Linux CBT Classic Edition

LinuxCBT Classic Edition
Price: $695
License: Site License
System Requirements: Any Operating System
Duration: 75 hours/375+ Videos on 1-DVD & Online

Overview

Traditional training outlets do not compare because they tend to deliver canned certification courses, which means little to serious IT-professionals and savvy hiring managers. Our Linux training solution, LinuxCBT, is unparalleled in content, depth and expertise. LinuxCBT prepares you or your organization for successfully deploying and managing business-critical RedHat® Linux-based desktop and server solutions. Let LinuxCBT teach you what traditional training outlets and other CBTs do not; real RedHat® Linux skills!

LinuxCBT Classic Edition includes both Client Management and Server Management Components.

Recommended Prerequisites:

* Open mind & determination to master Linux and related open-source applications
* Basic MS Windows skills
* Basic understanding of networking concepts
* Access to a spare PC to perform all of the installations and exercises in LinuxCBT Classic Edition

Course Objectives

LinuxCBT Classic Edition - GNU/Linux Basics - Module 1

* Introduction to the GNU/Linux operating system - Basics
o Discussion of the Free Software Foundation’s efforts to deliver ubiquitous UNIX!
o Emphasize the role and importance of the GNU project
o Identification of various Linux distributors including Debian, Mandrake, RedHat®, etc.
o Introduction to the widely-used RedHat® Linux distribution
o Explore Linux system documentation (man, info, GNOME, etc.)
o Explain the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) - UNIX is one big directory!
o Explore the Linux file system
o Identify the various interfaces to Linux
o Discuss the role and release rules of the Linux Kernel
o Demonstrate usage of file & directory tools (pwd, ls, cd, touch, cp, mkdir, mv, rm, which, rpm)
o Basic BASH shell navigation & PATH & variable manipulation (set,unset,env,export,etc.)
o Explore usage of common user-tools (cat, echo, find, locate)
o Demonstrate typical usage of vi/vim ASCII text editors
o Installation & implemenation of pine mail reader and pico text editor
o Demonstrate typical usage of the king of all UNIX/Linux editors; EMACS
o Explain & demonstrate standard in, standard out, redirection & pipes
o Demonstrate usage of backup/restore tools (tar, gzip, gunzip)
o Identify basic utilities and package memberships
o Demonstrate usage of system monitoring tools (uptime, free, top, vmstat, meminfo, cpuinfo, ps, kill, watch)
o Identify the various types of files on Linux systems
o Identify Filesystem tools (fsck, fdisk, mkfs, parted)
o Mounting/unmounting basic Linux floppy, CD & ISO files
o Identification of major online open source repositories (sourceforge, freshmeat, etc.)

LinuxCBT Classic Edition Client Installations - Module 2

* Perform client Installations - Disc 2
o Planning the installation - identify software, hardware requirements & disk partitioning defaults
o Demonstrate complete upgrade
o Demonstrate complete client installation from bootable CD
o Create network-based source-tree on a centralized server for installation
o Prepare for network-based FTP installation - create bootable media/obtain patches/etc.
o Demonstrate complete client installation from FTP server
o Prepare for network-based Kickstart automated installation via Network File System (NFS)
o Create Kickstart installation source tree
o Perform Kickstart automated installation via NFS

LinuxCBT Classic Edition Desktop/Workstation Environment - Module 3

* Post client installation acclimation, exploration and configuration - Disc 3
o Discuss X-Windows client/server concepts, applications & security
o Learn how to configure X-Windows to support your hardware
o Discussion of window managment concepts and applications
o Customize desktop environment for GNOME & usage
o Customize desktop environment for KDE & usage
o Explore the shell interface including common tools, utilities, semantics, etc.
o Implement Mozilla web browser
o Confiure the Java JRE as a plug-in for the Mozilla web browser and evaluate results
o Implement Java Runtime Environment (JRE/J2SE) for system-wide access to Java applets/etc.
o Implement Macromedia Flash plug-in and configure support in Mozilla and evaluate results
o Download & Install Netscape web browser
o Configure Java & Flash support for Netsacpe and evaluate results
o Implement Ximian Evolution POP3/IMAP/Microsoft Exchange email client
o Implement & explore RDESKTOP terminal services desktop connectivity to Windows 2003/2000/XP servers running Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
o Demonstrate typical RDESKTOP Windows usage for productivity, multitasking and connectivity
o Upgrade RDESKTOP to version 1.3.1 & Remove RDESKTOP 1.2.x
o Demonstrate some of the new capabilities of RDESKTOP 1.3.x
o Troubleshoot common X-Windows and client-related problems
o Implement AT&T’s VNC server screen emulation program for multiple remote desktop access

