THE INTERNET SOCIETY
1996 WORKSHOP ON NETWORK TECHNOLOGY
FOR COUNTRIES IN THE EARLY STAGES OF INTERNETWORKING
In conjunction with the INET '96 Conference, the Internet Society will
again, as in 1993, 1994 and 1995, sponsor a Network Technology Workshop
prior to the conference itself. The workshop will be held in Montreal,
Canada, on the McGill University campus, during June 16-22, 1996. The focus
of the workshop will be upon assisting countries that are either not yet
connected to the Internet or are in the process of developing and enhancing
an initial national Internet.
Attendance at the workshop includes attendance at the Internet Society's
annual conference, INET '96, which will be held in Montreal during June
25-28, 1996 following the workshop.
This workshop is an outgrowth of and builds upon the experiences of three
similar workshops held during 1993-1995 at Stanford University, U.S.A.,
Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic, and the University of
Hawaii, U.S.A.
GOALS
The goals of the workshop are:
1. To train a critical mass of trainer/professionals in network
infrastructure, transport, services, and management to be able to support an
extension of meaningful Internet-related activities within the countries
represented.
2. To identify and share individual and institutional contacts as well as
information sources that will assist the process of national development,
using international Internet connections.
3. To build robust professional linkages between all participants in the
programs so that the mentor-student and colleague-colleague relationships
formed during the workshop and conferences will remain strong and of
continuing usefulness well beyond the workshop and conference.
4. To increase the level of cooperation among existing projects and
activities for establishing data networks in developing countries.
5. To train people and groups of people who will return to their country and
region and who will teach others what they have learned at the workshop.
PROGRAM
An intensive program of instruction is planned for the workshop, comprised
of four instructional tracks plus a supplementary session for technical
course participants who do not meet entrance requirements.
Participants attend only one of the four tracks, since the tracks run
concurrently (with the exception of the pre-workshop UNIX track).
All participants (except the National Network Management track) will engage
in extensive hands-on training, either setting up a prototype network or
using actual Internet resources or both, as appropriate, using facilities at
McGill University.
The course descriptions below include for each instructional track:
1. Who should attend this course.
2. What you need to know to enter this course and benefit from it
(Prerequisites).
3. What you will learn in this course.
4. What you should be able to do after completing the course (Goals).
TRACK 1. HOST-BASED INTERNETWORKING TECHNOLOGY
Who should attend: Technical staff who are now or soon will be providing
mail, file, web, and other TCP/IP based services to local and/or dial-up end
users. Those who will be involved in the establishment and/or operation of
an internet presence, possibly initiating the deployment of a basic national
network infrastructure in the country.
Prerequisites: UNIX use and maybe some Unix system administration (*); some
BBS or other modem-based experience, as user or provider.
What you will learn: Providing mostly TCP/IP based services on Unix;
providing TCP/IP services to end users running DOS/Windows, including
offline mail and news readers; gatewaying to the international internet;
transitioning a network from older technologies to TCP/IP based services.
Goals: Design, setup, and operation of a local TCP/IP network of one or more
UNIX hosts to support a regional network of mostly TCP/IP-based services to
end users (who are likely DOS/Mac/... based). The national network may
initially be connected to the international internet by store and forward
technology such as UUCP or intermittent dial-up IP; end users may be mostly
accessing locally cached internet information.
(* If you do not have basic UNIX experience, which is a prerequisite for
tracks one and two, a three day UNIX startup course will be offered prior to
the main workshop on Thursday, 13 June through Saturday, 15 June. You
cannot apply for this startup course; attendance will be determined by the
workshop instructors on the basis of apparent need for and benefit from
your participation.)
TRACK 2. BACKBONE INTERNETWORKING TECHNOLOGY
Who should attend: Technical staff who are now or soon will be building or
operating a wide area TCP/IP network, likely with international and/or
multi-provider connectivity.
Prerequisites: UNIX use and maybe some system administration *; some use of
networking, preferably TCP/IP-based *
What you will learn: Techniques for design, setup, and operation of a
metropolitan, regional, or national TCP/IP dedicated backbone network.
