Winter
2006

Secure Systems Administration

Instructor: Dr. Jan-Peter Bell

Computer Science Department
Systems Architecture Group

• Special Lecture (Spezialvorlesung)

Credits and grading:

• There are no credits or grades for this course (Spezialvorlesung).
• Lab participation is optional, but highly recommended.

Prerequisites:

• Successful completion of PI-1.
• For beginners we recommend the 'Unix Crash Course' and 'Tools and Unix API'

Syllabus:

• Firewalls, Virtual Private Network
• sudo, chroot, ACL's
• Authentication (with files, NIS, NIS+, LDAP, PAM, RADIUS, SAMBA)
• Secure Transport in Networks
• Network Analysis Tools, Network Monitoring Tools

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Readings (Books):

• Aeleen Frisch. UNIX System-Administration.
• Michael D.Bauer, LINUX Server-Sicherheit.
• William R. Cheswick, Firewalls and Internet Security.
• Jochen Hein. Linux-Systemadministration . Einrichtung, Verwaltung, Netzwerkbetrieb.