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Local Advisory Organization : MOTC, ROC
 
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Venue: Howard Plaza Hotel Taipei
20-24 February - Workshop

Time

Workshop

Room

09:00-17:30

Network Management and NOC Workshop

4F CR403

 

09:00-17:30

VOIP Deployment Workshop

B2 Ballroom III

09:00-17:30

Network Security Workshop

B2 Ballroom II

09:00-17:30

ISP/IXP Routing Workshop

4F CR405

09:00-17:30

BGP Multihoming Workshop

4F CR406

2/24

Time

Workshop

Room

 

09:00-17:30

AP* Retreat

B2 Magnolia / Narcissus

 
 
Workshop Descriptions
While all required equipment is provided for each workshop, students are advised to bring a laptop if they are able to.
a. Network Management and NOC Workshop
Instructors:
Hervey Allen, Phil Regnauld

Who should attend:
Engineers and system staffs at ISPs and large networks including academic networks who are involved system management, network monitoring, and telemetry. The course is for those who need to manage diverse Network and NOC operations.

Pre-Requisites:
Good knowledge of Unix, IPv4 addressing and general network concepts.

Topics Covered:
The workshop will be a a combination of theory and lab. The lab will constitute about 60% of the total course. The course will cover -
  • General Network Management and Planning Principles
  • SNMP and other network management Protocols
  • Ubuntu/Debian package systems
  • Nagios, Netflow, SmokePing
  • Ticketing systems such as Trac
  • Scripting and adapting tools to your system
  • Rancid and CVS for configuration management
b. VOIP Deployment Workshop
Instructors:
Jonny Martin, Gaurab Raj Upadhaya, Ed Lewis

Who should attend:
This is a technical workshop, made up of lectures and hands-on lab work. Open to technical staff who are now or soon will be deploying IPMulticast services on a IP based Internet Service Provider (ISP) network, Enterprise network, Campus network or Internet exchange Point (IXP), for one-to-many and/or many-to-many data/media/NGN distribution services and applications.

Pre-requisites:
User level UNIX and basic system administration skills; basic understanding of VoIP; understanding of TCP/IP and some network design in a service provider environment.

What you will learn:
  • An introduction to telephony past and present, and how this has evolved into Voice over IP.
  • VoIP fundamentals; techniques, codecs, protocols, plus network and quality considerations.
  • Cisco voice router configuration
  • How to install and configure Asterisk, one of the most popular and fully feature open source PBXs available.
  • Advanced techniques with Asterisk including database integration, interactive voice response (IVR) applications, billing systems, queuing / helpdesk sytems, and integration with external applications.
  • Configuration of the open source SIP Express Router, and a look at other open source VoIP servers.
  • VoIP platform architectures and management considerations
  • Configuration and provisioning requirements for a variety of hardware, including Asterisk/Digium PSTN cards, Cisco voice gateways, and SIP handsets.
  • Where and how to use ENUM, voice peering, and voice interconnection techniques.
  • DNS and VoIP configuration
  • A look at where VoIP technologies are heading, and current trends in VoIP deployments.
Technologies covered: Basic circuit switched telephony, Cisco voice routersm VoIP protocols, Asterisk the open source PBX, Sip Express Router, ENUM, ISP VoIP architectures.
c. Network Security Workshop
Instructors:
Damien Holloway, Kunjal Trivedi

Who should attend:
Network Operations and security staff at ISPs and Network Service Providers. People who are trying to learn ropes of establishing a functioning security system in their network core and edges. Any one else with interest in Security topics.

Pre-requisites:
This is an advanced course. Good familiarity with UNIX command line and system administration jobs. Knowledge of Layer 3 protocols, and command line of popular routers. Basic knowledge of security concepts is an added advantage.

