[db-wg] Announcement Routing Registry Training Courses

Dear Colleagues

The RIPE NCC Training Services Department invites you to register for one 
of our upcoming Routing Registry Training Courses:

             Date:      Friday 19 August 2005
             Time:      0900 - 1700
             Location:  Amsterdam, the Netherlands
AND:
             Date:      Friday 21 October 2005
             Time:      0900 - 1700
             Location:  Sofia, Bulgaria
AND:
             Date:      Friday 28 October 2005
             Time:      0900 - 1700
             Location:  Oslo, Norway
AND:
             Date:      Friday 4 November 2005
             Time:      0900 - 1700
             Location:  Edinburgh, United Kingdom
AND:
             Date:      Friday 25 November 2005
             Time:      0900 - 1700
             Location:  Munich, Germany

The main objective of the "Routing Registry Training Course" is to
familiarise the LIRs with the features of the Routing Registry, while
introducing the relevant tools and services of the RIPE NCC. 
The course also offers practical exercises.

OVERVIEW OF TOPICS COVERED IN THE COURSE:
- Routing Registry as a part of the RIPE Whois Database and the
Internet Routing Registry (IRR)
- Specifying routing policies using (RPSL)
Routing Policy Specification Language and the RtConfig tool
- IRRToolSet
- Routing Information Service (RIS)
- Routing Registry Consistency Check Project

Please note that this is an advanced course. It will:
- NOT teach the basics of routing
- NOT teach the basics of RIPE Database operations
- NOT describe how to receive Internet resources from the RIPE NCC
- NOT describe how to operate a Local Internet Registry (LIR)

The target audience of the course are technical staff of LIRs: e.g.
network operators, engineers etc. This course is not intended for
administrative or management staff (e.g. Hostmasters) .
It is assumed that all attendees will be familiar with
Border Gateway Protocol routing and with the RIPE Database
(i.e. creating/modifying objects).

This course is based on interactive exercises in a local network set-up.
Please bring your laptops equipped with the following:
- A working Ethernet card,
- Three meters of Ethernet cable,
- A secure connection client,
- A web browser.

Please be prepared to share your laptop (or at least allow another
attendee to "look over your shoulder") if necessary.

The course is free of charge. We provide lunch and printed training materials. 
We do not cover any of your travel expenses or accommodation. 

We give all of our training courses in English.

You can find more information about the course at:

http://www.ripe.net/training/rr/


How to register:
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You can register up to two people from your LIR for each course. 
(If there are places left nearer the time of the course, you can register more people).

To register for this course, you can either use the LIR Portal at:

https://lirportal.ripe.net/lirportal/training/course-list.html

Or the online registration form on our website:

http://www.ripe.net/cgi-bin/trainingform.pl.cgi

If you have any questions, send an e-mail to <training at ripe.net>.

Kind regards



Rumy Kanis
Training Services Manager
RIPE NCC