CHI-NOG 13 Hands on Workshops are Here!
It’s an exciting time for CHI-NOG 13, the first year we are growing to a two-day event. We heard your feedback, you want more hands-on labs where, at the end of it, you can go home with new skills applicable to your career. This isn’t always easy to do in a vendor neutral manner like the rest of the sessions. That’s why we are introducing a sponsored workshop day on Wednesday, May 27th, along with adding a workshop during the conference event. A laptop is a requirement for each workshop. Session are held in a small classroom setting of 30 or less. Each session requires registration to receive lab materials beforehand.
ARIN: Routing Security Workshop: ARIN Deep Dive on RPKI Wednesday, May 27th | 8:30 AM | 4 hours
You’ve seen many sessions on RPKI and how it protects the internet from unauthorized prefix origination. But have you actually implemented the validators, configured them with a router, and used ARIN’s RPKI services end-to-end? This workshop covers routing security fundamentals, ARIN’s RPKI services, understanding relying party validators, and best practices for managing your RPKI resources. After this session, you will walk away with the hands-on experience to implement RPKI end-to-end in your network. You will have the confidence to configure and manage relying party validators, have a solid understanding of ARIN’s RPKI services, and best practices you can apply immediately to secure your organization’s routing infrastructure.
Presented by Brad Gorman (Director of Customer Technical Services) at ARIN. Brad has been a fixture in the Internet community since the mid-1990s, having worked as a network engineer at America Online, Time Warner Cable, and Charter Communications, and represents ARIN at the IETF and industry conferences worldwide.
ICANN: Hands-On DNSSEC for Network Operators Wednesday, May 27th | 12:30 PM | 4 hours | Registration Required
This lab-based session is designed for network operators looking to deploy DNSSEC validation and implement DNSSEC signing for customer and company domains. Participants will work through lab modules covering DNS diagnostic tools (dig, Extended DNS Errors, and dnsviz), DNSSEC signature validation on resolvers, automation in signing, and the chain of trust for DNSSEC keys. Most of the time in this lab is spent at the keyboard. Prior experience running a resolver or authoritative server is helpful but not required. After this session, you will walk away with practical, hands-on experience deploying DNSSEC validation, the skills to implement DNSSEC signing for your organization’s domains, proficiency with essential DNS diagnostic tools, and a clear understanding of the DNSSEC chain of trust in production.
Presented by Eddy Winstead, a systems and network engineering veteran with over 30 years of experience focused primarily in DNS, DHCP, and network management. Eddy has led large-scale DNS/DNSSEC deployments worldwide and is a frequent speaker at NANOG, APRICOT, and LISA.
Nokia: Intent Based Automation: Build an AI Fabric Thursday, May 28th | 1:45 PM | 2 hours | Registration Required
This workshop will guide participants through building an AI backend network fabric to enable GPU-to-GPU communication for training and inference workloads. Designed for engineers looking to understand how high-performance AI and HPC clusters are built, the session explores key enabling technologies such as RoCEv2, Priority Flow Control, Explicit Congestion Notification, and real-time streaming telemetry. Each participant will be provided with their own dedicated lab environment to implement a rail-optimized AI Fabric and configure lossless Ethernet required for RDMA-based workloads, while also learning an intent-based approach to network design for closed-loop automation. After this session, you will walk away with hands-on experience building a fully functional AI backend network fabric, a deep understanding of the technologies that power high-performance GPU clusters, the skills to configure lossless Ethernet and implement RoCEv2 for RDMA-based workloads, and practical exposure to intent-based network automation for managing complex configurations at scale.
Presented by Mohammad Zaman (SDN and New Product Engineer) and Amer Fakhar (Principal Solutions Architect) at Nokia. Together they bring over three decades of combined experience in IP networking, data center design, AI infrastructure, and hyperscale cloud networking.
If you already purchased your conference tickets, you can register for the workshop session following these instructions:
- Go to https://app.eventzilla.net/attendee/login
- Enter the email address you used to register
- Click on your CHI-NOG 13 order
- Click Edit
- Select the workshop(s) you want to add
- Click Submit
You’ll receive a confirmation email with your updated registration.