DNS Operations & Network Management

Dates: October 3-4 and 6-8, 2014
Location: Almaty, Kazakhstan
Host: CAREN - ​http://icaren.org/ & Turan University ​http://turan-edu.kz
Venue: Turan University, Satpaeva 18 a str., Almaty, Kazakhstan

Program description

Workshop Goals

This workshop is a two part event, designed for engineers and system staffs at academic networks, who are involveed with managing the DNS infrastructure in their respective institutions, as well as those responsible for the management and monitoring of the network. Please review the Agenda to see the topics to be covered. Labs constitute about 60% of the course.

Goals

DNS Operations & Security: 2 days

• to secure DNS installations, and instrument them
• learn about DNS service monitoring, including latency
• to understand and learn about deploying DNS Security (DNSSEC) extensions

Network Management & Monitoring: 3 days

• review the principles of network monitoring and management
• learn about network management protocols (SNMP) and tools
• instrument a campus network or NREN equipment for monitoring
• deploy the tools to monitor and manage network infrastructure and IP services, including the DNS

Workshop Items

• Agenda (includes links to presentations and schedule)
• Network Diagram
• Reference Materials
• Sponsors
• Books
• Participant List
• ​Photos : Group Photo One : Two
• ​Workshop Evaluation
• ​Mailing list

Requirements

• A laptop with wireless capability.
• IPv4 addressing and general network concepts.
• Knowledge of UNIX and/or Linux.

Recommended Software

• PuTTY for Windows (SSH)

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