LinuxCBT Classic Edition Client Network Concepts and Applications - Module 4

* Linux client network administration essential concepts and applications - Disc 4
o User and group creation & management concepts - passwd, shadow, group, gshadow files
o Compile and install John The Ripper Password Cracking tool
o Validate password integrity with John The Ripper Password Cracking Tool
o Explain UNIX/Linux file security & permissions (-rwxrwxrwx/777) rules & concepts
o Discuss and demonstrate the client/server paradigm and distributed computing concepts
o Identify & demonstrate usage of common client/server tools(SSH/HTTP/FTP/IMAP/POP3/SAMBA/etc.)
o Demonstrate LFTP (Sophisticated FTP Client Software) usage
o Use LFTP to connect to FTP & HTTP servers
o Use LFTP to recover broken uploaded/downloaded transmissions
o Use LFTP to mirror & reverse mirror the content of local and remote servers
o Linux networking primer - Identify key Linux networking components
o Implement DHCP IP addressing with Cisco PIX Firewall DHCP Server integration
o Configure Linux client for DHCP configuration from a Cisco PIX firewall
o Configure Linux client with static TCP/IP parameters for network communication
o Test network connectivity internally and externally via ICMP & TCP-Port querying methodologies
o Explore all graphical redhat-* & redhat-config-* configuration tools
o Configure Network Time Protocol (NTP) via GUI & Shell interface to perform time synchronization
o Discuss and implement Samba(SMB) connectivity to Windows 2003 Server
o Implement client printing services via Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) to Windows 2003 Server & HP JetDirect-enabled printer.
o Discuss and implement NFS connectivity to Linux hosts and Windows 2003(NFS)
o Evaluate RedHat® Package Manager (RPM) to add/upgrade/remove applications
o Discuss & demonstrate Backup & Restoration procedures
o Discuss scenarios and create Linux Rescue disk for emergency system recovery

LinuxCBT Classic Edition Server Installations - Discs 5

* Perform Server Installations of RedHat® Linux - Module 5
o Prepare for server installation - verify system BIOS parameters/support
o Demonstrate complete server installation from bootable CD-ROM
o Demonstrate creation of installation source tree for network-based installations
o Demonstrate complete server installation from an Apache HTTP Web server
o Demonstrate complete custom server installation from HTTP Windows 2003 IIS server
o Demonstrate complete custom server installation from FTP server
o Demonstrate complete custom server installation from NFS server
o Prepare for an automated Kicstart installation - identify requirements
o Demonstrate complete server Kickstart automated installation from HTTP Apache Web server
o Demonstrate complete server Kickstart automated installation from FTP Apache Web server
o Connect system via serial communications to Sun Fire V100 SPARC box
o Recap installation methods including caveats

LinuxCBT Classic Edition Server Management - Module 6

* Linux Systems Management Concepts & Applications - Disc 6
o Explain Linux Boot process and contrast boot managers - GRUB & LILO
o Discuss the role of the init grandfather process and illustrate logical boot flow
o Explain and demonstrate Runlevel (0 - 6) concepts & applications
o Demonstrate Daemon/Service management with (chkconfig/ntsysv/redhat-config-services)
o User profile implementation logic and concepts - (Bash profile/etc/skel/aliases/PATH/etc.)
o Quota management - user-based, group-based and disk-based quota implementation
o Introduce, partition using FDISK and create an EXT3 journaling file system of 100GB of additional system storage. Identify paritions in /proc virtual file system.

* Discuss RedHat® Package Manager (RPM) concepts, features and applications
o Demonstrate usage of RPM to ascertain available packages
o Demonstrate usage of RPM to import public keys of package publishers
o Demonstrate usage of RPM to verify the integrity of downloaded packages
o Demonstrate usage of RPM to add new packages locally
o Demonstrate usage of RPM to add new packages from a Windows 2003 FTP server
o Demonstrate usage of RPM to add new packages from an HTTP server
o Demonstrate usage of RPM to upgrade packages
o Demonstrate usage of RPM to freshen packages
o Demonstrate usage of RPM to remove packages

* Introduction to SYSLOG concepts
o Explanation of syslog facilities & levels
o Demonstrate syslog administration
o Demonstrate Cisco to Linux SYSLOG functionality
o Discuss & demonstrate automatic log rotation and customization

* Kernel Management
o Demonstrate Linux Kernel upgrade procedures
o Use RPM to install multiple kernels and verify functionality
o Use RPM to remove outdated kernels

