With the aim of expanding contacts among IT personnel in Taiwan as well as promoting DNS-related technology, TWNIC is holding a series of seminars from August through November this year. Two seminars are to be held each month, and registration will be free-of-charge. For further information please go to http://cdns.twnic.net.tw.

The topics covered by the seminars will extend from basic introductory information to in-depth analysis, and will include further discussions on related issues. The following is an outline of the planned schedule for the seminars:

TWNIC DNS tech seminar
A<8/17> B<8/31>	1. Introduction to DNS(including CDNS) 2. Introduction to *DNS installation (including CDNS) 3. *DNS debugging(basic) 4. *Code translation 5. Follow-up discussion
A<9/14> B<9/28>	1. Introduction to advanced DNS 2. Advanced *DNS configuration 3. *Log analysis 4. Advanced *debugging 5. Follow-up discussion
A<10/12> B<10/26>	BIND8&9 1. *Differences between BIND8&9 2. *The BIND9 environment 3. *DNS security 4. Follow-up discussion
A<11/16> B<11/30>	Introduction to CDNS services 1. *capache 2. *csendmail 3. *cp-clients & ct-clients 4. Follow-up discussion

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*The two seminars (A and B) per month will be held on different dates. However, the topics and content of each will be identical.

*It is recommended that participants possess at least a rudimentary knowledge of the Internet.

TWNIC hopes that holding these seminars will help open up channels of communication on DNS technology among IT personnel in Taiwan, in addition to consolidating research efforts towards a common aim of continued (growth and) advancement in this field.