Detailed knowledge of routing, network troubleshooting, routing protocols,
domain name system, NIC name and address coordination.
Goals: Design, setup, and operation of a metropolitan, regional, or national
TCP/IP dedicated backbone network, with a permanent connection to the
international Internet.
(* If you do not have basic UNIX experience, which is a prerequisite for
tracks one and two, a three day UNIX startup course will be offered prior to
the main workshop on Thursday, 13 June through Saturday, 15 June. You
cannot apply for this startup course; attendance will be determined by the
workshop instructors on the basis of apparent need for and benefit from
your participation.)
TRACK 3. NETWORK NAVIGATION AND SERVICES
Who should attend: would-be providers of networked information services;
also those supporting and training potential information providers on the
non-commercial Internet.
Prerequisites: A good user-level knowledge of the various Internet services
such as email and the World Wide Web.
What you will learn: How to set up and design quality Internet Information
services. Topics covered will include Web servers and clients, search
services, security issues, legal and ethical issues, National infrastucture
issues, setting up and maintaining quality information services, special
problems with servers at the end of slow links, caching strategies and
mirroring, communication services and HTML authoring. As an important reason
for your attendance will be to enable you to pass on your knowledge to
others, there will be sessions on how to support and train users and
providers of information.
Goals: Ability to set up and design quality Internet Information services;
ability to support and train users and providers of information.
TRACK 4. NATIONAL NETWORK MANAGEMENT
Who should attend: Individuals who will have the responsibility for
management of a network.
Prerequisites: Rudimentary familiarity with the Internet, and familiariity
with management of information technology.
What you will learn: Exposure to the aspects of management of a public
Internet network on a national scale, including areas of operational and
policy management commonly found with Internet development. No technical or
hands-on component is included.
Goals: Capability to manage the development of a national public Internet,
guiding its development into the role of a cost effective and useful
communications resource.
TRACK 5. INTRODUCTIONS A RESEAUX (en Francais)
Cette annee, il y aura un atelier supplementaire, oriente vers les pays
francophones, qui sera donne en francais. L`atelier portera sur TCP/IP a
bas niveau, la navigation sur les reseaux et la recherche d`information,
ainsi que l'administration des reseaux nationaux.
Pour obtenir des renseignments en francais, s'il vous plait ecrivez a M.
Hubert Manseau au CRIM a Montreal a:
hmanseau@crim.ca
Les renseignments seront disponibles par e-mail apres le 1 janvier 1996. Il
y aura aussi un cours UNIX en francais avant l'atelier, qui sera disponible
aux interesses en cas de besoin.
(This year, there will be one additional track, oriented to the needs of
Francophone countries, which will be taught in French. The track will be
oriented toward TCP/IP at a lower level, network navigation and resource
discovery, as well as national network management. To obtain information
in French, please write to M. Hubert Manseau at CRIM in Montreal at:
hmanseau@crim.ca
Information will be available via e-mail after 1 January 1996. There will
also be a course in UNIX, in French, before the workshop, which will be
available to those interested on the basis of need.)
PLACE
The workshop activities will be held at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
Participants will be housed in the Montreal area, with transportation
provided to the instructional facilities at the University. Bus and taxi
transportation will be available from the airport to workshop accommodations.
WORKING LANGUAGES
The working language of the workshop will be English with the exception of
one track conducted in French. A working knowledge of English will be
required of each participant participating in the tracks taught in English.
The instructional staff as a whole will have some degree of proficiency in
languages other than English and French.
DATES
Participants should plan to arrive in Montreal on or before 1800 hours on
Saturday 15 June, and leave after 1200 hours on Friday 28 June. Workshop
sessions will be held starting in the afternoon, Sunday 16 June, and end in
the evening of Saturday 22 June. At the end of the workshop, participants
are likely to continue to be housed at the same accommodations, through the
end of the INET '96 Conference. All required transportation to workshop and
conference events will be provided.
Workshop attendees who will be attending the preliminary UNIX courses will
be expected to arrive on or before 1800 hours on Wednesday, 12 June.
Notification of UNIX course attendance will be distributed with admission
decisions.