LinuxCBT Classic Edition Network Administration - Module 7

* Linux Network Administration Essentials - Module 7
o Discuss & demonstrate the usage of commonly used networking tools:
o PING - Demonstrate PING flooding of remote hosts - ICMP Attack Techniques
o PING - Cisco PIX Integration & Debugging of ICMP Echo Requests/Echo Replies
o Traceroute - Cisco PIX Integration & provisioning of ICMP traffic types
o MTR (PING & Traceroute functionality) plus Cisco PIX debugging of ICMP data flow
o ARP
o NETSTAT/LSOF
o IFCONFIG
o Route
o DIG & NSLOOKUP
o Whois
o Who, w, wc, last, cat, grep, vi, pico, head, tail, etc.
o Message of the day banners (MOTD), /etc/issue file (pre-login banner/display info.)

* Implement Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) services
o Explain the various steps of the DHCP process
o Configure global & scope-level DHCP options
o Configure IP reservations based on layer 2 MAC addresses
o Disable Cisco PIX DHCP services
o Enable Linux DHCP services
o Configure Windows 2003/XP/Linux clients to receive dynamic addresses from Linux

* Discuss Xinetd super server concepts and applications
o Identify services controlled by Xinetd
o Enable & disable Xinetd-controlled services & examine results
o Implement access control on Xinetd controlled services
o Implement Xinetd IP and port-level daemon redirection
o Discuss Xinetd & TCP Wrappers relationship and dual-layer security benefits

* Implement Very Secure VSFTPD File Transfer Protocol (FTP) services
o Implement anonymous FTPD
o Implement user-level FTPD access
o Implement FTPD banners
o Disable anonymous access
o Configure VSFTPD to run under the auspices of Xinetd super server for increased security
o Implement bandwidth rate-limiting to control bandwidth usage

* Discuss Linux & Windows Integration via Samba
o Install Samba support
o Install Samba Web-based Administration Tool (SWAT)
o Configure Samba file & print sharing
o Evaluate access to Samba file & print server
o Configure Samba Windows Internet Name Server (WINS) support
o Evaluate Windows XP/2003 client access to Samba-WINS server

* Discuss the Network File System (NFS) concepts and Linux support
o Implement the NFS daemon
o Review /etc/exports parameters and options
o Evaluate access to NFS exports
o Implement NFS connectivity across a WAN connection via IPSEC VPN-connectivity

* Discuss the CRON scheduling system concepts and application
o Identify various predefined CRON entries and schedules
o Define custom cron jobs system-wide
o Define custom cron jobs user-wide
o Evaluate results of cron jobs

* Implement the Berkeley Internet Daemon (BIND) Domain Name Server (DNS)
o Implement BIND 9.x
o Configure BIND as a caching-only DNS server
o Test caching-only name resolution from Windows 2003 & Linux hosts
o Secure access to caching-only/recursive name server via ACLs
o Configure BIND as a primary DNS server
o Test primary name resolution from Windows 2003 & Linux hosts
o Configure BIND as a secondary(slave) DNS server
o Restrict communications between primary & secondary DNS servers
o Implement updates between master and secondary DNS servers via IPSEC VPN
o Configure DNS zones on Linux BIND & Windows 2003 DNS - activate replication
o Implement poor man’s load balancing using DNS round robin
o Evaluate results of BIND configuration using DIG
o Configure DNS zones
o Configure zone transfers
o Configure secure-zone transfers
o Evaluate BIND’s configuration files named.conf & named.custom
o Configure BIND sub-domain delegation. i.e. internal.linuxcbt.net
o Configure BIND to support reverse domains
o Configure Linux/Windows 2003 clients to use Linux BIND DNS server
o DNS Transaction Signatures (TSIG) implemenation
o Identify BIND logging information for troubleshooting purposes
o Configure BIND DNS with IP Aliasing (Sub-Interfaces) to host DNS on separate IP address

* Implement Network Monitoring & Graphing tools using SNMP, etc.
o Implement Multi Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG)
o Graph Cisco Firewall with MRTG
o Implement Cacti Network Graphing Tool
o Download and Install Cacti and required components (RRDTool, MySqL, etc.)
o Explore Cacti Interface, options, etc.
o Graph Cisco, Linux & Windows 2003 resources with Cacti using SNMP & Scripts

