CSIA 430 – Linux Administration & Security

tux, the linux penguin, dressed as gandalf the gray in mordorWelcome to CSIA430 UNIX/Linux Administration & Security. In this class you will learn about Linux Administration, how to install and configure Linux, how to use a package manager to install software, how to setup networking, how to manage users and user accounts, how to install and configure services such as NFS and HTTP, and how to ensure that your Linux computers are secure. During the class you won’t just read about these activities, you will also gain hands-on experience administering and securing Linux based systems.

Note that this class assumes you are able to use Linux commands to perform basic tasks such as changing directories, listing files in a directory, copying files and folders, creating and deleting files and folders, reading and setting permissions, etc. If you lack these pre-requisite skills or you need help learning how to use the Linux command line interface you should check out the Linux Command Line class.

1 – Class Introduction
2 – Review of the Linux Commands, Pipes, shells, etc.
3 – Installation
4 – Packages
5 – Adding & Managing Users and Groups
6 – Password Aging and Complexity
7 – Managing Services With systemctl
8 – Firewall
9 – Web Server
10 – Host Only Networking (Building an internal network for the VMs)
11 – File Sharing with Samba & NFS
12 – Security
  • Vulnerability Assessment with Tenable Nessus