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# '''Use CentOS on the virtual machines'''. Using Fedora has been no more successful in OPS335 than in OPS235. CentOS has problems but it's consistent and reliable. Fedora will do some random crap you won't believe. All the tools and services used in the course are equivalent between CentOS and Fedora (except yum/dnf which are the same anyway). --Andrew<ul><li>'''I use centos 6.7 on the host (because 7 caused issues with portabity - crashes completely if there's a significant change in hardware and won't boot again. centos 7 on all 3 virtual machines''' -- Jason<br><br></li></ul>
# '''Iptables is really complex but still the industry standard for firewalls. Firewalld may or may not (probably not) replace it'''. There's no time to teach both, should get rid of Firewalld completely. --Andrew<ul><li>Fully agree - I've been trying to figure out how to mix Firewalld into the course, presently I only cover iptables. -- Jason<br><br></li></ul>
# Assignments need to be posted on the wiki, can have different versions for different faculty if need be. --Andrew
# If assignments include a test plan (as they did in previous semesters) the students need to be told what a good test plan looks like and given a better template. In other words - it needs to be taught. --Andrew
# If we keep webmail - squirrelmail looks much more like a real webmail. --Andrew
# Each lab should have a diagram of the expected current state of the virtual network and all the machines/services in it. --Andrew
# Using a samba client in linux is nearly unheard of. If we keep samba - we should make them create a windows virtual machine to use as a client. --Andrew
# As in OPS235 there isn't enough time to cover SELinux in this course. It randomly causes serious problems. Should have instructions to disable it in new installations. --Andrew
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