The following application was submitted (UTC) on Fri, 04 Mar 11 14:13:34 +0000
Items with an '*' were required items in the application form.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
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Family Name (Last name, Surname)*: Sangiwa
Full Name*: Bill
Employer/Organization*: AfriConnect Zambia Limited
Position/Title*: Technical Director
Business Address
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59 Great East Road, Lusaka, Zambia
Business Phone: +260-21-123-2005
Alternate Telephone: +260-21-136-8600
Email*: bill@africonnect.co.zm
URL: www.africonnect.co.zm
FAX:
Date of Birth: 1966-08-12
Country of Residence*: ZAMBIA
Passport Name: William Herman Sangiwa
Passport Number: AB001090
Passport Issuing Country: TANZANIA
Passport Issue Date: 2005-04-11
Passport Expiry Date: 2015-04-10
WORKSHOP SPECIFIC INFORMATION
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Workshop Applied For*: AR-E: Advanced Routing Techniques
Reason for Track Choice*
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Data Carrier Class IP Services for providing services to other ISP/Data
TECHNICAL SKILLS
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Unix User?*: true
How much have you used it?
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21yrs>
Have you been a UNIX admin?*: true
Describe your experience (length of time, versions, etc.)
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Debian/Ubuntu 10yrs>
FreeBSD 20yrs>
NCR Unix 3yrs
Have you used/administered TCP/IP nets?*: true
Describe
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- Setup the 1st ISP in Tanzania
- Setup the 1st broadband Wireless ISP in Zambia
- Setup as consultantand still manage ISP in Dar-es-Salaam, Arusha and Kilimanjaro in TZ
- Setup ISP (As consultant) in Zimbabwe
Have you set up and/or administered any of the following? Please give details
Bind or any other Nameservers*
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- Registrar for ccTLD co.tz, or.tz and ne.tz from 1994 til 2009.
- Managed DNS for above ISP's
Mail Transport Agents (ex. Sendmail, Exim, Postfix, Qmail)*
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Postfix/Qmail
Mailing List Managers (e.g. Majordomo or other list manager)*
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Majordomo
Web Systems/Servers (e.g. Apache, IIS or other web server)*
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Apache, Lighttpd
Have you configured or otherwise managed any of the following? Please give details.
Routers*
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Cisco and HP
Switches*
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Cisco, HP, Netgear (layer 2 and 3 switches)
Network Monitoring Systems*
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- Nagios, Cacti, Zenoss, NetFlow, Snort
Network Operations Center (NOC)*
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built NOc for the above ISP's
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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- Technical Director, responsible on all matters relating to design and management of network on high level.
- Current co-Technical personnell for IXP in Lusaka and Dar-es-Salaam
- Current applied for Carrier of Carrier Licence to allow re-selling capacity on the terrestrial international link to smaller ISP in Zambia and Zimbabwe
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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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- All Network Services Servers are Ubuntu or Centos
- All Routers are Cisco from 7206 on high-end
- Int'l main circuit is STM-1 fiber link via .nm, .za to UK; backup is VSAT with total capacity on VSAT of 100mbps(down)/30mbps (up).
Scope of your institution (check all categories that apply)*
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Commercial Network Provider
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Approximate number of full time staff at your institution*
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120
How your training and current work prepare and qualify you for the track you wish to attend*
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- Enable to take the company to the next level of carrier of carriers and enables services like mpls etc
How you expect to use the knowledge you gain at the workshop after you return to your country*
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- we usually organise local training via ISPAZ (zambia) and TISPA (tanzania) that have previously attended as a trainner/moderator.
If you have previously attended AfNOG or INET Workshops for Developing Countries
Year and track you attended
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INET 1993,1994,1996, AfNOG 2000 (SIE)
A precise description of how you have used the training you have received in the past
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- Last year (Kigali) IPv6 training enable to build and operate a dual stack network in zambia for AfriConnect.
- Previous trainings allowed to establish the first ISP in Tanzania
The significant advances in networking which have occurred in your country specifically
because of your knowledge and effort
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- Founder of the 1st ISP
- 1st Registrar for domain for 10years (during that period domain registration was free to allow penetration and awareness)
- Played keyrole in awareness campaigns/meetings within ISP in Tanzania that lead to the formation of the ISP Association and later the IXP
- Technical contact points to many higher academic institutions in tanzania, including university, research and academic institutions.
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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No financial assistance requested.
REFEREES
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First Referee*
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Randy Bush
Second Referee*
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Steve Huter
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