LinuxCBT SLES-10 Edition focuses exclusively on the SUSE Enterprise 10 Linux operating system.

LinuxCBT SLES-10 Edition, is unparalleled in content, depth and expertise. LinuxCBT SLES-10 Edition prepares you or your organization for successfully deploying and managing business-critical SUSE Enterprise 10-based server solutions.

Let LinuxCBT SLES-10 Edition teach you SUSE Enterprise 10 Linux skills!

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

Installation & General Usage - Module 1

• Network-based (HTTP & SSH) Installations
  • Enable Apache HTTPD on Installation server
  • Configure SUSE Ent. 10 Server as an HTTP Installation source with Apache
  • Discuss system requirements
  • Install SUSE Ent. 10 Server via HTTP
  • Confirm results
• Grand Unified Boot Loader (GRUB) & System V Linux Runlevel implementation
  
  • Explore GRUB configuration
  • Explain SUSE Linux System V Init Runlevel (0 - 6) concepts & applications
    
  • Identify key startup files, including scripts (inittab,Sscripts,Kscripts,etc.)
    
• GNOME & YaST
  • Explore the GNOME Desktop Interface
  • Explore YaST, centralized management tool
  • Install packages using Yast package manager
• Basic GNU/Linux Skills - Command Line Interface (CLI) - BASH
  • Introduction to GNOME Terminal
  • Demonstrate usage of the following useful commands & concepts
  • ls, pwd, cd, cp, mv, rm, mkdir, rmdir, whoami, man, info
  • alias, cat, file, chmod, chown, history
  • Standard in/out, UNIX Pipes, Redirection, Command Chaining
  • ps, df, free, vmstat, top, kill
  • less & more, head & tail, diff
  • which & whereis, w, who
  • Use grep and cut to process delimited log files
  • find, locate
  • tar, gzip/gunzip, bzip2, zcat
  • Explore Pico text editor
  • Install and explore Nano text editor
  • Convert Windows text files to Unix format using dos2unix
  • Convert Unix text files to Windows format using unix2dos
• Common Network Clients
  • File Transfer Protocol (FTP) client
  • Install and use LFTP - Sophisticated FTP Client to connect to FTP/HTTP servers
  • Mirror and reverse mirror using LFTP to synchronize data
  • Wget - HTTP/HTTPS/FTP connectivity
  • Explain SSH concepts, implementation, etc.
  • Use SSH Client to connect to remote Linux Systems using password authentication
  • Identify key SSH-client files (.known_hosts, public/private key pairs,etc.)
  • Authenticate to remote Linux systems using alternate credentials
  • Use Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) to move data between systems non-interactively
  • Use Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) to move data between systems interactively
  • Demonstrate how to generate Public/Private key (RSA/DSA) pairs using SSH-Keygen
  • Demonstrate using SSH to authenticate to remote Linux hosts without passwords
  • Generate Public Key/Private Key pairs for use with file and E-mail encryption
  • Demonstrate using E-mail client with GNU Privacy Guard (GPG) Open PGP for E-Mail encryption
  • Use Remote Desktop to connect to RDP & VNC remote Linux and Windows hosts
  • Use ping, mtr & arp
  • Use dig, host, nslookup name resolution clients
  • NETSTAT
    
  • IFCONFIG
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Systems Managment & Configuration - Module 2

• RPM Package Management Tool Concepts & Usage
  • Explain classes of SUSE Linux Packages
  • Query existing packages
  • Identify offline and online package repositories
  • Install packages
  • Upgrade packages
  • Freshen packages
  • Remove packages
  • Identify package membership of files on the SUSE system
• Manage Users and Groups & Permissions
  • User profile implementation logic and concepts - (Bash profile/etc/skel/aliases/PATH/etc.)
  • User and group creation & management concepts - passwd, shadow, group, gshadow files
  • Use YaST to create and manage users and groups
  • SETUID
  • SETGID - Group collaboration
  • Sticky Bit
  • Explore Hard and Symbolic links including across disparate file systems
• Paritions, File Systems & Volumes (RAID|LVM)
  • Provision new paritions with FDISK/Parted/YaST & ReiserFS
  • Configure RAID 0/1/5/ Volumes
  • Implement Logical Volume Management (LVM)
  • Provision additional Swap storage paritions and files
  • Use MKSWAP & SWAPON to enable additional Swap storage
  • Identify allocated swap space to the kernel
  • Committ changes for persistence
• Explore System Logging via SYSLOG-NG and Logrotate
  • Explore Boot log & System Log
    
