Network Administration

Computer Center, CS, NCTU

Syllabus

Website:
http://www.cs.nctu.edu.tw/~liuyh/course/netadm/
Instructors:
chwong@cs.nctu.edu.tw
liuyh@cs.nctu.edu.tw
lwhsu@cs.nctu.edu.tw
chiahung@cs.nctu.edu.tw
Time:
Tue. IJK (PM 6:30 ~ 9:20)
Place:
EC122
Course Newsgroup
cs.course.netadmin
TAs:
We might get about 2 TAs. (TBA)
Email to TAs: ta@nasa.cs.nctu.edu.tw
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IRC channel
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Course Textbook and Reference
Textbook
UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook, 4th ed.
Slides
Reference book
TCP/IP Illustrated Volume 1
Programming Perl
Postfix
DNS and BIND
SNMP, SNMPv2, SNMPv3 and RMON 1, 2

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Course Overview
Main topics
Perl Programming
Networking
TCP/IP Networking
Network Environment
NAT, DHCP, Firewall, FTP, VPN, Proxy,
Mail System -- Postfix
SPF, DKIM,
DNS -- BIND
Usenet -- INN
Network Management

Additional candidate topics

PGP, FreeBSD jail

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Syllabus Grade Policy

Mid
15 ~ 20%
Final
15 ~ 20% Grade will not be normalize.
Why?
Exercise
Do exercise gets points.
60 ~ 70%
Study book gets points.
No Delay Work
4 exercises
One term project
Presentation or quiz
10%
We may have some bonus quiz

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Prerequisite
Background Knowledges
It is better to have taken
System Administration ()
Introduction to Networking ()
Environment
One dedicated PC (Or you can use virtual PC.)
With Unix-like OS installed (e.g. FreeBSD, Linux, Sun OS, etc.)
FreeBSD is recommended, for the reason of TA supports.
One extra IP
Yourself
Attend every class
Read book at least 6 hours every week
Collect information in the Internet
Play with your server at least 10 hours every week

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SA-NA Junction

FreeBSD
8.2-RELEASE

Install OS and software (ports)

http://www.cs.nctu.edu.tw/~liuyh/course/sysadm/