS ONLY ============================= Which area of security interests you? ------------------------------------- What security interventions have you experienced? ------------------------------------------------- How do you intend to use the knowledge gained at the workshop? -------------------------------------------------------------- ROLE IN NATIONAL NETWORKING ACTIVITIES ====================================== 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* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- MY EMPLOYER IS ONE OF THE LEADING DATA AND INTERNET PROVIDERS IN THE COUNTRY, WITH PARTNERS IN KENYA AND NIGERIA. WE OFFER SERVICES OVER FIBRE, TERRESTRIAL WIRELESS AND SATELLITE. AM IN THE NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTRE AND AM ALSO PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE TEAM. HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE CORE NETWORK AND INFRASTRUCTURE TEAM FOR THE PAST YEAR. AM RESPONSIBLE FOR ALLOWING NEW CUSTOMERS TO OUR NETWORK, CONFIGURING CUSTOMER CE ROUTERS WITH MULTI-HOMING, MONITORING FOR AND FIXING ANY FAILURES WITHIN OUR CORE INFRASTRUCTURE. DYNAMIC ROUTING, MULTI-HOMING, IP6 ARE STILL NOT WIDELY IN USE IN TANZANIA. WE ARE ONE OF THE MAJOR PROVIDERS TRYING TO ENSURE THE NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE IS BUILT TO SUPPORT THESE. AS A PROVIDER WE ARE ALSO STRIVING TO IMPLEMENT THE BEST ROUTING AND FILTERING POLICIES IN OUR CORE AND FOR OUR CUSTOMERS. 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* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I REPORT TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGER WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE ROUTERS, SWITCHES, SERVERS AND THEIR PHYSICAL CONNECTIVITY IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. WE USE WINDOWS, CENTOS OPERATING SYSTEMS. WE USE RANCID, CACTI, SMOKEPING, STARTING NFSEN, OP MANAGER. WE ARE A MAJOR NATIONAL ISP WITH DIVERSE INTERNATIONAL LINKS WITH ISP AND CORPORATE CUSTOMERS (TRANSIT AS). TANZANIA HAS 2 SUBMARINE CABLE LANDINGS WITH ABOUT 20 STM1s LIT. WE MAKE USE OF THE NATIONAL FIBRE BACKHAUL FOR REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY, BUT FEW OTHERS DO. Scope of your institution (check all categories that apply)* ------------------------------------------------------------ Commercial Network Provider : Approximate number of full time staff at your institution* ---------------------------------------------------------- 100 How your training and current work prepare and qualify you for the track you wish to attend* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KNOWLEDGE OF DYNAMIC ROUTING ON JUNIPER AND CISCO, CAN CONFIGURE; -ISIS, RIP -BASIC BGP AND MULTI-HOMING -MPLS WITH VRF How you expect to use the knowledge you gain at the workshop after you return to your country* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BETTER IMPLEMENT BGP MULTI-HOMING INTER AS MPLS IMPLEMENTATION MORE EFFICIENT BGP ROUTING POLICIES AND FILTERING HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF ROUTING AND HOW TO MAKE OUR NETWORK AND CUSTOMER NETWORKS MORE EFFICIENT IN THE WAY TRAFFIC IS HANDLED If you have previously attended AfNOG or INET Workshops for Developing Countries Year and track you attended --------------------------- NO, BUT ISOC ROUTING TRAINING IN JULY 2010 BY MICHUKI A precise description of how you have used the training you have received in the past ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BGP WITH MULTI-HOMED CUSTOMERS MPLS WITH VRFs FOR DATA CUSTOMERS The significant advances in networking which have occurred in your country specifically because of your knowledge and effort --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NONE YET! FINANCIAL INFORMATION ====================== Are you are requesting financial aid from the AfNOG Workshop for attending the workshop and meetings, or for travel costs?* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No financial assistance requested. REFEREES ======== First Referee* -------------- FRANK HABICHT SIMBANET TANZANIA LTD BOX 14827 CELL: +255685530850 EMAIL: frank@simbanet.co.tz Second Referee* --------------- MICHUKI MWANGI ISOC CELL:+254733570705 EMAIL: mwangi@isoc.org END OF APPLICATION