* Implement Network Time Protocol (NTP) & Time Synchronization services for local subnets
o Discuss features and distributed nature of the hierarchial NTP service
o Ascertain and select optimal Stratum 1 NTP servers for synchronization
o Review default NTP configuration
o Configure NTP to synchronize with NTP servers
o Configure internal Linux clients to syncrhonize with internal Stratum 2 NTP server
o Configure Cisco PIX firewall to synchronize with internal Stratum 2 NTP server
o Use NTP-related tools such as NTPQ, NTPTRACE to ascertain NTP-related information

LinuxCBT Classic Edition Linux Apache MySQL PHP (LAMP) - Module 8

* Linux Web Services - Apache/Tomcat/CGI/WebLogic - Module 8
o Discuss Apache Web Server’s history, ubiquity (netcraft stats) and reliability
o Explain Apache Web Server’s capabilities (Virtual directories, modules, WebDav, etc.)
o Implementation of Apache Web Server 2.x
o Evaluate installation/implementation results of Apache Web Server 2.x
o Demonstrate implementation of aliases & redirects via mod_alias
o Restrict access to aliases and test access from Linux & Windows 2003 nodes
o Examine implications of alias & redirect access on access & error logs from multiple hosts
o Demonstrate implementation of virtual directories
o Demonstrate configuration of several virtual hosts
o Discuss and implement Apache 2.x logging system per virtual host
o Configure basic authentication to virtual hosts containers via .htaccess & Directory directives
o Configure digest authentication to virtual hosts containers via Directory & .htaccess directives
o Configure SSL support for the virtual hosts
o Demonstrate SSL support without certificate provided by Certificate Authority
o Implementation of Webalizer Log Analysis software
o Customization of Webalizer to automatically generate reports for multiple virtual hosts
o Implementation of AWSTATS Log Analysis software
o Customization of AWSTATS to automatically generate reports for multiple virtual hosts

* Dynamic web sites - Common Gateway Interface(CGI) & scripting engine discussion & implementation
o Implement CGI access to Linux via Apache & PERL scripts
o Discuss benefits of PHP Dynamic Web Access Scripting Engine
o Implementation of PHP Dynamic Web Access Scripting Engine
o Evaluate PHP Dynamic Web Access Scripting Engine installation results
o Execute sample PHP web pages on Apache Web Server 2.x

* Application Servers - Java J2EE Platform integration with Linux
o Discuss benefits of Apache Tomcat Dynamic Web Scripting(JSP)/Java Servlet Engine
o Implementation of Sun’s Java Development Kit (JDK) 1.4.x for Apache Tomcat support
o Implementation of Apache Tomcat Dynamic Web Scripting(JSP)/Java Servlet Engine
o Evaluate Apache Tomcat Dynamic Web Scripting(JSP)/Java Servlet Engine installation results
o Execute sample Apache Tomcat Dynamic Web Scripting(JSP)/Java Servlet applications
o Discuss benefits of BEA Weblogic JSP/Servlet/Enterprise Java Beans Engine
o Implementation of BEA Weblogic JSP/Servlet/Enterprise Java Beans Engine
o Evaluation of BEA Weblogic JSP/Servlet/Enterprise Java Beans Engine results
o Execute sample applications on BEA Weblogic JSP/Servlet/Enterprise Java Beans Engine
o Discuss benefits of Jboss J2EE JSP/Servlet/Enterprise Java Beans Engine
o Implementation of Jboss JSP/Servlet/Enterprise Java Beans Engine
o Evaluation of Jboss JSP/Servlet/Enterprise Java Beans Engine results
o Execute sample applications on Jboss JSP/Servlet/Enterprise Java Beans Engine

LinuxCBT Classic Edition Messaging Applications - Module 9

* Linux Messaging Essentials & applications - Module 9
* Discussion of messaging concepts and applications
* Sendmail MTA Essentials
o Introduction to Sendmail Message Transfer Agent (MTA)
o Implementation of Sendmail
o Configure Sendmail to relay messages for remote hosts
o Configure Sendmail to support virtual hosts/multiple domains
o Evaluate results of routing messages to multiple domains using Sendmail
o Sendmail logging capabilities
o Implement AWSTATS log reporting engine to generate HTML sendmail reports

* Postfix MTA Essentials
o Introduction to the Postfix Message Transfer Agent (MTA)
o Install Postfix
o Install Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) administrative switching tools
o Switch system from Sendmail to Postfix as default MTA
o Explore Postfix configuration files and directory structure
o Implement outbound messages via Postfix
o Confirm receipt of outbound messages on publicly-accessible systems
o Configure Postfix to support virtual domains
o Build Postfix virtual user mappings for virtual domains support
o Test virtual domains via external messaging sources

