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Account SELinux
Introduction Caching DNS
Management (continued)

Software Authentication Firewall NFS

Installation /
Networking NTP CIFS
Virtualization

Storage Boot Logging FTP

LVM SELinux Web Service SSH

SMTP Review

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 DAY ONE Unit 1:
Software Management
Introduction

Software ● Register with Red Hat Network

● Using Third-Party Repositories
Networking
● Using Yum
Storage
● Handling Third-Party Software

LVM

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 DAY ONE Unit 2:
Network Management
Introduction

Software ● Understanding Network

Configuration Files
Networking ●
Network Troubleshooting Toolkit
●
Network Interface Configuration
Storage - IP Aliases
● Network Interface Configuration
LVM - Bonding
● Tuning Kernel Network
Parameters

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 DAY ONE Unit 3:
Storage Management
Introduction

Software ● Simple Partitions and File

Systems
Networking ●
Enabling Data Privacy with File
System Encryption
Storage ● Managing Swap Space
● Access iSCSI Storage
LVM

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 DAY ONE Unit 4:
Logical Volume
Introduction
Management (LVM)
Software ● Recognize the Components of
LVM
Networking ●
Implement LVM Storage
●
Extend a Logical Volume and
Storage ext4 File System
● Extending and Reducing a
LVM Volume Group

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 DAY ONE DAY TWO DAY THREE DAY FOUR

Account SELinux
Introduction Caching DNS
Management (continued)

Software Authentication Firewall NFS

Installation /
Networking NTP CIFS
Virtualization

Storage Boot Logging FTP

LVM SELinux Web Service SSH

SMTP Review

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 DAY TWO Unit 5:
Account Management
Account Management

Authentication ● Managing Passwords

● Managing File System Access
Installation / Virtualization Control Lists

Boot

SELinux

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 DAY TWO Unit 6:
Authentication
Account Management
Management
Authentication ● Network Authentication Using
an LDAP Server
Installation / Virtualization ● Kerberos Configuration
● Troubleshooting SSSD
Boot
● Network Mounting Home
Directories
SELinux

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 DAY TWO Unit 7:
Installation, Kickstart, and
Account Management
Virtualization
Authentication ● Creating a Kickstart File by
Modifying a Template
Installation / Virtualization ● Introduction to KVM
Virtualization
Boot ● Virtual Guest Installation
● Manage Virtual Machines
SELinux

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 DAY TWO Unit 8:
Boot Management
Account Management

Authentication ● Resolve GRUB Issues

● Making Persistent GRUB
Installation / Virtualization Changes
● Changing the Default Runlevel
Boot
● Single-user Mode
SELinux ● The Boot Process and Rescue
Mode
● Repairing Boot Issues

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 DAY TWO Unit 9:
SELinux Management
Account Management

Authentication ● Basic SELinux Security

Concepts
Installation / Virtualization ● SELinux Modes
● Display and Change SELinux
Boot Modes
● Display and Modify SELinux File
SELinux Contexts

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 DAY ONE DAY TWO DAY THREE DAY FOUR

Account SELinux
Introduction Caching DNS
Management (continued)

Software Authentication Firewall NFS

Installation /
Networking NTP CIFS
Virtualization

Storage Boot Logging FTP

LVM SELinux Web Service SSH

SMTP Review

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 DAY THREE Unit 9:
SELinux SELinux Management
(continued)

Firewall ● Managing SELinux Booleans

● Monitor SELinux Violations
NTP

Logging

Web Service

SMTP

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 DAY THREE Unit 10:
SELinux Firewall Management
(continued)

Firewall ● Packet Filtering

● Network Address Translation
NTP

Logging

Web Service

SMTP

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 DAY THREE Unit 11:
SELinux NTP Server Configuration
(continued)

Firewall ● Configure an NTP Server

NTP

Logging

Web Service

SMTP

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 DAY THREE Unit 12:
SELinux System Logging Service
(continued)

Firewall ● Usage Reports

● Configure a Remote Logging
NTP Service

Logging

Web Service

SMTP

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 DAY THREE Unit 13:
SELinux Web Service
(continued)

Firewall ● Securing Apache with

Encryption
NTP ●
Configure Name-Based Virtual
Hosting
Logging ● Stage a CGI Executable
● Configure User-Based
Web Service Authentication
● Troubleshooting Apache
SMTP

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 DAY THREE Unit 14:
SELinux Basic SMTP Configuration
(continued)

Firewall ● Basic E-mail Delivery

● Intranet Configuration
NTP

Logging

Web Service

SMTP

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 smtp smtp “MX”
TCP
25 MTA TCP
(postfix) 25

“/usr/bin/sendmail”

MUA
MDA
(evolution,
(postfix)
mutt,...)

/var/spool/mail/$USER

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 DAY ONE DAY TWO DAY THREE DAY FOUR

Account SELinux
Introduction Caching DNS
Management (continued)

Software Authentication Firewall NFS

Installation /
Networking NTP CIFS
Virtualization

Storage Boot Logging FTP

LVM SELinux Web Service SSH

SMTP Review

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 DAY FOUR
Caching DNS
Unit 15:
Caching-Only DNS Server
NFS

CIFS
● DNS Overview
● Caching-Only DNS Servers
FTP

SSH

Review

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 DAY FOUR
Caching DNS
Unit 16:
File Sharing with NFS
NFS

CIFS
● NFS Concepts and Configuration
● Using NFS
FTP

SSH

Review

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 NFSv2 NFSv3 NFSv4
Original public release of the Extends the NFSv2 protocol
NFS protocol
Still in use for backwards Added features:
compatibility ● TCP support

● 64-bit file sizes and offsets

●
Larger read/write sizes
Only hostname/IP-address Some implementations
based authentication, no (including Red Hat Enterprise
encryption Linux) support Kerberos for
authentication and network
encryption
Requires support Requires support
services controlled by services controlled by
portmap/rpcbind using portmap/rpcbind using
random ports: nfsd, random ports: nfsd,
rpc.mountd, rpc.statd, rpc.mountd, rpc.statd,
lockd, and others, making lockd, and others, making
it harder to secure behind a it harder to secure behind a
firewall. firewall.
Relies on username/UID Relies on username/UID
mappings to be the same on mappings to be the same on
both server and client. both server and client.
Useful for backward Useful for backward
compatibility compatibility

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 DAY FOUR
Caching DNS
Unit 17:
File Sharing with CIFS
NFS

CIFS
● Providing Home Directories as
CIFS Shares
FTP ●
Accessing CIFS Shares
●
Configuring Group and Print
SSH
CIFS Shares
Review

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 DAY FOUR
Caching DNS
Unit 18:
File Sharing with FTP
NFS

CIFS
● Drop-box Anonymous Upload

FTP

SSH

Review

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 DAY FOUR
Caching DNS
Unit 19:
SSH Service
NFS

CIFS
● Using SSH Keys

FTP

SSH

Review

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 DAY FOUR
Caching DNS
Unit 20:
Comprehensive Review
NFS

CIFS

FTP

SSH

Review

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