CSC271 Schedule - Fall 2010

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First 8 Weeks at a Glance:

Week 1 - Aug. 23	Week 2 - Aug 30	Week 3 - Sept 7 (Sept 6, Labor Day)	Week 4 - Sept 13
Week 5 - Sept 20	Week 6 - Sept 27	Week 7 - Oct 4	Week 8 - Oct 11

Second 8 Weeks at a Glance

Week 9 - Oct 18	Week 10 - Oct 25	Week 11 - Nov 1	Week 12 - Nov 8
Week 13 - Nov 15	Week 14 - Nov 22 (Thxgvg begins at 5pm on Nov 24)	Week 15 - Nov 29	Week 16 - Dec 6

Week 1: Aug. 23

Links, Reading, Class Overview:

• Course Introduction
• Selecting a Distro
• Wikipedia Distro Comparison
• Get in a Group and discuss requirements and plan the install
• Services that you will need to support

• Review The sysadmin stuff from CSC128
• Review The /etc/passwd file

• udev dynamic device management depends on fuse module
• /usr/src/linux/Documentation/filesystems/fuse.txt
• Kernel Modules at Wikipedia
• modprobe at Wikipedia
• /sbin/modprobe -l [module_name]
• insmod
• lsmod
• Wikipedia lsmod
• modprobe
• depmod
• ifconfig
• man modules.conf (/etc/modules.devfs)
• lspci

• man sudoers
• man sudo
• Sample /etc/sudoers

Labs:

• Lab 1 - 10 points for showing up and getting the sticker on your machine.
• Lab 2 - Configure my account on your machine so that my prompt is configured so that it looks like this:
  [smauney@yourhost:path]> You will then e-mail me on your system and tell me that you have it fixed up for me. I will only be correcting my netid and primary login group which will match shaula. During class you can get me to set my password right at the console.
  10 Points. Due by: . at the beginning of Class

For next Week:

Project 1: Install and configure a system according to the specifications in the links below in week 2. 100 Points.
Due by: At the beginning of Class .

Participation Week 1-4
Due by: Sept 20 at midnight.

Week 2: Aug 30

Links, Reading, Class Overview:

Base install and getting on the Network

• Look at the Install Procedure from CSC171
• Look at the Network Information from CSC171
• Requirements for the Base Install
• Look at the Getting on the Network (firewall config)

Labs:
For next Week:

• Project 1: Install and configure a system according to the specifications in the link above. 100 Points.
  Due by: At the beginning of Class Sept 7 (Sept 6, Labor Day) .

Week 3: Sept 7 (Sept 6, Labor Day)

Links, Reading, Class Overview:
Apache Web Server Install and Configure Apache Web Server

• Server Side Includes Howto
• Apache 2.2 Documentation
• Apache dot org
• /usr/sbin/apachectl is a common way to start apache
• You should run the latest version or Apache httpd -v will tell you what version you have on your system
• Installing Apache 2.2.x on your system. Be sure that this is the version that you install.
• The main configuration file is etc/apache/httpd.conf
• Look to the httpd.conf file on www-csc.csit.parkland.edu for help.
• Be sure that you test everything before you tell me it is ready
• kill -HUP `cat /var/run/httpd.pid' this is the scoreboard file and is how you send a "hangup" to the server, also look at apachectl
• .htaccess
• .htpasswd

• Short Lecture on Continuing Installs
• Securing Free BSD
• /var/log/wtmp
• dmesg >file_to_view_kernel_messages
• Useful Utilities

Labs:

• Project 2: 50 Points: Install and Configure an Apache Web Server. You will install the latest version of Apache 2.x.x and configure it over the next week.
  Due By: at the beginning of class.
• .htaccess and htpasswd Lab:
  Due Sept 20 at the beginning of class.
• HTML Lab: Each user on the system will make a homepage in your own public_html and uses a Cascading Style Sheet that is in a seperate file and Server-Side Includes (see the apache web site for the server side includes). 15 points.
  Due Sept 20 at the beginning of class.

