When registering for our workshops, please pay attention to the dates, as we have multiple workshops running in parallel. Please note that you can only attend one workshop per day. Check the workshop schedules before finalising your registration.
The MENOG workshops are sponsored by Center3.
MENOG 23 Workshops
- 8-9 October: BGP Operations and Security Training Course
- 10 October: RIPE Database Training Course
- 8 October: Be a Kind DNS Operator, be KINDNS!
- 8 October: Usage of Recursive Resolvers in the Middle East
- 9 October: Configuring Web-hosting Tools to Support Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) and Email Address Internationalization (EAI)
- 10 October: MANRS Workshop
Venue
All workshops will take place at the MENOG 23 venue.
Hilton Riyadh
6623 Al Shohadaa Eastern Ring Road Riyadh, 13241 – 2892 Saudi Arabia,
P.O. Box: 86230
T: +966 11 234 6666
BGP Operations and Security Training Course
Dates: Sunday, 8 October – Monday, 9 October 2023
Time: 09:00 – 18:00
Meeting Room: Al Qiddiya (B)
This is a two-day training course. Attendees are expected to be present for both days of the training course.
Description
The BGP Operations and Security Training Course is a two-day course that offers an in-depth look into Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). It covers the basics of how BGP works through to advanced topics such as route reflectors, policy, filtering, route selection and the security aspects of the protocol. The course also covers bogon filtering, Internet Routing Registries and the Resource Certification (RPKI) framework. Participants have the opportunity reinforce the theory through practice with our interactive exercises following each topic.
Topics covered on Day 1:
- Introduction to BGP
- Running BGP
- BGP Attributes
- Traffic Engineering
- iBGP Scalability
- Multiprotocol BGP
Topics covered on Day 2:
- BGP & Routing Security
- Internet Routing Registry (IRR)
- Filtering
- RPKI
- What else?
- BGP Tips & Tricks
Agenda: Day 1
| Time | Agenda Item |
| 09.00 – 09.30 | Welcome Coffee |
| 09.30 – 11.00 |
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| 11.00 – 11.30 | Coffee Break |
| 11.30 – 13.00 |
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| 13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00 – 15.30 |
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| 15.30 – 16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16.00 – 17.30 |
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| 17:30 – 18:00 | End of training course |
Agenda: Day 2
| Time | Agenda Item |
| 09.00 – 09.30 | Welcome Coffee |
| 09.30 – 11.00 |
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| 11.00 – 11.30 | Coffee Break |
| 11.30 – 13.00 |
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| 13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00 – 15.30 |
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| 15.30 – 16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16.00 – 17.30 |
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| 17:30 – 18:00 | End of training course |
What to bring for the BGP Operations and Security Training Course
You will have online activities as part of the course. Please bring a laptop that can connect to the WiFi and has a browser. The activities are not set up for tablets or smartphones.
Instructors: Gerardo Viviers and Jad El Cham, RIPE NCC
RIPE Database Training Course
Date: Tuesday, 10 October 2023
Time: 09:00 – 18:00
Meeting Room: Al Qiddiya (B)
Description
The RIPE Database training course is a one-day course. We’ll make you a capable user of the RIPE Database. Mixing hands-on activities with theory, the course participants will get a comprehensive idea of what the RIPE Database is and what they can do with it. You should attend this training course if you are part of the staff of a Local Internet Registry (LIR) in the RIPE NCC service region and need to register networks in the RIPE Database.
Agenda
| Time | Agenda Item |
| 09.00 – 09.30 | Welcome Coffee |
| 09.30 – 11.00 | Session 1:
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| 11.00 – 11.30 | Coffee Break |
| 11.30 – 13.00 | Session 2:
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| 13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00 – 15.30 | Session 3:
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| 15.30 – 16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16.00 – 17.30 | Session 4:
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| 17:30 – 18:00 | End of training course |
What to bring for the RIPE Database Training Course
You will have online activities as part of the course. Please bring a laptop that can connect to the WiFi and has a browser. The activities are not set up for tablets or smartphones.
Instructor: Gerardo Viviers, RIPE NCC
Workshop: Be a Kind DNS Operator, be KINDNS!
Date: Sunday, 8 October (morning)
Time: 09:00 – 13:00
Meeting Room: Al Diriya
Description
This workshop aims to present the KINDNS initiative to operators running DNS services in the Middle East and how they can use it for:
- Assessing how they run their DNS operations against the best practices identified by the
community - Benefiting from the practices and recommendations of the KINDNS to improve their DNS
operations and security - Joining the initiative and promoting KINDNS in their environment for a more secure Internet
ecosystem in general.
