AfNOG 2011 Workshop

Track SS-E — Scalable Internet Services

This is part of the AfNOG 2011 Workshop, held in conjunction with the AfNOG meeting in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in May 2011.

Acrobat Reader - Adobe's free software to read PDF files
Apache - Curently the world's most popular Web server
Apache SSL - SSL patch to Apache code. Home page. We used this in class.
modSSL - Apache SSL interface to OpenSSL
BIND - BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) page
Dovecot - A secure POP and IMAP server that provides IMAP and POP3 mail services.
Exim - Message transfer agent (MTA) that replaces sendmail. Scales for very large usage.
FreeBSD - Operating system of choice for this workshop
FreeRADIUS Project - FreeRADIUS is the most widely deployed RADIUS server in the world.
MySQL - Open source database.
Nagios - Tool for Monitoring Network Services.
VirtualBox - Virtualization product.

AfNOG - Main Web site for African Network Operator's Group
Afnog Workshops - AfNOG workshop materials are located here
Network Startup Resource Center - An excellent resource of information relevant to this workshop
O'Reilly & Associates - Excellent publisher of network and network related books
RFC 1034 - Domain Names - Concepts and Facilities
RFC 1035 - Domain Names - Implementation and Specification
RFC 1912 - Common DNS Operational and Configuration Errors
RFC 1918 - Address Allocation for Private Internets
RFC 2181 - Clarifications to the DNS Specification
RFC 2182 - Selection and Operation of Secondary DNS Servers
RFC 2901 - Guide to Administrative Procedures
Recommendations for DNS SOA Values - RIPE Document on recommended values for the DNS SOA Resource Record
RFC Editor - An RFC repository site
voip-info.org - VOIP Wiki - a reference guide to all things VOIP