For next Week:

Week 4: Sept 13

Links, Reading, Class Overview:

• Project 3 NFS
• Look at the old NFS information in CSC171 Week12
• man nfsd
• man lockd
• man showmount
• showmount -e [remote_machine] shows you the exports on a remote machine.
• /etc/exports
• man 5 exports Especially for options like root_squash
• Look at /etc/exports on shaula.csit.parkland.edu
• Look at /etc/fstab on shaula and www-csc.csit.parkland.edu
• Note conventions: /export/[dirname] and /mnt/[whatever] , then symbolik link from there to home directory

• Continue Apache Install Project and .htaccess and HTML Lab

Labs:

• Project 3 NFS
  Due By: at the beginning of class.

For next Week:

Week 5: Sept 20

Links, Reading, Class Overview:

Sean is gone today but this stuff is still assigned you should also be working on your NFS project. DNS

• Ch 16 p. 542 - DNS and DHCP Services
• Read pp. 86, 339 for GUI tool DNS Client Configurations
• /etc/resolv.conf for search domains
• DNS from CSC130
• dig commands for foreward and reverse lookups
• Example named.conf and forward and reverse files
• BIND at Wikipedia
• BIND at The Internet Software Consortium
• DNS BIND HOWTO
• named-checkconf /etc/named.conf
• named-checkzone csc271smauney.class.parkland.edu. /var/named/csc271smauney/csc271smauney.class.parkland.edu.db
• See an example of our forward and reverse files

Labs:

• Lab: Add smauney to the following groups
  Due By: at the beginning of class 10 Points
• Project 4: Install and Configure DNS Services
  Due by Oct 4 50 Points

For next Week:

Participation Week 5-8
Due by: Oct 18 at midnight.

Week 6: Sept 27

Links, Reading, Class Overview:

• We will be still having an open lab so people can work on their DNS Servers

Installing and Configuring Windows File Services (Samba Server)

• A sample smb.conf
• A README file
• Samba Dot Org
• Book pp. 523-537
• net commands
• machine accounts
• See Week 7 for more links

Labs:

Continue working on your Projects

Samba Project Part 1 Assigned.

For next Week:

Project 5: Set up Samba Server to run as a Windows-Style file Server.
Part 1 - 50 Points: Due by Oct 18 in class.
Part 2 - 50 Points: Due by Oct 25 in class.

Week 7: Oct 4

Links, Reading, Class Overview:

Utilities and Samba Information:

• man smb.conf
• The Samba Suite of utilities man 7 samba
• smbd -V Tells you which version you are running. I recommend running 3.0.23 or above since you MUST be a PDC for WinXP
• smbpasswd -a adds a user to the samba user database
• smbpasswd -e enables that users' account, by default the account is disabled
• testparm tests your smb.conf file for errors. be sure to do this before you run /etc/rc.d/rc.samba restart
• smbclient
• findsmb
• nmblookup -M [workgroup]
• smbmount
• smbumount
• smb://server/share in a browser window
• Remember that you should get the server working first before you add a user

Wednesday: We will be looking at a few things on each of our machines and then it is open lab for the Samba project. I have a WinXP machine up in class and we'll be getting it going for testing purposes Labs:

• I will be correcting your DNS Lab

For next Week:

Participation Week 5-8
Due by: Oct 18 at midnight.

Week 8: Oct 11

Links, Reading, Class Overview:

Samba Configuration Continued.

Labs:

• Continue Samba
• Machine Accounts

For next Week:

Week 9: Oct 18

Links, Reading, Class Overview:




Setting up a DHCP Server

• The most important thing DON'T START A DHCP SERVER ON THIS NETWORK
• See the book Ch 16 pp. 557-end
• DHCP Introduction from CSC130
• DHCP Basic Details from CSC130
• For the Lab we will have crossover cables and each machine will be a DHCP client and Server in turn.
• man dhcpd.conf
• DHCP of BootP runs on port 67-8 so these must be opened on your firewall.
• You may decide to edit /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf to turn your system into a DHCP client
• ifdown eth0
• dhclient eth0
• ifup eth0
• Project DHCP

On Nov 1 there is an Exam in this Class. It is 50 Questions 100 points and covers all material we have covered so far.

