MANRS Fellows

Who is the MANRS Fellow?

The MANRS Fellow is an emerging leader in his/her community who strongly believes that routing security is an essential component for the future well-being of the Internet and is ready to contribute to its improvement. The Fellow is not necessarily a representative of a MANRS participant organization.

Applications for 2021 Fellowship Program open on Monday, 1 March 2021.

The MANRS Fellowship Program offers highly motivated individuals an opportunity to be exposed to the mission and work of the MANRS initiative in international development. The Fellowship allows individuals to bring new perspectives, innovative ideas, and recent research experience into the MANRS work to improve routing security. Fellows work with Ambassadors – well respected routing security professionals – to improve their skills while working in a diverse environment.

MANRS Fellow Categories

There will be three (3) categories:

Virtual/online Trainers
Researchers
Policy Analysts

Virtual/Online Trainers

Tasks	Prerequisites
Training Conduct MANRS tutorials and trainings/workshops online Develop content for training and tutorials under the guidance of Ambassadors Help improve existing online tutorials and online labs Approach regional and national operator groups to understand their requirement for training Provide technical assistance and guidance to less experienced network operators Promote MANRS Generate MANRS awareness through word-of-mouth in local and regional communities Write content such as blog posts, newsletters, reviews, etc. related to MANRS Promote MANRS on social media Work closely with MANRS Ambassadors and coordinate with other Fellows in the category Allocate up to 6 hours per week to MANRS	Minimum 2 years working experience in the field, as part of the team managing a network Good working understanding of BGP Have conducted training either for RIRs or other community-based organization (e.g. NOGs)

Tasks

Prerequisites

Training

Conduct MANRS tutorials and trainings/workshops online
Develop content for training and tutorials under the guidance of Ambassadors
Help improve existing online tutorials and online labs
Approach regional and national operator groups to understand their requirement for training
Provide technical assistance and guidance to less experienced network operators

Promote MANRS

Generate MANRS awareness through word-of-mouth in local and regional communities
Write content such as blog posts, newsletters, reviews, etc. related to MANRS
Promote MANRS on social media
Work closely with MANRS Ambassadors and coordinate with other Fellows in the category
Allocate up to 6 hours per week to MANRS

Minimum 2 years working experience in the field, as part of the team managing a network
Good working understanding of BGP
Have conducted training either for RIRs or other community-based organization (e.g. NOGs)

Researchers

Tasks	Prerequisites
Technical research Maintain a list of BGP hijacks, leaks and bogon announcements that impact the Internet significantly Collect relevant information on significant incidents such as route dumps to pinpoint the problem and identify the scale of it Write in detail about such incidents under the guidance of Ambassadors Review and test Network Operating Systems from different vendors to check their implementation of BGP Prefix filtering, SAV (Source Address Validation) and RPKI Promote MANRS Provide in-depth reporting on the implementation of these functions from different vendors Share these reports with the community for further open discussions and provide feedback to vendors Write contents such as blog posts, newsletters, reviews, etc. related to MANRS Allocate up to 4 hours per week to MANRS	Minimum 4 years working experience in the field, as part of the team managing a network Good working understanding of BGP dumps Understanding of routing incidents Able to clearly communicate (in English) about these incidents

Tasks

Prerequisites

Technical research

Maintain a list of BGP hijacks, leaks and bogon announcements that impact the Internet significantly
Collect relevant information on significant incidents such as route dumps to pinpoint the problem and identify the scale of it
Write in detail about such incidents under the guidance of Ambassadors
Review and test Network Operating Systems from different vendors to check their implementation of BGP Prefix filtering, SAV (Source Address Validation) and RPKI

Promote MANRS

Provide in-depth reporting on the implementation of these functions from different vendors
Share these reports with the community for further open discussions and provide feedback to vendors
Write contents such as blog posts, newsletters, reviews, etc. related to MANRS
Allocate up to 4 hours per week to MANRS

Minimum 4 years working experience in the field, as part of the team managing a network
Good working understanding of BGP dumps
Understanding of routing incidents
Able to clearly communicate (in English) about these incidents

Policy Analysts

Tasks	Prerequisites
Analysis Review existing policy documents targeting Internet security, routing security, DDoS, and issues that can be addressed through MANRS actions Provide feedback on such policies Help improve existing policy documents for MANRS Promote MANRS Generate MANRS awareness through word-of-mouth in local and regional communities Write contents such as blog posts, newsletters, reviews, etc. related to MANRS Allocate up to 4 hours per week to MANRS	Basic understanding of how routing works and the concepts of routing security Experience in writing policy documents Experience in working with policy makers or on participation in different policy forums

Tasks

Prerequisites

Analysis

Review existing policy documents targeting Internet security, routing security, DDoS, and issues that can be addressed through MANRS actions
Provide feedback on such policies
Help improve existing policy documents for MANRS

Promote MANRS

Generate MANRS awareness through word-of-mouth in local and regional communities
Write contents such as blog posts, newsletters, reviews, etc. related to MANRS
Allocate up to 4 hours per week to MANRS

Basic understanding of how routing works and the concepts of routing security
Experience in writing policy documents
Experience in working with policy makers or on participation in different policy forums

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If you have questions about this programme or the application process, please email [email protected] or refer to FAQ section.

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