RH253 arms students with in-depth knowledge needed to configure common Red Hat Enterprise Linux network services. Network and local security tasks are also topics of this course.

Includes:

·       4 days intensive training on Red Hat Enterprise Linux

·       Hands-on labs and exercises

·       Catered lunch

·       One workstation per student!

·       Student materials, pre-assessment questionnaire, study aids, handouts

·       Red Hat promotional items!

Audience:

Linux or UNIX system administrators who already have some real world experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems administration and want a first course in networking services and security.

Prerequisites:

·       RH133 Red Hat Linux System Administration or equivalent experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

·       LAN/WAN fundamentals or equivalent; Internetworking with TCP/IP or equivalent.

Course Outline:

Unit 1: System Performance and Security

·       Concepts and Practices

·       System Faults and Breaches

·       Method of Fault Analysis

·       Benefits of System Monitoring

·       Managing Processes by Account

·       Hands-on lab: System Monitoring

Unit 2: System Service Access Controls

·       Service and Network Access Controls

·       System Initialization and Service Management

·       Service and Application Access Controls

·       tcp_wrappers Configuration

·       Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux)

·       Hands-on Lab: Controlling access to certain hosts

Unit 3: Network Resource Access Controls

·       Internet Protocol and Routing

·       IPv6: Dynamic Interface Configuration

·       IPv6: StaticInterface Configuration

·       IPv6: Routing Configuration

·       Netfilter Overview

·       Rules: General Considerations

·       Connection Tracking

·       Network Address Translation (NAT)

·       IPv6 and ip6tables

·       Hands-on Lab: Securing Networking

Unit 4: Organizing Networked Systems

·       Host Name Resolution

·       DNS-Specific Resolvers

·       Trace a DNS Query with dig

·       Exploring DNS with host

·       Service Profile: DNS

·       Getting Started with BIND

·       bind-chroot Package

·       caching-nameserver Package

·       Remote Name Daemon Control (rndc)

·       The DHCP Service

·       DHCP Overview

·       Configuring an IPv4 DHCP Server

·       Hands-on Lab: Implement a Minimal DNS Server

Unit 5: Network File Sharing Services

·       File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

·       Network File Service (NFS)

·       Port options for the Firewall

·       Samba services

·       Configuring Samba

·       Hands-on Lab: Network File Sharing Services

Unit 6: Web Services

·       Apache Overview

·       Apache Server Configuration

·       Virtual Hosts

·       Apache Access Configuration

·       CGI

·       Apache Encrypted Web Server

·       Squid Web Proxy Cache

·       Hands-on Lab: Implementing Web (HTTP) Services

Unit 7: Electronic Mail Services

·       Essential Email Operation

·       Simple Mail Transport Protocol

·       Sendmail SMTP Restrictions

·       Sendmail Operation

·       Using alternatives to Switch MTAs

·       Postfix Configuration

·       Postfix SMTP Restrictions

·       Postfix Operation

·       Mail Retrieval Protocols

·       Hands-on Lab: Electronic Mail

Unit 8: Securing Data

·       The Need For Encryption

·       Symmetric Encryption

·       Asymmetric Encryption

·       Public Key Infrastructures

·       Digital Certificates

·       Hands-on Lab: Securing Data

Unit 9: Account Management

·       Account Management

·       Account Information (Name Service)

·       Name Service Switch (NSS)

·       Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM)

·       PAM Operation

·       Utilities and Authentication

·       Hands-on Lab: Account Management Methods

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