  • Explanation of syslog facilities & levels
    
  • Discuss SYSLOG-NG features & enhancements
  • Demonstrate syslog administration
    
  • Enable SYSLOG network listener
  • Demonstrate Cisco PIX Firewall to SUSE Linux SYSLOG-NG functionality
    
  • Explore automatic log rotation and customization via Logrotate
    
  • Configure Logrotate to rotate & compress sample log files
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Core Networking Services - Module 3

• Network - Physical & Logical Configuration
  • Identify key directories & files for static & dynamic communications
  • Configure Linux client with static TCP/IP parameters for network communication
  • Explore hotplug -> hwup -> ifup logic
  • Use ifconfig to ascertain logical TCP/IP configuration
  • Use hwinfo to ascertain installed hardware
  • Configure Aliased Ethernet Interfaces to faciliate multiple IP addresses
• Implement Network Time Protocol (NTP) Client/Server
  • Configure Network Time Protocol (NTP) to perform client/server time synchronization
  • Identify NTP bounded UDP interfaces
  • Synchronize SUSE Enterprise Linux NTP with RedHat Linux Stratum 2 NTP server
  • Synchronize against Stratum 1 NTP servers
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
  • Explain DHCP Concepts & Applications
  • Explore DHCP confiuration files
  • Configure DHCP subnet with applicable options
  • Configure DHCP Reservation based on layer-2 address
  • Enable DHCP with DDNS
  • Configure DHCP Failover between SUSE and RedHat Linux Servers
  • Test DHCP Failover with Windows 2003 Host
• Domain Name System (DNS)
  • Explore SUSE DNS configuration via YaST
  • Configure BIND as a caching-only DNS server
  • Implement Master DNS Zone
  • Configure Reverse Zone for local subnet
  • Implement Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) Zones (Forward/Reverse)
  • Explain DHCP and DNS update integration options
  • Integrate DHCP with DNS via Encypted Transaction Signatures (TSigs)
  • Configure Windows 2003 Active Directory to publish DNS Records to SUSE Server
  • Examine Windows 2003 SRV Records
  • Configure Master/Slave Zones with RedHat Linux Server
  • Evaluate results of BIND configuration using DIG & host
  • Implement DNS sub-domains (Third-level domains)
• CRON - System Scheduler
  • Explore Cron Implementation
  • Explain scheduling options
  • Global and scope-based Cron options
  • Schedules jobs to run & examine the output
  • Configure individual Crontab entries
• Samba Implementation
  • Implement Linux & Windows Integration via Samba
  • Explore Samba Configuration files
  • Implement SMBFS integration with SUSE Enterprise Linux File System
    
  • Mount Windows shares seamlessly using Samba File System (SMBFS)
    
  • Configure FSTAB to support repetitive mounts
    
  • Implement secure SMBFS credentials for mounting
    
  • Install Samba Server support
    
  • Install Samba Web-based Administration Tool (SWAT)
    
  • Configure Samba file sharing
    
  • Configure Samba with multiple NETBIOS aliases
  • Install Active Directory on Windows 2003 Server
  • Integrate SUSE Ent. 10 Server with Windows Active Directory (AD)
  • Test Samba-to-Windows integration using 'getent' and authentication
    
