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About Debian Linux Guides Contents



Linux Basics
  • Linux distributions and how they differ
  • Uses for Linux in the server area
  • Comparing Linux with DOS, Windows, and UNIX
  • Automating processes with shell scripts
  • Milti-user Linux and user accounts
  • Linux disks and files
  • Source files vs binary files
  • Packages vs tar balls
  • Shutting down a Linux system
  • The Linux startup sequence
  • A little about the Linux kernel
  • Man pages
    Commands introduced: mount, umount, ls, alias, whereis, echo, find, df, cat, more, file, gunzip, tar, man


Installing Debian
  • Dual-Boot Options
    • Dual-Boot overview
    • Assumptions
    • Dual-booting with Windows 9x/ME
    • Dual-booting with Windows NT/2000/ME
    • Dual-booting using the Grub boot manager
    • Dual-booting using the NTLDR boot manager
    • Using the BOOTPART utility
    • Un-doing dual-boot - The 3 steps
    • Un-doing dual-boot using FDISK with Windows 9x/ME
    • Un-doing dual-boot using Windows 2000
  • Installing Debian - Potato, Woody, Sarge, and Etch
    • Installation options
    • Installation steps
    • Logging in
    • Working with user-specific files
    • Testing the network connection
    • Troubleshooting a network connectivity problem
    • Solving hard-drive problems
      Commands introduced: mv, apt-get, export, vi, ping, ifconfig, lsmod, modprobe, fsck, badblocks


Using Packages
  • Package definition and types
  • Debian package utilities
  • Base package installation
  • Trying a Linux GUI
  • Searching for and installing individual packages
  • Install the Apache Web server software
  • Testing the Apache installation
  • Removing packages
  • Installing the WS-FTP server software
  • Installing a Web browser
  • Updating the OS and installed software
  • Using the cron scheduler to automate security patching
    Commands introduced: whoami, dselect, dpkg, startx, apt-cache, apt-get, crontab


Configuring A Modem
  • Modem types
  • Serial ports with Linux
  • Testing the modem connection
  • Configuring PPP
  • Setting DNS resolution for an ISP connection
  • ISP connect/disconnect commands
  • Testing connectivity to the ISP
  • Trying a text-based Web browser
  • Checking active connections
  • Testing the Apache Web server over the Internet
  • Testing incoming telnet access over the Internet
  • Checking and killing processes
    Commands introduced: pon, poff, useradd, telnet, ps, kill


Setting Up A Network
  • The 'whys' of private addresses, network address translation, and proxy servers
  • IP addressing basics and classes
  • Address types and encapsulation
  • Network devices and what they do
  • DMZ basics
  • Setting up a home network
  • Host name resolution on a home network
  • Sharing a broadband Internet connection
  • Sharing a modem connection
  • Setting up a "no-network network" for testing
  • How networks work
  • Linux network configuration files
  • Uses for static routes
  • Subnetting networks
  • DSL vs cable service
    Commands introduced: ifconfig, arp, route


Network Monitoring
  • Monitoring challanges in a switched network
  • Router link monitoring with MRTG
  • Router CPU and RAM monitoring with MRTG
  • Traffic monitoring with nTop
  • Cisco NetFlow monitoring with nTop
  • Packet sniffer software


Setting Up A Snort IDS
  • Installing Snort
  • Setting Up Snort E-mailing
  • Managing Rules


How To Set Up DNS Services
  • DNS server functions
  • DNS basics and record types
  • Zone files and records
  • Dynamic DNS with your own domain name
  • Free dynamic DNS without a domain name
  • Installing ddclient
  • Reverse-lookup zone files and named.conf
  • DNS tools, testing, and troubleshooting
  • Your own simple DNS server
  • Setting up a LAN DNS server
    Commands introduced: nslookup, dig


Internet Servers
  • Different approaches of Web scripting languages
  • DNS basics and free DNS service for your Internet server
  • Configuring the Apache Web server software
  • Default Apache file locations
  • Setting up virtual Web servers using Apache
  • Basics of Web server SSI (Includes)
  • Using telnet to test Apache responses and CGI script output
  • Adding support for PHP Web pages to Apache
  • Testing PHP functionality
  • Internet mail terms
  • Installing Sendmail SMTP e-mail server software
  • Configuring Sendmail
  • Default Sendmail file locations
  • Installing the ipopd POP e-mail server software
  • Testing Sendmail's SMTP functionality
  • Using telnet to test Sendmail interactively
  • Using telnet to test ipopd interactively
  • The security benefits of TCP wrappers
    Commands introduced: cp, mv


LAN Servers
  • Configuring a file server for Linux/UNIX clients using NFS
  • Configuring a print server for Linux/UNIX clients using lpd
  • Adding Linux printer drivers using apsfilter and Ghostscript
  • Configuring a file server for Windows clients using Samba
  • Sharing printers using Samba
    Commands introduced: lpr, lprm, chmod


Database Server
  • Installing the mySQL database server software
  • Creating a two-table database and adding records
  • How mySQL handles database access security
  • The variety of mySQL clients available
  • Accessing the database server from a Windows PC


Syslog Server
  • Configuring a syslog log server for centralized monitoring
  • Configuring devices to act as syslog clients
  • Configuring log file rotation
  • Making the log files viewable using a browser


Fax Server
  • Installing the HylaFax server software
  • Configuring HylaFax
  • Controlling user access to the server
  • HylaFax client options


Web Cam Server
  • Setting up the hardware and OS
  • Testing and troubleshooting the cam installation
  • Getting JPG files from cam images
  • Creating an auto-updating Web page
    Commands introduced: modconf, modprobe, rmmod, fg, & (background execution)


Configuring Proxy/NAT
  • A basic IPTABLES script to enable the NAT function
  • Testing the proxy server
  • How to start a program or daemon automatically at system boot up
  • How to enable auto-dialing of a modem connection
    Commands introduced: ln, iptables


Setting Up A Firewall
  • What is a firewall and when is one needed ?
  • A basic IPTABLES script to enable firewall functionality
  • Tightening the firewall
  • The benefits of a DMZ
  • Configuring a DMZ
  • How Linux can be used as a router


Securing Servers
  • The risks servers face
  • Security categories
  • OS configuration
  • Application configuration
  • Perimeter security
  • Installing and testing the Snort IDS software
  • Physcial security
  • Proactive measures
    Commands introduced: netstat


Compiling Software
  • The steps in going from source to binary
  • Linux utilities for compiling software
  • Testing the modem connection
  • Trying it out with a command-line IRC (chat) client
  • A note about source code drivers
  • The basics of kernel loadable modules
  • Linux utilities for working with loadable modules
    Commands introduced: configure, make, ftp, mkdir, insmod, rmmod, depmod


GUI Desktop Linux
  • The look of Corel Linux 1.2
  • Installation Options
  • Installing Corel Linux 1.2
  • Configuring Windows file and printer sharing
  • Serious desktop Linux


What Now ?
  • What to do next
  • Putting together a cheap network ala eBay
  • Getting the Linux+ certification
  • Promoting Debian
    Commands introduced:



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