* Post Office Protocol Version 3 Essentials
o Discuss the capabilities and limitations of POP3
o Implement POP3 services
o Implement secure POP3 services
o Demonstrate access to POP3 services from the client perspective
o Implement Secure POP3 services using SSL with self-signed certificate

* Internet Messaging Access Protocol (IMAP)
o Discuss the capabilities and limitations of IMAP
o Implement IMAP services
o Demonstrate access to IMAP services from the client perspective
o Implement Secure IMAP services using SSL with self-signed certificate

* Web-based Mail Implementation using Squirrel-mail
o Describe required squirrel mail components for web-mail integration
o Install squirrel mail on Internet production system
o Configure squirrel mail defaults for linuxcbt.net domain
o Verify Sendmail virtual hosting configuration for linuxcbt.net domain
o Verify IMAP configuration
o Configure Apache alias for squirrel mail integration
o Configure Apache Virtual Host for squirrel mail integration
o Configure BIND DNS services for squirrel mail integration
o Explore squirrel mail’s web-based interface
o Generate mail from various remote domains (hotmail.com, etc.) and retrieve with squirrel mail

Linux Concepts/Offensive/Defensive Security Implementation Techniques - Module 10

* Secure Shell (SSH) Concepts & Implementation
o SSH client concepts - replacement for clear-text-based Telnet, RCP, FTP protocols.
o Identification of required OpenSSH/OpenSSL components
o Demonstrate SSH connectivity & public key registration
o Implement globally-shared public keys
o Generate RSA & DSA public key/private key pairs
o Configure SSH client and SSHD to authenticate via public/private key pairs
o Authenticate to remote hosts using public/private key pairs
o Use Secure Copy (SCP) to move files
o Port Forwarding implementation
o Port Forwarding integration with Linux & Windows 2003 Server
o X11 Forwarding demonstration
o Use Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) to move files

* Linux Defensive Security Implementation Techniques
o Implement NMAP port scanner and demostrate usage to ascertain open doors
o Discuss & demonstrate operating system fingerprinting techniques with NMAP
o Demonstrate IP-spoofing & packet forging with NMAP
o Discuss the benefits of the NESSUS Security & vulnerability scanner
o Implement Nessus client/server Security vulnerability scanner
o Demonstrate parallel security scanning of local & remote subnets
o Explore Nessus’s reporting capabilities (NBE/XML/HTML/etc.)
o Demonstrate Nessus class-based access for corporate usage
o Implement Ethereal network sniffer
o Demonstrate telnet clear-text password theft with Ethereal
o Demonstrate alternative SSH encrypted sessions with Ethereal
o Demonstrate FTP clear-text password theft with Ethereal
o Demonstrate alternative SFTP encrypted sessions with Ethereal
o Implement HPING highly customizable packet forging tool
o Compare & contrast PING with HPING
o Demonstrate IP packet spoofing with HPING & Cisco PIX firewall integration
o Demonstrate HPING’s ability to communicate with ICMP-filtered Internet servers
o Demonstrate using HPING to setup a trojan horse backdoor for executing arbritary code
o Implement John the Ripper password cracking tool
o Discuss file and directory security
o Implement chmod,chown,umask,SUID,SGID,etc.

* Linux Defensive Security Implementation Techniques
o Implement Multi-Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG) to establish network performance baseline
o Configure Cisco PIX firewall for MRTG support via Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
o Configure MRTG to generate perfomance & badwidth-related graphs for Cisco PIX firewall
o Implement IP Tables Host-based firewall support
o Configure IP Tables to restrict access to necessary services
o Introduce, discuss & plan the implementation of Snort 2.x Intrustion Detection System (IDS)
o Discuss Snort intrustion detection concepts related to hubs & switches
o Install Snort 2.0 Network-based Intrusion Detection System
o Implement Snort 2.0 network sniffing functionality
o Implement Snort 2.0 sniffing & packet-logging functionality
o Demonstrate Snort’s ability to monitor traffic between designated hosts
o Demonstrate password theft using Snort & FTP connections
o Demonstrate password theft using Snort & Apache HTTP basic authentication connections
o Implement Snort 2.0 Network-based Intrusion Detection System
o Implement SnortSnarf for web-based reporting of Snort 2.0 logs
o Examine SnortSnarf reports via SSL-enabled web session
o Demonstrate how to implement port mirroring on Cisco Catalyst switches
o Implement Network Address Translation (NAT)
o Discuss & Implement Port Address Translation (PAT)
o Implement TCP Wrappers
o Configure Xinetd to suppress access to the system from port-scanners
o Discuss & Disable Portmap services

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