What you will learn:
The ISP / NSP Security Workshop focuses on following components to provide comprehensive understanding and hands-on experience allowing you to gain valuable experience in network security best common practices, tools and techniques.
  • Network infrastructure security
  • Security services
For network infrastructure security, best common practice for protecting infrastructure including IP addressing, baseline building, securing IGP and BGP routing protocols and router filtering techniques are covered in detail. Controlling access to the routers, collecting network telemetry information and control plane protection techniques are discussed.

A six step methodology for detecting and mitigating DDoS attacks on the infrastructure provides hands-on understanding on how to deal with such attacks. Anti-spoofing measures to combat IP spoofing attacks and Remotely Triggered Blackhole (RTBH) filtering to protect against infrastructure attacks hands-on practice provides easy to deploy tools on the SP networks.

The security services address designing, deploying and managing L3 Virtual Private Networks. A balanced discussion covering security of 3VPN provides good basis of evaluating the level of security for the business needs. Finally, a discussion of how managed security services such as IP VPN prepares SP networks for provisioning other security services
d. ISP/IXP Routing Workshop
Instructors:
Philip Smith
Mark Tinka
Amante Alvaran

Who should attend:
This is a technical workshop, made up of lectures and hands-on lab work. Open to technical staff who are now or soon will be building or operating a wide area TCP/IP base Internet Service Provider (ISP) network or Internet eXchange Point (IXP), likely with international and/or multi-provider connectivity.

Pre-requisites:
Cisco IOS Fundamentals; user level UNIX and maybe some system administration; some use of network design, preferably TCP/IP-based.

What you will learn:
  • Techniques for design, set-up, and operation of a metropolitan, regional, or national ISP backbone network. This includes advanced OSPF, BGP4, and policy based routing configurations.
  • IOS Essentials every ISP should be doing. The hidden secrets that all key NSPs have been using for years, but not telling anyone (i.e. competitive advantage).
  • Techniques for the design, set-up, and operation of Internet Exchange Points.
  • Techniques for multiple connections to the Internet (multihoming), including connections to IXPs and ISPs.
  • Techniques to achieve optimal performance and configuration from a Cisco backbone router. This includes routing scalability, network design, and configuration tips.
Technologies Covered:
OSPF and OSPF areas, iBGP, eBGP, BGP Scaling, BGP Policies, Route Reflectors, BGP Best Practices, BGP Configuration Essentials, Policy Routing, IXP Design.
Each class is different and tuned to the participants requirements. If there are any specific requirements, these should be communicated to the instructors during the workshops. The instructors who teach at these workshops are among the top Internet engineers today, and between them, have a great deal of knowledge on many current technologies.
e. BGP Multihoming Workshop
Instructors:
Seo Boon
Lim Fung
Srinath Beldona

Who should attend:
This is a technical workshop, made up of lectures and hands-on lab work. Open to technical staff who are operating a wide area TCP/IP base Internet Service Provider (ISP) network or Internet eXchange Point (IXP), likely with international and/or multi-provider connectivity.

Pre-requisites:
Cisco IOS Fundamentals; user level UNIX and maybe some system administration; some use of network design, preferably TCP/IP-based; knowledge of OSPF and of BGP. Ideally all attendees will have in the past completed the APRICOT Routing Workshop.

What you will learn:
  • Techniques for design, set-up, and operation of a metropolitan, regional, or national ISP backbone network. This includes advanced BGP4 and complex network configurations.
  • Techniques for the design, set-up, and operation of Internet Exchange Points.
  • Techniques for multiple connections to the Internet (multihoming), including connections to IXPs, other ISPs and to Internet Transit providers.
  • Techniques to achieve optimal performance and configuration from a Cisco backbone router. This includes routing scalability, network design, and configuration tips.
Technologies Covered:
Refresher on OSPF and iBGP; eBGP, BGP Scaling, BGP Multihoming Techniques, BGP Transit, BGP Best Practices, BGP Communities, Advanced IXP Design.
Each class is different and tuned to the participants requirements. If there are any specific requirements, these should be communicated to the instructors during the workshops. The instructors who teach at these workshops are among the top Internet engineers today, and between them, have a great deal of knowledge on many current technologies.