The AfriNIC-5 meeting will be held from November 27 th 2006 to December 1 st at Maritim Hotel ( Balaclava , Mauritius ). The overall theme of the event is "IPv6 and Internet protocol innovation where should Africa stand". The activities of the five days of the event are outlined below where the first two are dedicated to a technical training session.

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27 November 2006: From 9:00 - 17:00 - IPv6 Training Part I

This first part of the IPv6 workshop, will offer a practical introduction to the basics of IPv6. Participants will learn how to activate IPv6 on PCs, and be given practical instruction on:

•  Installing IPv6 on different platforms (XP/W2003, Linux, BSD)    

•  Basic stateless/stateful configuration, including privacy setup    

•  Transition mechanisms (Including Tunneling)    

•  Examples of applications    

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28 November 2006: From 9:00 - 17:00 - IPv6 Training Part II

This second day of the session will go beyond the basic of IPv6 protocol and addresses routing and advanced Networking issues with IPv6. Participants will learn how to setup their border gateway to allow IPv6 traffic on a native or dual stack environment. They will also learn how to efficiently plan and monitor theirIPv6 network. They will be given practical instruction on:

•  Basic configuration of routers

•  Advanced routing with IPv6 (ospf and bgp)

•  Dual stack Network Monitoring and trouble shooting

•  Effective IPv6 address planning and filtering

The workshop is targeting engineers and network administrators from both ISPs and Corporate/Enterprise networks. Participants are requested to have experience on IPv4 networking.

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29 November 2006: From 09:00 - 13:30 - IPv6 Conference:

There day will be the official opening of the meeting part. It will start with an Opening ceremony followed by the IPv6 conference that will feature IPv6 experts from different region to share their experience and perspective on IPv6 deployment. This part of the event will also allow Network Operators in Africa to present their experience in deploying IPv6 in their network.

29 November 2006: From 14:30 - 18:00 - Tutorials

This session of the event will address several technical issues presented as short tutorials. Subject such as SPAM, DNS security, Networking Security will be presented. The tutorials are planed to be run in tree (3) parallel sessions. Speakers are selected based on their expertise in the area of their presentations.

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30 November 2006: From 09:00 - 13:30 - INET Africa, Mauritius 2006 :

The early morning session will inform participants about two Internet Society (ISOC) initiatives of particular significance to Africa -- the launch of the ISOC Africa Regional Bureau, and an update on Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) activities, including the ISOC Fellowship to the IETF, a new ISOC program that provides opportunities for technologists from lesser developed countries to attend the IETF.

The mid morning and early afternoon sessions will focus on country code top-level domain (ccTLD) issues. Topics for discussion will including the role of ccTLDs in society, current best practice, DNSSEC and broader security considerations. An update on the activities of African community ccTLD association, AfTLD, will also be presented.

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30 November 2006: From 15:00 - 17:30 - AfTLD meeting

The late afternoon session will comprise a roundtable that will focus on Internet governance issues of importance to the African continent, following on from the very valuable discussion held at INET Africa 2006 in Nairobi. The discussion will be particularly relevant given that the first Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will have taken place, providing an opportunity for speakers and delegates to assess the value of the IGF
event and the related multi-stakeholder dialogue for the African community.

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01 December 2006: From 09:00 - 17:00 - AfriNIC Public Policy Meeting

This last part of the event will be focused on AfriNIC activities itself. Presentations will be given by speakers from AfriNIC, sister organizations (APNIC, ARIN, LACNIC, RIPE NCC) and Internet protocols experts. Open policy proposals such as policy for IPv6 assignment to end users, policy for transition to 4 bytes ASN assignment, Policy for IPv6 assignment to Critical Infrastructure in AfriNIC region will also be discussed. The afternoon of this last day will be dedicated to some corporate update followed by an open forum Q&A and a closing ceremony.

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