Overordnede kursusmål
To give the student sufficient theoretical and practical
understanding and knowledge to design and implement a local
network, including a server of own choice, connected to the
Internet using PCs and VM's running Linux as the platform for
both workstations and servers. Also cloud administation and
operation is discussed.
Læringsmål
En studerende, der fuldt ud har opfyldt kursets mål, vil kunne:
- 1. Operate Linux from the command line
- 2. Describe the Linux file system, including the protection
system
- 3. Perform simple system administrator task such as user
administration, access control, etc.
- 4. Create and maintain a log book for the server
- 5. Identify the possible threats to the security of a
workstation and a server
- 6. Specify and implement proper contermeasures to the
identified threats
- 7. Specify and implement methods to assertain the continuing
operation of the server in spite of e.g. power failures, planned or
otherwise
- 8. Describe the protocol(s) applicable to the chosen
server
- 9. Discuss the pros and cons of the chosen server relative to
similar servers
- 10. Discuss cloud administration and operation, including pros
and cons of using cloud
- 11. Demonstrate the proper operation of the server
(testing)
Kursusindhold
Workstation installation - turn your laptop into a working Linux
computer
Linux usage: Users; file systems and file system structure;
essential commands. Graphical desktops.
Networks: Linux in a networking environment: Structure and
configuration of the networking software.
Build your own system: Install packages: From source code (tar,
./configure, make, make install) or package managers: dpkg, RPM
etc.
Basic security: threats, prevention, detection.
Servers: Choose your type of servers (file, mail, print, name, web,
DHCP, Samba, database);
Cloud: Linux in a cloud environment; administration and operation
Build and secure the chosen server.
Litteraturhenvisninger
Linux Pocket Guide. Daniel J. Barrett. O'Reilly. ISBN
0-596-00628-4
UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook 4th ed., Nemeth,
Snyder, Hein & Whaley, Prentice Hall ISBN 0-13-148005-7
Supplementary literature:
'Linux Network Administrator's Guide', 3nd ed. Tony
Bautts, Terry Dawson & Gregory N. Purdy. O'Reilly,
Sebastopol CA 2005, ISBN 0-596-00548-2. (The 2nd edition may be
downloaded from the Internet
http://www.tldp.org/guides/)
'Linux in a Nutshell', 4th ed. Ellen Siever et al.
O'Reilly, Sebastopol CA
2000, ISBN -596-00482-6
'Computer Networking. A Top-Down Approach Featuring the
Internet', 3rd ed. James Kurose and Keith W. Ross. Addison
Wesley, New York 2005, ISBN 0-321-26976-4
Bemærkninger
Afterwards a security related project can be worked out in course
62419 (in 3 weeks span).
Sidst opdateret
29. maj, 2017
