CT320: Network and System Administration

Aug 20–24, 2018

• SDC (formerly RDS)
• Google
• Understanding
• Introduction
• Bash interactive
• Bash scripts

• Configuration
• Installation (bring printout)

• Discuss HW0
• IQ01 Thursday
• HW0 due 10:00ᴘᴍ Sun Aug 26

• Ch. 1: Where to Start
• Ch. 2: Scripting and the Shell, pp. 29–51

Aug 27–31, 2018

• Requirements
• Booting & Shutdown
• Access Control

• Discuss HW1
• IQ02 Thursday

• Ch. 3: Booting and Shutting Down
• Ch. 4: Access Control and Rootly Powers

Sep 3–7, 2018

• Processes and Signals
• The Filesystem (start)

• IQ03 Thursday
• HW1 due 10:00ᴘᴍ Sun Sep 9

• Ch. 5: Controlling Processes
• Ch. 6: The Filesystem

Sep 10–14, 2018

• Testing
• Periodic Processes
• The Filesystem (finish)
• Distributions
• Software Installation

• Review HW1
• Discuss HW2
• IQ04 Thursday

• Ch. 9: Periodic Processes
• Ch. 12: Software Installation & Mgmt, pp. 382–392

Sep 17–21, 2018

• ~ct320/bin/grade HW1
• Accounts & Namespaces
• Storage

• IQ05 Thursday
• HW2 due 10:00ᴘᴍ Sun Sep 23

• Ch. 7: Adding New Users
• Ch. 8: Storage

Sep 24–28, 2018

• Backups
• Printing

• Review HW2
• Discuss HW3
• IQ06 Thursday

• Ch. 10: Backups, pp. 292–317
• Ch. 26: Printing, pp. 1033–1044, 1065–1084

Oct 1–5, 2018

• Configuration Files
• Logging

• Review for midterm
• IQ07 Tuesday
• Test etiquette
• Midterm Thursday
• HW3 due 10:00ᴘᴍ Sun Oct 7

Oct 8–12, 2018

• Perl

• Midterm post-mortem
• Review HW3
• Discuss HW4
• IQ08 Thursday

Oct 15–19, 2018

• Definitions
• LAN
• IP Addresses
• Sending a Packet

• IQ09 Thursday
• HW4 due 10:00ᴘᴍ Sun Oct 21

Oct 22–26, 2018

• TCP/IP Networking
• Routing

• Review HW4
• Discuss HW5
• IQ10 Thursday

Oct 29 – Nov 2, 2018

• NAT
• IPv6
• Top Level Domains
• Thursday: Wayne Trzyna

• IQ11 Tuesday
• HW5 due 10:00ᴘᴍ Sun Nov 4

Nov 5–9, 2018

• DNS
• WWW
• Totalitarian networking
• SNMP

• Review HW5
• Discuss HW6
• IQ12 Thursday

• Ch. 17: DNS: The Domain Name System
• Ch. 21: Network Mgmt & Debug, pp. 879–889

Nov 12–16, 2018

• Python
• Email

• IQ13 Thursday
• HW6 due 10:00ᴘᴍ Sun Nov 25

• Ch. 20: Email
• Ch. 2: Scripting and the Shell, pp. 66–74

Nov 19–23, 2018

Nov 26–30, 2018

• Security
• iptables Example

• Review HW6
• Discuss HW7
• IQ14 Thursday

Dec 3–7, 2018

• Secure Shell
• ASCSU surveys
• Review for Final Exam

• IQ15 Thursday
• HW7 due 10:00ᴘᴍ Sun Dec 9

• Ch. 22: Security, pp. 926–930 (ssh)
• Ch. 22: Security, pp. 914–916 (nmap)

Tue Dec 11, 2018

Final Exam

Tuesday 6:20–8:20ᴘᴍ in CSB rooms 315 & 325