Participants will engage in a demo, and operators who want to run their self-assessment will have a chance to be assisted by the ICANN team to run and get their anonymized assessment report.
Duration: 2 hour and 15 minutes (excluding coffee breaks)
The self-assessment session will depend on the interest shown in the tool by operators attending the workshop. Attendees can benefit from the presence of ICANN staff to go through the process and get their assessment report.
Target audience
- Network/IT engineers and system administrators in charge of DNS servers
- IT Managers
- IT auditors
- CTOs
- CIOs
Agenda
| Time | Agenda Item |
| 09.00 – 09.30 | Welcome Coffee |
| 09:30 – 10:15 | KINDNS presentation with Q/A |
| 10.15 – 10.30 | Demo 1 |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Demo 2 |
| 10.45 – 11.45 | Get your KINDNS score: voluntary and anonymous operators’ self-assessment: |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch |
Note: Participants are requested to bring their laptop to the workshop to run the self-assessment report for their organization.
Instructor: Yazid Akanho | Technical Engagement Specialist – MEA, ICANN
Workshop: Usage of Recursive Resolvers in the Middle East
Date: Sunday, 8 October (afternoon)
Time: 14:00 – 18:00
Meeting Room: Al Diriya
Target audience
- Network/IT engineers and system administrators in charge of DNS servers
- IT Managers, etc.
Agenda
| Time | Agenda Item |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00 – 15.30 | Presentation and Q/A |
| 15.30 – 16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16.00 – 17.00 | DNSSEC validation lab: 60 min |
| 17:00 – 18:00 | Assist interested operators to prepare the prerequisites for DNSSEC validation in production environment: |
Note: The workshop is a mix of theory and hands-on exercises. Please bring your laptop (it is preferable to avoid using tablets for this setup), and ensure that it has a wireless Ethernet connection and a functioning web browser. Participants are expected to have basic Linux and DNS experience (but not mandatory).
Instructor: Yazid Akanho | Technical Engagement Specialist – MEA, ICANN
Workshop: Configuring Web-hosting Tools to Support Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) and Email Address Internationalization (EAI)
Date: Monday, 9 October (morning)
Time: 09:00 -13:00
Meeting Room: Al Diriya
Description
IDN and EAI for Techs is a half-day course providing hands-on training on how to configure hosting tools to support hosting Arabic domain names and email addresses. Participants will learn how IDNs and EAI work in theory, as well as about the various rule sets that determine what can be done and how. The main focus is on hands-on exercises, leading up to hosting an Arabic website on an Arabic domain and with Arabic email addresses.
ICANN provides cpanel access and a linux virtual server for the exercises.
Target Audience
You should attend this training course if you are technical staff at a registrar, webhost or ISP that wants to provide IDNs or EAI-based products or services to its customers.
Draft Agenda
| Time | Agenda Item |
| 09.00 – 11:00 |
Activity: Sending email to an arabic address
Activity: Setting up DNS for the domain |
| 11:00 – 11.15 | Coffee Break |
| 11.15 – 13.00 | Activity: Setting up a web site on the registered domain
Activity: Writing a single web page
Activity: Setting up webmail for the domain |
Note: You will have online activities as part of the course. Please bring a laptop that can connect to the WiFi, has a browser and if convenient, email via either Office365 or Gmail.
Instructor: Arnt Gulbrandsen | Universal Acceptance Technology Senior Manager, ICANN
Workshop: MANRS
Date: Tuesday, 10 October
Time: 09:00 – 18:00
Meeting Room: Neom
Description
MANRS (Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security) is a project run by the Internet Society with the aim of improving routing security around the World. Organisations can become MANRS Members by implementing four so-called “Actions” related to routing security.
In this workshop we will explain what MANRS is in detail and will delve into how to implement configurations in an organisation’s network to allow it to become a member. We will focus in detail on the steps needed to implement filtering, how to set up your organisation properly in your RIR’s database, and ultimately, we will explain how RPKI works.
A laptop with a browser is required for the exercises, and basic knowledge about routing is a must to participate.
Target audience
- Network operators
- Technical specialists
Agenda
Draft Agenda
| Time | Agenda Item |
| 09.00 – 09.30 | Welcome Coffee |
| 09:30 – 11:30 | Session 1:
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| 11:30 – 12:00 | Coffee break |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Session 2:
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| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | Session 3:
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| 15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee break |
| 15:30 – 17:30 | Session 4:
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| 17:30 – 18:00 | Final Considerations |
More information: You can find more information on the MANRS website.
Instructors: Aftab Siddiqui