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AfricaIETFinitiative:TheRoleforNRENs

Kevin ChegeISOCchege@isoc.orgPresentation title – Client name 1

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WhatistheIETF?• TheInternetEngineeringTaskForceisalargeopeninternationalcommunityofnetworkdesigners,operators,vendors,andresearchers concernedwiththeevolutionoftheInternetarchitectureandthesmoothoperationoftheInternet.

• TheactualtechnicalworkoftheIETFisdoneinitsworkinggroups,

• GOAL:TomaketheInternetworkbetter

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• TechnicalCompetence

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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>africa@elists.isoc.orgietf_africa@elists.isoc.org

• FortheNOGsandNRENSnetworkengineers/trainers,thereisalsoseparatemailinglistaswediscussotheractivitiesoverandbeyondtheIETF.– IfyouareaNOG/NRENandnotonthislistpleaseemailme(chege@isoc.org)

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

ThankYou!KevinG.Chege

chege@isoc.org

http://internetsociety.org