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Linux Networking and Security (Spring 2007) |
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| Course code : | ELINX-U01 | ||
| ECTS Credits : | 7,5 | Status : | Optional |
| Revised : | 22/12 2006 | Written : | 06/05 2001 |
| Placement : | 5-7 semester | Hours per week : | 4 |
| Length : | 1 semester | Teaching Language : | English |
| Objective : | To give the student sufficient theoretical and practical understanding and knowledge to design and implement a small TCP/IP local network connected to the Internet using PCs running Linux as the platform for both workstations and servers. | ||
| Principal Content : | Workstation installation - turning your laptop into a working Linux computer Unix usage: Users; file systems and their structure; essential commands. Graphical desktops. Networks: Linux in a networking environment: Structure and configuration of the networking software. Building your own system: Installing packages: "make", "RPM" and "tar". The Kernel and how to build it. Basic security: threats, prevention, detection. Servers: Choosing your type of servers (file, mail, print, name, web, DHCP, Samba, database); Building and securing the chosen server. |
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| Teaching method : | 50% of the time will be used by lectures and discussions, which will cover the theoretical aspects. The practical part will fall in two parts: workstation installation and set-up will be done individually whereas server building will be done as a couse assignment in groups of up to four students. The course will conclude with the handing-in of a report on the course assignment. |
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| Required prequisites : | Knowledge corresponding to the contents of NET4/NETE. | ||
| Recommended prerequisites : | The Network Management course NETM. | ||
| Relations : | None | ||
| Type of examination : | Oral examination based on assignments | ||
| External examiner : | Internal | ||
| Marking : | Scale of 13 | ||
| Remarks : | The students establish project groups at the start of the course. A group has 3-5 members. The teacher may – under special circumstances – allow smaller groups. Each group is assigned a supervisor. The supervisor follows the group and performs the examination. If teaching is performed by several teachers, the teachers distribute the groups between them. If a group member repeatedly does not show up at common group appointments the group may nominate the member for exclusion. A student not participating in the project work may be refused nomination for examination. Before the examination: The group presents the project. Each student makes a well prepared 5 minute presentation. The group is required to coordinate the presentations in such a way that the major aspects of the project are covered, that the presentations are different and that each individual presentation has a good technical span. At the examination: Each student is allocated 15 minutes. 5 of the 15 minutes are allocated to answering questions from the supervisor and the examiner related to the presentations and the report. The remaining time is allocated to a practical session in which the student is required to demonstrate good skills in using a Linux system. The examination is individual. The evaluation is based on a general impression of the level achieved by the student relative to the objective of the course. It is based on the report, the oral and practical performance and the functionality of the project. After the examination: Student and/or groups that may so wish, may contact the supervisor (by e-mail) and make an appointment during which the examination and the project report may be further discussed. If a student doesn"t pass the examination, the student is given guidance during this consultation on how to improve the chances of passing. This consultation will normally happen at the beginning of the following semester. |
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| Teaching material : | Linux Pocket Guide. Daniel J. Barrett. O"Reilly. ISBN 0-596-00628-4 "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.linuxdoc.org/guides/) Supplementary: "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 |
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| Responsible teacher : | Bent Bagger
, bbag@dtu.dk |
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