• Very Secure VSFTPD File Transfer Protocol (FTP) services
  
  • Implement anonymous FTPD
    
  • Implement user-level FTPD access
    
  • Implement FTPD banners
    
  • Disable anonymous access
    
  • Configure VSFTPD to chroot jail users into their home directories
    
  • Implement bandwidth rate-limiting to control bandwidth usage
    
  • Implement & test banning of unwelcomed anonymous e-mail addresses
    
  • Implement VSFTPD user with redirect to a Samba share
    
• Network File System (NFS) Implementation
  
  • Identify key services/daemons
  • Configure NFS Client & Server
    
  • Evaluate NFS connectivity to other Linux hosts
    
• RSYNC Implementation
  
  • Discuss features and benefits
  • Implement rsync
    
  • Confirm results
    
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Linux Apache MySQL PHP (LAMP) - Messaging - PureFTPD - Module 4

• Apache Web Server Implementation
  
  • Discuss Apache server's features and concepts
  • Examine Apache-SUSE HTTPD CONF hierarchy
    
  • Examine various configuration files
  • Implement Apache Mod Alias and ScriptAlias
  • Examine user home directories
  • Discuss the Directory directive
  • Explore redirects
  • Configure .htacess file with directives
  • Implement Basic and digest authentication schemes
  • Configure IP-based Virtual Hosts
  • Configure Name-based Virtual Hosts
  • Explore Apache logging
    
  • Implement Apache logging system per virtual host
    
  • Webalizer Log Analysis software Implementation
    
  • Generate web reports using Webalizer
    
  • Implementation of PHP Dynamic Web Access Scripting Engine
    
  • Evaluate PHP Dynamic Web Access Scripting Engine installation results
    
  • Test basic PHP script-processing using sample scripts
    
  • Create and test PHP-form with Apache
• MySQL Relational Database Management System
  
  • Install MySQL Relational Database Management System
    
  • Secure access to MySQL
    
  • Explore MySQL monitor shell-based interface
  • Create sample MySQL databases
  • Load external data-set from Linux
  • Load external data-set from Windows
  • Integrate PHP with MySQL
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• PHPMyAdmin - MySQL Web-based Management Interface
  
  • Install PHPMyAdmin for web-based management of MySQL instances
    
  • Explain & Secure access to PHPMyAdmin
    
  • Explore PHPMyAdmin's interface
    
• Postfix Message Transfer Agent (MTA)
  
  • Introduction to Postfix Message Transfer Agent (MTA)
    
  • Explore the directives in the Postfix configuration files
  • Define default values for the FQDN
  • Alter myorigin and examine results
  • Configure Postfix to route messages using a Smarthost
  • Examine how Postfix delivers mail locally
  • Configure SMTP Relaying in Postfix
  • Use Mutt to demonstrate outbound mail handling using Postfix
    
  • Define SMTP Virtual domains for hosting multiple DNS domains
    
  • Configure Postfix with a production LinuxCBT DNS domain
    
  • Examine Virtual domain routing with production and non-production DNS domains
    
• Post Office Protocol Version 3 (POP3)
  
  • Explain POP3 concepts and applications
    
  • Implement POP3 daemon
    
  • Connect to POP3 daemon using Windows 2003 Outlook Express client
    
  • Reroute inbound messages using Sendmail to POP3 account for retrieval
    
  • Use Mutt to send SMTP-based messages to POP3 account
    
• Internet Messaging Access Protocol (IMAP)
  
  • Explain IMAP concepts and applications in comparison to POP3
    
  • Implement IMAP services
    
  • Connect to IMAP services from remote Windows Outlook Express client
    
• Squirrel-mail Web-based Mail Interface Implementation
  
  • Describe required squirrel mail components for web-mail integration
    
  • Install squirrel mail on SUSE Enterprise Linux system
    
  • Configure Apache virtual directory for squirrel mail integration
    
  • Configure Apache Virtual Host for squirrel mail integration
    
  • Configure BIND DNS services for squirrel mail integration
    
  • Explore squirrel mail's web-based interface
    
• PureFTPD Implementation
  • Explore configuration & enable service
  • Test various modes of operation
• Xen Virtualization
  • Discuss features & benefits
  • Implement Xen with instance of SUSE Ent. 10 Edition
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Security Implementation Techniques - Module 5

