AfNOG 2004 Workshop

Track 1 - Scalable Internet Services

This is part of the AfNOG 2004 Workshop, held in conjunction with the AfNOG meeting in Dakar, Senegal, in May 2004.

Introduction

This course on Scalable Internet Services is part of the AfNOG 2004 Workshop on Network Technology, held in conjunction with the AfNOG meeting in Dakar, Senegal, in May 2004.

We use hands-on training in a well-equipped classroom over a five-day period to teach skills required for the configuration and operation of large scale Internet services.

The topics covered include: Domain Name System (DNS); Building Web Servers (Apache+mod_ssl); Building Web Caching Servers (Squid); Building Large Scale Mail Servers (Exim); Building Large Scale POP3/IMAP Servers (CourierIMAP); Building a WebMail Interface to a mail server; Security and Securing a FreeBSD Server.

Who should attend: Technical staff who are now providing Internet Services, or those who will be involved in the establishment and/or provisioning of a basic national Internet Services in the country.

Prerequisites: Experience using and administering *NIX Servers, Name Servers, Web Servers and Mail Servers.

COURSE DOCUMENTS

• Summary Timetable.
  • Shows the entire course at a glance.
• Detailed Course Outline.
  • Detailed course outline, including many links to presentation materials used during class.
• Links to external documents.

INSTRUCTORS

• Alain Aina [AA] - (Togo)
• Hervey Allen [HA] - (USA)
• Ayitey Bulley [AB] - (Ghana)
• Brian Candler [BC] - (UK)
• Philip Hazel [PH] - (UK)
• Joel Jaeggli [JJ] - (USA)
• Patrick Okui [PO] - (Uganda)

Participants

• Moses Billy Abili - (Uganda)
• Stephen Adebayo - (Nigeria)
• Binta Isa Audu - (Nigeria)
• Ernest Byarunhanga - (Uganda)
• Efficieny Correa - (Gambia)
• Ebenezer Dadzie - (Ghana)
• Alieu Faal - (Gambia)
• Saffiong Kebbeh - (Gambia)
• Katherine Mpyisi - (Rwanda)
• Alassane Ndoye - (Senegal)
• Augustine Olaifa - (Nigeria)
• Cheikh Tidiane Sarr - (Senegal)
• Fatou Dieng Sarr - (Senegal)
• Davidson Thaba - (Kenya)