INET '96 begins at 1800 hours, Tuesday 25 June and ends at 1200 hours on
Friday 28 June.
ELIGIBILITY
The workshop is specifically directed toward the needs of people from
developing countries who are playing or will play an important part in
introducing and extending networking in their countries and regions.
Attendees should be involved in planning to establish or in establishing
the Internet's presence in their countries and regions, in
institutionalizing its operation, and in assisting the country's schools and
universities, governmental agencies, local firms, and residents in
learning about and exploiting the range of services available through the
net. By the Internet, we mean the publicly accessible Internet, with
unrestricted access for educational institutions and the not-for-profit
community.
Staff members of international and bilateral technical co-operation
agencies, as well as professionals having substantial involvement in
international technical assistance activities, are also eligible for
admission as space allows.
Participants who have attended one or more previous Developing Countries
Workshop will be considered eligible to attend the 1996 workshop; however,
these former participants must apply for a course of study other than
subjects studied previously. Their request must be consistent with their
responsibilities in a national and/or regional context, and a convincing
argument for repeated attendance must accompany the application.
APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION
To apply for admission, please complete the attached form and return it as
soon as possible, but no later than 15 February 1996. If you expect to
attend the workshop as the result of being awarded a United Nations or
similar fellowship awarded by a multilateral of bilateral aid agency, please
inform us of the details in your application.
Applicants will be notified of their acceptance to the program and the
amount of financial aid available to them by March 15 at the latest.
Please note that in this context, the workshop activity includes attendance
at the INET '96 Conference. If you are admitted to the workshop, you should
NOT register for the Conference; that will be done automatically for you.
NOTE: Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit some form of electronic
mail address (a reliable telex or FAX number is acceptable) in order to
expedite notification of their acceptance as well as any further correspondence.
Please be sure that all of the contact information you submit is legible and
accurate, or we will not be able to contact you.
VISAS
It is the responsibility of participants to ascertain the visa requirements
that apply to them and to obtain any appropriate visas (including transit
visas) needed to attend the workshop and the related conference. The
Internet Society can assist applicants in this matter if needed by providing
information regarding the Workshop, the Society and its professional goals
and activities.
COSTS
The cost of attending the workshop and associated events is US $3,000. This
fee includes:
- All tuition and fees for the workshop, including the UNIX pre-workshop
course, if you are selected.
- All lodging charges from Saturday, 15 June through Friday, 28 June
(and also covering the period of the pre-workshop UNIX course if you are
selected to attend it).
- All meal charges for the period starting with dinner on Saturday evening,
15 June through breakfast on Friday morning, 28 Jun (and also covering
the period of the pre-workshop UNIX course if you are selected to
attend it).
- Transportation from the workshop accommodations to and from McGill
University and the INET '96 conference venue, if needed.
- Registration at the INET '96 Conference (25-28 June), including those
meals and social events included in conference registration.
Participants may wish to budget approximately U.S.$100-250 for optional
travel and entertainment from Sunday, 23 June through the morning of
Tuesday, 25 June.
Financial assistance to cover a part or all of each participant's overall
expenditures is expected be available to deserving candidates. If you
request financial aid for the workshop, please be certain to provide the
financial information that will be requested in the application for
admission. Financial aid will take the form of either pre-paid airline
tickets for travel to and from Montreal, partial or total coverage of the
workshop fee, or both.
The overall amount of aid expected to be available will be limited. Please
make all possible efforts to secure whatever funding is possible from
sources known to you. If you are requesting financial aid, please tell us
why it is necessary, how you expect to fund part of your expenses, and what
efforts you have made and are making to obtain additional aid. Aid from
ISOC may be contingent upon your ability to obtain partial financial
support from other sources.
Recipients of financial aid will be expected to participate in both the
entire workshop and the entire INET '96 Conference as a condition for
receiving such aid.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Specific questions regarding the workshop may be directed electronically to:
workshop-info@isoc.org
or sent by mail to the address at the bottom of the application form below.
APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION
A. Personal data
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FAMILY NAME (LAST NAME, SURNAME) ONLY:
Full Name:
Home Address:
Home Telephone:
Employer:
Designation/Title:
Business Address:
Business Telephone:
Fax (if any):
Telex (if any):
E-mail address (if any):
Age:
Nationality:
Passport number:
Country issuing passport:
Knowledge of English:
Knowledge of French:
Please indicate with an asterisk (*) the most reliable addresses and
telephone/fax numbers above which can be used to reach you.
B. Technical Skills (only for applicants to attend Tracks 1 and 2)
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1. Are you a UNIX user? How much have you used it?
2. Have you been a UNIX system administrator? Describe your experience
(length of time, versions, etc.).
3 Have you used/administered TCP/IP networks? Describe.
4. Have you used a BBS? Describe.
5. Have you run a BBS? Describe (length of time,.versions, etc.)
6. Have you set up UUCP? How many times? Describe.
7. Have you set up modem initialization strings? In what circumstances?
How many times?
8. What other operating systems are you familiar with (e.g. MacOS,
Appletalk, MS-DOS, Novell Netware, Banyan Vines, VMS, DECNET, etc.), and
for how long have you been a user or administrator of each?
C. Course of Instruction
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Instructional track applied for (Please select one track; the tracks will
run concurrently):
[ ] Track 1
[ ] Track 2
[ ] Track 3
[ ] Track 4
[ ] Track 5 .... enseigne en FRANCAIS
Please indicate any specific interests within the area you have chosen:
D. Description of Role in National Networking Activities
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Please provide in the format of your choice the following information about
yourself:
1. A summary of your educational and professional background.
2. 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.
3. A brief description of the computer systems and networks with which you
work, including:
a. Operating systems.
b. Networking software.
c. Modems and leased line termination equipment you use.
d. Volume of data per month transferred via long-distance and
international lines.
e. Number of users served.
4. How your training and current work prepare and qualify you for the track
you wish to attend.
5. How you expect to implement the knowledge you gain through attendance at
the workshop and the INET '96 conference after you return to your country.
6. If you have previously attended Internet Society Workshops for
Developing Countries, a precise description of how you have used the
training you have received in the past, and what significant advances in
networking have occurred in your country specifically because of your
knowledge and effort.
This information will be used to determine whether to admit you to the
workshop. Please be sure that it is sufficiently clear, well organized and
adequate for this purpose.
E. Financial Information
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If you are requesting financial aid from INET '96 for attending the workshop
and conference, please also provide a complete, structured itemized income
and expenditure budgets for your travel and expenses in the following form.
The income budget should contain all sources of funds that are available to
you for attending:
Expenditures
1. Workshop Fee U.S.$3,000
2. Airfare $
_______
TOTAL Expenses $
Income
1. Your Institution U.S.$
2. Your Government $
3. From international organizations $
4. Your personal contribution $
5. Amount you ask from ISOC $
_______
TOTAL Income $
NOTE: Total income _MUST_ equal total expenses. You must submit a budget
that balances or your application will be rejected.
If you are requesting assistance for air travel expense, include a good
estimate of probable round trip, lowest economy excursion air fare cost next
June between your place of residence and Montreal, Canada, with supporting
detail (airline, type of fare and city of departure), as well as the source
of your estimate.
Signature: ____________________________ Date: ___________________
For a copy of this announcement, including a blank application, send e-mail to:
workshop-apply@isoc.org
Completed applications may be submitted electronically by sending them in
electronic mail form to:
workshop-application@isoc.org
PLEASE SEND YOUR APPLICATION BY ELECTRONIC MAIL IF IT IS AT ALL POSSIBLE TO
DO SO.
If you are not able to send your application by electronic mail, please
return this application by fax or air mail to:
Internet Society Network Technology Workshop
c/o Institute for Global Communications
1010 Doyle Street, Suite 9
Menlo Park, California 94025
U.S.A.
Voice: +1.415.322.0342 or +1.415.322.6728
Facsimile: +1.415.322.0342 or +1.415.325.5834
Completed applications are due no later than 15 February 1996.
Participants will be notified of admissions and financial aid decisions no
later than 15 March 1996. Participant confirmation is required on or before
15 April 1996.