LX 24

Extra Info

• Book list
• IBM courses delivered by Novatrex
• Useful links

Useful files

• RPM files for course
• /etc/hosts
• /etc/sysconfig/ipchains
• useful commands

Unit 1 - Concepts

• Defintions of terms

Unit 2 - Installation and Hardening

• Kickstart Installation
• The ks.cfg (Kickstart file) on the installation disk for this course
• The install disk image
• /etc/fstab
• PPP Cable test
• Assorted files for lab2

Unit 3 - TCP/IP Protocol Suite

• IP Classes
• IP Subnet - concepts
• Subnet examples
• IPv6
• IP Packet
• ICMP Packet
• UDP Packet
• TCP handshake
• /etc/sysctl.conf

Unit 4 - Packet Filtering and Network Address

• Chains concept
• Firewall Shell script
• FTP modes

Unit 5 - Secure Shell (SSH)

• SSH concept
• Steps to StrictHostKey checking
• Firewall Shell script
• output from netstat
• assorted files

Unit 6 - Socks

• output from netstat
• /etc/rc.d/init.d/sockd
• /etc/sockd.conf
• /etc/socks.conf
• output from netstat

Unit 7 - Proxy

• Apache
  • Apache Setup
  • index.html for apache
• Squid
  • Squid Setup
  • /etc/squid/squid.conf

Unit 8 - DNS files

• Dns refresher
  
• ibm.com
  
• back.ibm.com
  
• Lab - LX24
  

Unit 9 - Email

• instructor instructions
  
• SMTP commands
• sendmail.cf directives
  
• new lab instructions
  
• files for lab
  
• eicar.com virus file for lab
  

Misc

• RJ45 Pinout
• T568A/B
• Cable Specifications
• rfc768 - User Datagram Protocol
• rfc791 - Internet Protocol
• rfc792 - Internet Control Message Protocol
• rfc793 - Transmission Control Protocol
• rfc821 - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
• rfc919 - Broadcasting Internet Datagrams
• rfc922 - Broadcasting Internet Datagrams In The Presence of Subnets
• rfc950 - Internet Standard Subnetting Procedure
• rfc1081- Post Office Protocol - Version 3
• rfc1918 - Address Allocation for Private Internets
• rfc1349 - Type of Service in the Internet Protocol Suite