Mirjam,
Hope this what you wanted otherwise appreciation.
rgds, Nicko.
2. GENERAL TECHNICAL QUESTIONS
These questions are for the individual or individual from your organization who will be attending. Please be sure to answer questions about knowledge of specific items as they pertain to yourself. Please check all boxes that apply to you.
2a. How would you rate yourself in terms of Linux or Unix use?
[__] Never used either
[__] Beginner: Just getting started. Have worked at the command line some.
[__] Intermediate: I've installed Linux or Unix, edited files, installed software, stopped and started services.
- YES Advanced: I use it regularly. Editing files, installing software, configuring services and troubleshooting problems.
2b. What is your experience using DNS?
[YES] I understand how DNS works and use tools like dig to query the DNS.
[YES] I've installed BIND/NSD/Other, configured zones, etc.
[__] I know about or am interested in DNSSEC, TSIG, DNS with IPv6, etc.
[__] I do all of the above.
[] Other, please describe: _interested in DNSSEC, TSIG, DNS with IPV6 & more
2c. Security
[YES] I'm responsible for securing network servers and services at my location.
[YES] I'm responsible for securing the network at my location.
[__] I use cryptographic security with services such as ssh, ssl, pgp, dnssec, digital certificates, etc.
[__] I do not need to deal with security issues in my position.
[__] Other, please describe: _Interested to know more and advance security measures
2d. Network Monitoring
[YES] I've installed, configured and use network monitoring software MRTG Nagios, mrtg, Smokeping, snmp, etc.
[__] Our organization uses network monitoring software which I take advantage of, but do not maintain.
[__] I have not used or installed network monitoring software.
[__] Other, please describe: - Interested in other tools NFSEN, Flowd/ cflow tools I have installed MRTG and webalizer and maintain them.
2e. Tools
Which Operating System are you running on your servers? FREEBSD
Which Operating System are you running on your Desktop/Laptop? LINUX (UBUNTU/ FEDORA)
What is your favorite text editor? VI
List your top 5 most used command line tools: - UNIX TERMINAL - LINUX TERMINAL - PUTTY - DOS - WINXP CL
List your top five most used applications or programming tools: - MYSQL - PHP/ PHPMYADMIN - APACHE - C, C+,C++ - PERL
3. TOPICS FOR HANDS ON TRAINING:
Looking at your current needs and plans, list five topic areas where you would like additional training for your technical staff.
- MAILS SERVER (POSTFIX, EXIM, CYRUS, MTA etc) - MONITORING, Network status, website access, network bandwidth & device usage (NAGIOS, FLOW TOOLS, PGP ) - BACKUP -how to do backups and best methods - TCP/IP Address space management, network documatation - IPV6 and security (spammassasin, antivirus)
Possible topics include:
* Backup/Rsync Practical
* Building outYour Registry * Cryptographic Methods * Databases * DNSSEC * DSC4. ANYTHING ELSE?
If there is anything else you wish to tell us about your experience or expectations for this workshop please do so below.
More practicals, I expect it to be more hands on where we can do lots of practicals which can enable me come back and demonstrate or give more to many colleagues.
I have a mail server and a domain server together with monitoring server which i believe have issues with backup, I would really want to tackle this area well.
On monitoring I would like to learn more and come and try out all that to improve our monitoring services. Would also like to expand on little knowledge on DNS. any other related topics will be of great help.