Introduction

This is a 4 day intensive hands on lab course in skills and methods for Linux: Networking and Security Administration.

Pre-Requisites

Students enrolling in this class should have Linux Administration skills and experience with networking services, security, TCIP/IP, NFS, HTTP, DNS, FTP, NIS, and DHCP. The user should have taken the Essentials of Red Hat Linux 5 and the System Administration of Red Hat Linux 5 courses or possess equivalent knowledge.

Outcome

After completing this course, students will know how to:

• manage system security and performance.
• manage services to optimize system performance.
• implement network resource access controls.
• use DNS and DHCP to configure networks.
• implement network file sharing services to facilitate secure resource sharing.
• implement the web service to transfer resources and communicate across the Internet, which provides a simplified transport mechanism.
• implement electronic mail services to communicate instantly and quickly.
• implement data security to secure data transfer.
• manage user authentication to allow only authorized users to access systems.