Objectives of training:

Being a system administrator who can perform the setup process on a server Red Hat Enterprise Linux and the general configuration of the network and security at primary level.

Target participants:

System Linux or UNIX administrators, who have experience and understand the use and management concepts at the level of Linux system workstations but want to do the implementation or increase knowledge in managing Linux systems at the level of network and security services.

Requirements:

• RH131 Red Hat Linux System Administration, RH133 Red Hat Linux System Administration or equivalent experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. To help you determine and find out what experience you have, try to take the  RH133 Pre-assessment Questionnaire.
• The basics of LAN / WAN, the workings of the Internet, and the concept of TCP / IP.

The duration of training:

4 Day
9:00 am. – 17:00 pm. Monday through Thursday

Preparation for the taking:

• RH300 RHCE Training and Certification course (5-Day)
• RHS333 Red Hat Enterprise Security: Network Services

What will be studied:

Here is a list of what will be gained at this training:

Unit 1: Introduction to System Services

• Service Management
• Types of Services
• Fault Analysis
• SELinux control and contexts
• Hands-on lab: Introduction to System Services

Unit 2: Securing Networks

• Packet Filtering Capabilities
• Netfilter Architecture
• Chain Operations
• Connection Tracking
• Network Address Translation (NAT)
• Hands-on lab: Securing Networks

Unit 3: Organizing Networked Systems

• DNS Basics
• Internet DNS Hierarchy
• Name Server Hierarchy
• Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND)
• Chrooted BIND
• rndc
• Zone Files
• Delegating Subdomains
• BIND Syntax Utilities
• Advanced BIND features
• Configuring the DHCP server
• Hands-on lab: Organizing Networked Systems

Unit 4: Network File Sharing Services

• Configuring NFS services
• Configuring FTP services
• Samba Services
• Hands-on lab: Network File Sharing Services

Unit 5: Electronic Mail Services

• Operational Overview
• Security and “Anti-Spam” Features
• sendmail Configuration with the m4 Macro Language
• sendmail Client Configuration
• Debugging sendmail
• Postfix
• Configuring postfix
• Additional postfix Configuration
• Hands-on lab: Electronic Mail Services

Unit 6: The HTTP Service

• Apache Features
• Apache Server Configuration
• Virtual Hosts
• Apache Namespace Configuration
• Using .htaccess Files
• CGI
• Apache Encrypted Web Server
• Squid Web Proxy Cache
• Hands-on lab: The HTTP Service

Unit 7: Security Concerns and Policy

• Definitions of Security
• Basic Network Security
• Diagnostic Utilities
• Remote Service Detection
• Security Policy
• Response Strategies and Resources
• Hands-on lab: Security Concerns and Policy

Unit 8: Authentication Services

• Authentication and Account Basics
• PAM Operation
• Core PAM Modules
• Authentication Modules
• Password Security
• Authentication Troubleshooting
• NIS Server Configuration
• NIS Client Configuration
• NIS Troubleshooting
• Hands-on lab: Authentication Services

Unit 9: System Monitoring

• Introduction to System Monitoring
• File System Analysis
• System Log Files
• syslogd and klogd configuration
• Log File Analysis
• Monitoring and Limiting Processes
• System Activity Reporting
• Hands-on lab: System Monitoring

Unit 10: Securing Services

• System V Startup Control
• Securing the Service
• tcp_wrappers Configuration
• xinetd Access Control
• Advanced Security Options
• Hands-on lab: Securing Services

Unit 11: Securing Data

• The Need For Encryption
• Cryptographic Building Blocks
• Symmetric Encryption
• Asymmetric Encryption
• Public Key Infrastructures
• Digital Certificates
• Generating Digital Certificates
• OpenSSH Overview
• OpenSSH Authentication
• The OpenSSH server and clients
• Protecting Your Keys
• Hands-on lab: Securing Data

Facilities that will be obtained:

• 4-day intensive training with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
• Hands-on labs and exercises
• Lunch, snacks and coffee breack
• SOne computer / workstation for one participant
• Material, grid questions, case studies, handouts
• Promotional items from Red Hat