• System Audit & Lockdown
  • Identify tools to perform system audit
  • Ascertain and document current system state
  • Close all superflous services
  • Bind necessary services (daemons) to necessary interfaces and logical addresses
  • Establish security configuration baseline
• XINETD (Enhanced & Secure INETD Super Server Implementation)
  • Identify key XINETD configuration files
  • Explain the contents and structure of xinetd.conf
  • Restrict access to various daemons/services based on hosts & subnets
  • Lockdown XINETD-controlled services
  • Configure XINETD to restrict number of spawned instances of daemons/services
  • Configure XINETD to bind daemons/services to specific sub-interfaces (Virtual IP addresses)
  • XINETD logging
  • Explore additional XINETD features
• TCP Wrappers concepts & applications
• • Identify primary package and key TCP Wrappers configuration files
  • Demonstrate disabled TCP Wrappers configurations by attempting connectivity
  • Examine pre and post TCP Wrappers configuration effects
  • Implement TCP Wrappers for common services
  • Test local & remote access to TCP Wrappers-protected host & services
• IPTABLES (Netfilter Linux Kernel-based Firewall)
  • Discuss IPTABLES/Netfilter Concepts
  • Explain IPTABLES default chains/filters and policies
  • Examine TCP/ICMP communications pre-IPTABLES chains
  • Implement ICMP inbound filtration based on various hosts
  • Use Cisco PIX Firewall to verify ICMP debugging
  • Filter traffic based on Layer-4 TCP/UDP (Source/Destination Ports) information
  • Restrict access to various daemons (SSH/FTP/HTTP/etc.)
  • Test connectivity locally and remotely (RedHat/Windows/etc.)
• Network Mapper (NMAP)
  • Obtain, compile and install current version of NMAP
  • Identify commonly used NMAP options/switches/parameters
  • Perform default TCP SYN-based ethical scans of local and remote resources
  • Explain typical TCP handshake protocol while using NMAP
  • Examine the results of scans on remote Cisco firewall with debugging mode enabled
  • Perform default TCP Connect-based ethical scans of local and remote resources
  • Examine the results of scans on remote Cisco PIX Firewall with debugging mode enabled
  • Use NMAP to scan using aliased and spoofed IP addresses
  • Peform local ethical scans
  • Identifiy key NMAP configuration files
  • Use NMAP to perform operating system fingerprinting
  • Peform subnet-wide ethical scans
• Nessus Vulnerability Scanner Implementation
  • Download & Install Nessus Client & Server
  • Configure & test credentials
  • Discuss plug-ins and scopes
  • Perform vulnerability scans & evaluate results
• TCPDump Traffic Capture
  • Discuss features
  • Capture data in ASCII & Binary formats
  • Implement Berkeley Packet Filters (BPFs)
  • Analyze results
• Ethereal Traffic Analysis
  • Discuss features
  • Install using YaST
  • Analyze TCPDump binary file
  • Rebuild interesting TCP sessions
• Snort 2.x Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS)
  • Obtain, and install Snort pre-requisites (libpcap/libpcre/etc.)
  • Obtain, compile and install the Snort Intrusion Detection System (NIDS)
  • Identify and explain key operating modes (Sniffer/Logger/NIDS)
  • Explore Snort in network sniffer mode
  • Explain OSI Model and relevant Snort sniffing options
  • Explore Snort in ASCII and Binary (TCPDUMP) logging modes
  • Output Snort logs to ASCII text format and examine the results
  • Output Snort logs to binary format and examine the results
  • Implement Snort with BPF to filter traffic
  • Generate traffic from remote Windows 2003 and Linux hosts
  • Use Snort with Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) to parse logs
  • Implement Snort in NIDS modes
  • Explore the snort.conf file and discuss rules
  • Explain Logging and Alerting output options
  • Perform port-scans from remote Linux systems and analyze Alerts
  • Configure MySQL with Snort-compliant schema
  • Configure Snort to log to MySQL
  • Download & Install BASE web analysis application
  • Configure BASE to read alerts from MySQL
  • Evaluate results
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