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UbuntuNET Connect2016Entebbe,Uganda
AfricaIETFinitiative:TheRoleforNRENs
Kevin [email protected] title – Client name 1
What is the Internet Society?TheInternetSociety(ISOC)isacause-basedorganizationthatworkswithgovernments,industries,andotherstoensurethetechnologiesandpoliciesthathelpeddevelopandevolvetheInternetwillcontinueintothefuture.
OurprogramscultivateanInternetthatisopentoeveryone,everywhereandaimtoensurethatitwillcontinuetobeatoolforcreativity,innovation,andeconomicgrowth.
MISSION:Topromotetheopendevelopment,evolution,anduseoftheInternetforthebenefitofallpeoplethroughouttheworld.
VISION:TheInternetisforeveryone
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OCTOBER 2013Chapters
ISOCandNRENsinAfrica
• MostactivitiesaroundCapacityBuilding– HelpwithtrainingsaroundroutingandIXPs– HelpwithofflinetrainingsaroundUNIXandInternetServices
• OnlineTrainings:– ContinuallyprovidingfreeonlinetrainingsonseveraltopicsincludingbothtechnicalandnontechnicalcoursesinbothEnglishandFrench
– Availableanytime!– NowhostedonthecontinentviaAfriNIC
InternetStandards
DNS
SMTP
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IPv6
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DHCP
TLS
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FTP
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HTTPv2
DNSSECNATSPF
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ICMP
TCP
InternetEngineeringTaskForce
http://ietf.org
WhatistheIETF?• TheInternetEngineeringTaskForceisalargeopeninternationalcommunityofnetworkdesigners,operators,vendors,andresearchers concernedwiththeevolutionoftheInternetarchitectureandthesmoothoperationoftheInternet.
• TheactualtechnicalworkoftheIETFisdoneinitsworkinggroups,
• GOAL:TomaketheInternetworkbetter
• OpenParticipation
• TechnicalCompetence
• RoughConsensus• VolunteerCore
OPEN
IETFandAfrica• ParticipationbyengineersandresearchersfromtheAfricanregionattheIETFisverylow
• Therearesomefromtheregionwhohavebeenfollowingworkinggroups,attendedmeetings,andevenafewwhohavesubmitteddocumentsforreview
• However,participationisnotahighenoughleveltoencouragetheIETFtohostoneoftheirmeetingsonthiscontinent
Asaresult…...• Lowawareness/adoptionofsomekeyInternetStandardsintheregion
• LittleresearchonInternetStandardsintheregion
• LowparticipationfromtheregiononhowtheInternetisevolving
• Andsometimes,thingsdon’tworkliketheyaresupposedtobecauseaservicehasnotbeensetupinconformancetostandards– Forexample,email
PastIETFactivityresults
• Therehavebeensomesuccessesbutnotsustainableinthelongrun
• ISOCAfricanBureaudecidedtogobacktothedrawingboardandcomeupwithwithamoresustainableinitiativewithmoreinvolvementfromthecommunity
• Wecalledthisinitiativethe“AfricaIETFInitiative”
GoalsandObjectivesoftheInitiative
• ToincreasetheIETF’svisibilityinAfrica• Topromoteopenstandardsonthecontinent• DevelopastrongcommunityofindividualswhocontributetotheInternetStandardsdevelopmentprocessattheIETF
• TohostoneoftheIETFmeetingsinanAfricancityinthenext5years.
Structure
WhatroleNRENscanPlay• SupportyourstafftoattendIETFmeetings• ProvideexpertiseonIETFrelatedtopicsinyourcountry• SupportIETFevents/gettogethers locally
– Provideavenueandconnectivity– Provideexpertise
• AbidebyRFCs– InternetStandards• HostIETFviewinghubs• Jointheietf-africa mailinglistandtelluswhatactivitiesyouarecarryingoutandwhathelpyouneed
WhatroleNRENscanPlaycont’d
• EncourageresearchintoInternetstandardsbyyourcommunity
• AssisttheminorganizingIETFrelatedhacakthons forstudentsandengineers– Provideavenue,connectivity
• SpreadthewordabouttheimportanceofdeploymentofInternetstandards
Hackathon Venue
IETFCodeStand• TheIETFCodeStand marketplacebringstogetherstudents,researchers,professors,opensourcedevelopmentcommunities,vendorswithproprietaryimplementations,andconsumersofcodebases.
• TheobjectiveistobothlinkexistingimplementationstostandardsandshowcaseopportunitiestodeveloprunningcodeforIETFprotocols.
• EachtypeofuserbenefitsfromincreasedcollaborationthatCodeStand enables.
• https://codestand.ietf.org/codestand/
AreyouaLecturer/Researcher?• UseIETFmaterialsinyourclasses• EncourageresearchintoIETFwork• PromoteIETFamongICTClubs• https://codestand.ietf.org/codestand/• Jointheietf-africa mailinglistandtelluswhatactivitiesyouarecarryingoutandwhathelpyouneed
• CheckouttheInternetResearchTaskForce• https://trac.tools.ietf.org/group/irtf/trac/wiki/Teaching
AreyouaUniversitystudent/Engineer?
• ReadabouttheIETF,selecttheWorkingGroupsthatinterestyouandfollowthem
• TellyourfriendsabouttheIETFandorganizerelatedactivities
• Startahackathon groupandreadaboutwhatsgoingonattheIETFHackathons
• Jointheietf-africa mailinglistandtelluswhatactivitiesyouarecarryingoutandwhathelpyouneed
HowISOCplanstohelpyou• ProvideyouwithmaterialsontheIETF• Helpco-ordinateviewinghubsonthecontinent• HelpyoufindIETFrelatedexpertise
– Whenpossible
• FellowshipsforNRENs– AlsoviaAfREN
• TellyouaboutwhatisgoingonattheIETFandIETFactivitieshappeningclosetoyou
Themailinglists• ietf<underscore>[email protected][email protected]
• FortheNOGsandNRENSnetworkengineers/trainers,thereisalsoseparatemailinglistaswediscussotheractivitiesoverandbeyondtheIETF.– IfyouareaNOG/NRENandnotonthislistpleaseemailme([email protected])
References- http://ietf.org- http://irtf.org- https://trac.tools.ietf.org/group/irtf/trac/wiki/Teaching
- https://codestand.ietf.org/codestand/- https://www.ietf.org/hackathon/- http://internetsociety.org- References
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_RFCs- Photosfromhere,hereandhere