Franske ITC-2480 SP14 Schedule

Date	Session	Topic	Reading Before Class	Lab Activity	Due
15-Jan	Week 1	Intro/Syllabus/Install/VPN Access		Install Debian, check IP, remote access with ssh/sftp
22-Jan	Week 2	CLI Basics, Package Installation, Basic User Intro	Ch 1, 2, 3	Install Links, install Apache, download, copy, move, remove files, tar file extraction, directories
29-Jan	Week 3	Users, Boot Process, Webmin	Ch 4, 6	Install sudo, create new user, change ownership and permissions on files/dirs, install webmin
5-Feb	Week 4	Advanced Command Line	Ch 5	redirect/pipe output, view man files, create links, create compressed files, text editing
12-Feb	Week 5	Network Configuration, Apache, MySQL	Ch 12, 18	Set static IP, install Apache/mySQL, experiment with websites and databases, view logfiles
19-Feb	Week 6	LAMP Software		Install forum & blog software, experiment with PHP
26-Feb	Week 7	Windows Filesharing with Samba	Ch 23	Install Samba, configure for basic workgroup filesharing
5-Mar	Week 8	Mail Servers (SMTP/POP3/IMAP)	Ch 19, 20	Install Postfix MTA, courier-imap	Labs thus far
12-Mar	Spring Break
19-Mar	Week 9	DNS	Ch 16	Install BIND and configure as caching plus zones for a local domain
26-Mar	Week 10	DHCP, Firewalls/NAT	Ch 28, 13	2nd NIC internal network configuration
2-Apr	Week 11	Filesystem Layout, Disks, LVM	Ch 7, 10	Explore /proc /dev, Partition/format/mount 2nd HDD	Labs thus far
9-Apr	Week 12	Security & Monitoring	Ch 14, 15	Use of nmap, netstat, MRTG/cacti, Nagios
16-Apr	Week 13	Scripting with BASH	BASH Programming	Write BASH scripts
23-Apr	Week 14	Scripting II: Python	Instant Hacking and dreamsys Python Scripting Tutorial	Write Python scripts
30-Apr	Week 15	Review	No new reading	No new lab	ALL LABS DUE!
7-May	Week 16	Online Skills Exam
	Exam Week	Online Final Exam