We will also continue to test and correct our Samba Servers Labs:

• Project DHCP
  Due: Nov 8 in class

For next Week:

Participation Week 9-12
Due by: Nov 15 at Midnight

Week 10: Oct 25

Links, Reading, Class Overview:

We will be correcting the last of the Samba Servers and starting DHCP
Setting up a DHCP Server

• The most important thing DON'T START A DHCP SERVER ON THIS NETWORK
• See the book Ch 16 pp. 557-end
• DHCP Introduction from CSC130
• DHCP Basic Details from CSC130
• For the Lab we will have crossover cables and each machine will be a DHCP client and Server in turn.
• man dhcpd.conf
• DHCP of BootP runs on port 67-8 so these must be opened on your firewall.
• You may decide to edit /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf to turn your system into a DHCP client
• ifdown eth0
• dhclient eth0
• ifup eth0
• Project DHCP

Labs:

• Virtual Hosting
• We will continue corrections on PDC and and DHCP.

For next Week:

Week 11: Nov 1

Links, Reading, Class Overview:


Note that there is a midterm next week the second meeting of the week.

Configuring the HTTPD server to host more than one Domain

• Look at the VirtualHost section in /etc/apache/httpd.conf on www-csc
• Virtual Hosting at Apache Project
• Virtual Host and Error Page Assignment

Both Days this Week we will be continuing with the following:

Continued Corrections on:

• PDC
• DHCP-Client
• DHCP-Server
• Virtual Hosting

Labs:
For next Week:

Participation Week 9-12
Due by: Midnight Nov 15

Week 12: Nov 8

Links, Reading, Class Overview:


Midterm

IMAP Services

• imap
• xinetd pp. 366, 408, 589, 610
• TCP Wrappers Book pp. 593-594
• tcp wrappers
• IMAP Practical Guide

Labs:

• Install and configure an IMAP server.
  Project 50 points.
  15 points extra credit. Use inetd or xinetd in combination with TCP Wrappers.

For next Week:

Week 13: Nov 15

Links, Reading, Class Overview:

Mail Services

• Installing and Configuring Majordomo
• Majordomo at Wikipedia
• Majordomo Home Page

Labs:

• Install and Configure a Listserve server such as majordomo or Mailman or any other list manager that you want as long as it will allow me to subscribe and unsubscribe at will by sending an e-mail to the listserve (I do not accept a hypertext interface for this one). You will then e-mail smauney@shaula.csit.parkland.edu and tell me what the e-mail address of your list is and what the name of the list is and I will sent a request to join the list. I will send the request to join the list from shaula.csit.parkland.edu. I should be able to send mail to the list and you should also send mail to the list. I should then be able to un-subscribe. See the page www.ipv6.org/majordomo-help.html to see how you use a list as a user.
  50 Points
• Install and Configure SquirrelMail a http enabled mail system.
  50 Points.

For next Week:

Participation Week 13-16
Due by: Midnight Dec 13 .

Week 14: Nov 22
(Thxgvg begins at 5pm on Nov 24)

Links, Reading, Class Overview:

• Continue on Projects Listserver, IMAP and Squirrel Mail

Labs:

For next Week:

Week 15: Nov 29

Links, Reading, Class Overview:

Files and Processes

• ls -l - -time=access View Access Times of files
• Can mount an entire partition with the "noatime" option set
• man chattr
• lsattr
• strings
• umask
• umask on the web
• man umask umask is a shell builtin
• lsof list open files
• Example: lsof -iTCP:ssh lists files that the TCP service ssh has open
• Example 2: Find the files that user has open
  lsof -u user

Some Light Encryption

• Encrypt a file using the following openssl commands
• Also see shred
• openssl enc -e -aes128 -in [file_to_encrypt] -out [file_to_encrypt].enc
• openssl enc -d -aes128 -in [file_to_decrypt] -out [file_to_viewplaintext]
• Now practice decrypting the file.

Labs:

• Change the attribute on your system's home page to NOT update the access time attribute when the web server accesses it. 15 Points
• Lab: Due in class. 15 points. Encrypt a file. Then place the file in smauney's home directory. The file name shall be smauney.enc You the password for the file is dude11 . This one has to work the first time around so make sure of file ownership and permissions. The contents of the file should have the text: I'll Take My 15 Points Now! Signed [username]

For next Week:

Week 16: Dec 6

Links, Reading, Class Overview:

• Snort
• For Finals Week: 200point assignment - install snort and configure it, including using it with the OpenSource Community Rules and Alerts in IDS mode. You will prepare a 1-2 page paper on it and give me the paper at the final.
• Week to Catch Up and finish projects.
• No projects/labs will be accepted after 6:00 pm on the last day of class

Labs:
For next Week:

Finals Week: Finals week Dec 13-17 Official Finals Schedule

Finals Schedule