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Unix Networking

This course will instruct students on using the UNIX networking.

Topics

  • Internet Protocols
  • IISO
  • What is TCP/IP?
  • General description of the TCP/IP protocols
  • Well-known sockets and the applications layer
  • Protocols other than TCP: UDP and ICMP
  • Keeping track of names and information: the domain system
  • About Firewalls
  • Design Decisions
  • Levels of Threat
  • Firewalls and Their Components
  • Firewalls using Screening Routers
  • Firewalls using Dual Homed Gateways
  • Screened Host Gateways
  • Screened Subnets
  • Network Security
  • Root Network Security
  • User Network Security
  • Internet vs. Ethernet Addressing
  • ASET
  • Execution
  • Task Status
  • Reports
  • Tunable Environment
  • Break-in Security
  • Improving the Security of Your Site by Breaking Into it
  • Gaining Information
  • Trust
  • Protecting the system
  • How to get some free security resources on the Internet
  • Domain Name Service
  • Primary Name Server
  • Client
  • Network File System
  • Partition Information
  • Using Remote or Local Resources
  • Sharing (exporting) File Systems
  • HP Exporting File Systems
  • Automount
  • Automount Programs
  • Automount Files
  • Custom Definitions
  • Network Info. Service
  • NIS Diagram
  • NIS Definitions
  • NIS Servers and Clients
  • Daemons
  • Affected Files
  • Updating NIS
  • The NIS+ Environment
  • NIS Plus
  • Files and Commands
  • Namespace
  • Directory
  • Table
  • Groups
  • Qualifying Objects
  • File Structure Layout
  • Monitoring Tools
  • Network Monitoring
  • System Monitoring
  • Shell Script Basics
  • cron
  • What Is A Command File?
  • Starting a Bourne Shell
  • Executing
  • Debugging
  • Variables
  • Quoting
  • Positional Parameters
  • Keyboard Input
  • Logical If Statements
  • Case Statement
  • Exit Status
  • Basic NIS+ Security
  • Key Concepts
  • Credentials
  • NIS+ Passwords
  • Object Permissions
  • Ownership
  • Server/Client Installation
  • NIS+ Servers
  • Name Service Switch
  • NIS Emulation
  • Root Server Installation
  • NIS+ Clients
  • Replica Server
  • Master Server (not root)
  • Populating Tables
  • nispopulate
  • nisaddent
  • nistbladm
  • Custom Tables
  • nismkdir
  • nistbladm
  • nisrmdir

Audience

This course is intended for UNIX programmers, systems administrators and anyone needing an in-depth knowledge of UNIX networking. Students should have completed the Introduction to System Administration course.

Course Length

Five Days

For More Information

Contact sales@intech.com if you have questions regarding this or any other course.

Earlier versions of courses may be available upon request.
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