Optimization Technologies for Low-Bandwidth Networks
ICTP Workshop, Trieste, Italy, 9 - 20 October 2006

PROGRAM

Monday 9: Registration and Opening

    8:15 - 9:00 Registration
    9:00 - 9:20  Open Ceremony: (video)
               Organizers: E. Canessa (PPT ), M. Zennaro (PDF) and C. Fonda (PDF)
               C. Tuniz (Invited Guest)
    9:40 - 10:30 Bandwidth Challenges and World Records, L. Cottrell (PPT, video)
   10:30 - Administrative & Logistics Matters 

                 Case Studies by Lecturers
   14:00 - 14:45 Quantifying the Digital Divide, L. Cottrell (PPT, video)
   14:45 - 15:30 An integrated approach to Bandwidth Management - Malawi,
                       D. Blomberg (PDF, video)
   15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
   16:00 - 16:45 ICTP Computer Facilities: An Overview, J. Grassberger

Tuesday 10: Africa and Case Studies by Participants

    9:00 - 9:45 Bandwidth in Africa, G. Chonia (SXI)
    9:45 - 10:30 OAUNETMON Network Traffic Monitoring Tool -Nigeria, T. Abiona (PPT)
   10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
   11:00 - 12:30 Case Studies by Participants I (Talks)

   14:00 - 15:30 Case Studies by Participants II (Talks)
   15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
   16:00 - 17:30 Linux Install Party by Participants - Lab Setup 

Wednesday 11: Monitoring and Analysis
 
   9:00 - 10:30 Bandwidth Monitoring and Measurement (Tools & Services), T. Abiona (PPT)
   10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
   11:00 - 12:30 Basic of Networking,  C. Fonda (PDF)
   12:30 - 12:45 Book Presentation: "How to Accelerate Your Internet",  
                 R. Flickenger (video: MOV)
   12:45 Group Photo

   14:00 - 15:30 Debugging Network Problems, L. Cottrell (PPT)
   15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
   16:00 - 17:30 Monitoring Bandwidth Usage with Linux, T. Krag (HTML)

   19:00 -  Get Together Party

Thursday 12: Monitoring and Analysis

   9:00 - 9:45 Navigating PingER, L. Cottrell (PPT)
   9:45 - 10:30 Analysis of Symptoms - Bandwidth Congestion - I, R. Stubbs (PDF)
  10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
  11:00 - 12:30 Analysis of Symptoms - Bandwidth Congestion - II, R. Stubbs (PDF)

  14:00 - 15:45 Introduction to Traffic Shaping, T. Krag (HTML)
  14:45 - 15:30 Traffic Shaping Lab, T. Krag
  15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
  16:00 - 17:30 Masquerading Gateway in Linux: Lab Setting Up, T. Krag

Friday 13: Implementation

   9:00 - 9:45 Intrusion Detection, R. Stubbs (PDF)
   9:45 - 10:30 Proxy Servers - I, D. Wessels (PDF)
  10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
  11:00 - 12:30 Proxy Servers - II, D. Wessels (PDF)

  14:00 - 15:30 Proxy Logs, D. Wessels (PDF)
  15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
  16:00 - 16:45 DNS Explained, R. Stubbs and T. Krag (PDF)
                Setting up DNS using Webmin, T. Abiona (PPT)
  16:45 - 17:30 Lab on Wondershaper, R. Stubbs and T. Krag
                Setting up MRTG, T. Abiona (PDF)

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Monday 16: Implementation

  9:00 - 9:45 User Education Towards Bandwidth Consumption, A. Jackson (PDF)
  9:45 - 10:30 Anti-Viruses and Spam - I, R. Stubbs (PDF)
 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
 11:00 - 12:30 Anti-Viruses and Spam - II, R. Stubbs (PDF)

 14:00 - 14:45 Setup of a MS Windows Update Server, R. Cultrara (PPT)
 14:45 - 15:30 (Sys)Logging, C. Benvenuti (PDF)
 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
 16:00 - 17:30 (Sys)Logging - Lab, C. Benvenuti (PDF)

Tuesday 17: Implementation

  9:00 - 10:30 Fine-tune MS Windows Servers in Low-Bandwidth Conditions, 
                R. Cultrara (PPT)
 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
 11:00 - 12:30 e-Mail Services I, F. Renet (ODP)

 14:00 - 15:30 e-Mail Services II, F. Renet (ODP)
 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
 16:00 - 17:30 Introduction to Firewalling in Linux - I, C. Benvenuti (PDF)

Wednesday 18: Implementation and Streaming Multimedia

  9:00 - 9:45 Introduction to Firewalling in Linux - II, C. Benvenuti (PDF)
  9:45 - 10:30 Optimal Network Topology - I, F. Renet (ODP)
 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
 11:00 - 12:30 Optimal Network Topology - II, F. Renet (ODP)

 14:00 - 14:45 VoIP for the Developing World, F. Renet (ODP)
 14:45 - 15:30 Low Bandwidth Multimedia Streaming - I (Group Discussion), B. Hassler
 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
 16:00 - 17:30 Low Bandwidth Multimedia Streaming - II, B. Hassler (PDF)
 17:30 - 19:00 Introduction to Traffic Contol (tc) - Lab, C. Benvenuti 

Thursday 19: Performance Tuning and Policy

  9:00 - 9:45 Web to e-Mail Gateways, C. Onime (PPT)
  9:45 - 10:30 e-Mail Management - I, F. Renet (ODP)
 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
 11:00 - 12:30 e-Mail Management - II, F. Renet (ODP)

 14:00 - 15:30 BMO Policy and Policy Case Studies - I, M. Belcher (PPT, PDF)
 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
 16:00 - 17:30 BMO Policy and Policy Case Studies - II, M. Belcher
               1: University of Bristol - Regulations for the use of computing facilities PDF
               2: Successful Bandwidth Management at Carnegie Mellon PPT, PDF
               3: JANET Acceptable Use Policy PDF
               4: KIST Computer Use Policy PDF
               5: KIST Computer Use Regulation PDF
               6: A framework for e-mail and Internet Usage Policies for University 
                  of Namibia (UNAM) PDF
               7: University of KwaZulu-Natal Electronic Communications Policy PDF(1), PDF(2)
               8: University of Cape Town: Policy and Rules on Internet and email Use PDF
               9: The role and characteristics of appropriate supportive policy
                  within Bandwidth Management and Optimisation PDF

Friday 20: Lowband Web and Remarks

  9:00 - 10:30 Off-line Web and Web filtering Techniques for Lowband, 
               A. Jackson (PDF)
 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
 11:00 - 12:30 Open Discussion and Closing Ceremony (Certificates)

 14:00 - Clearance from ICTP Admin Offices 

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