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= Fall 2021 =
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'''Instructors:'''
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'''Instructors:''' see [[OPS335]]
*'''Peter Callaghan''' (Section)
 
*'''Murray Saul''' (Sections )
 
*'''Andrew Smith''' (Sections)
 
 
 
 
 
'''OPS335 Resource Page''':
 
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'''Note:''' Each OPS335 instructor will indicate the due dates for labs, tests and assignments. This schedule is a considered to be a general guideline for week-by-week content.
 
'''Note:''' Each OPS335 instructor will indicate the due dates for labs, tests and assignments. This schedule is a considered to be a general guideline for week-by-week content.
 
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   <td  width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 1:'''<br>11-17 Jan<br />(No class Monday Jan 11th:<br>Experience Seneca)</td>
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   <td  width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 1:'''<br>10 jan - 14 jan<br></td>
   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Introduction to OPS335:'''<ul><li>outline, policies</li><li>assignments, labs, evaluation, email</li><li>Fedora Project Overview</li></ul></td>
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   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Introduction to OPS335:'''<ul><li>Outline, policies</li><li>Assignments, labs, evaluation, email</li><li>Preparation for OPS335 labs</li></ul></td>
   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Lecture Notes:'''<ul><li>*Chapter One - Where to Start<ul><li>[https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/22/html/Installation_Guide/ Fedora 22 Installation Guide]</li><li>[https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/22/html/Installation_Guide/appe-disk-partitions-overview.html Partitioning for Fedora]</li></ul></li></ul></td>
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   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Online Reference:'''<ul><li>[https://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks#head-4c9ee55a5c9dc051bd32e795b46a3856e41a0335 Centos7 Install Tips]</li><li>[[OPS335 Resources]]</li></ul></td>
   <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;">[http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/OPS335_Lab_0 Lab 0]</td>
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   <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;">[https://wiki.cdot.senecacollege.ca/wiki/OPS335_Installation_Lab Prep for Labs]</td>
 
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   <td  width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 2:'''<br>18-24 Jan<br /></td>
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   <td  width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 2:'''<br>17 jan - 21 jan</td>
   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Basic Networking:'''<ul><li>*ifconfig, aliasing, route, iptables, ping</li><li>configuring a gateway, ip forwarding, masquerading, interface aliasing</li><li>Assignment 1 Part 1 Released</li></ul></td>
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   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Basic Networking &amp; Backups:'''<ul><li>ifconfig & route vs ip; resolv.conf, hostnamectl</li><li>/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/</li><li>Network connection troubleshooting</li><li>SSH & SSH Keys</li><li>rsync & cron</li></ul></td>
   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Lecture Notes:'''<ul><li>Chapter 14 - TCP/IP Networking</li><li>[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Systemd Fedora Systemd Documentation]</li><li>[https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/22/html/System_Administrators_Guide/ch-DNF.html DNF Guide]</li><li>Configuring a Service</li></ul></td>
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   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Online Reference:'''<ul><li>[https://www.tty1.net/blog/2010/ifconfig-ip-comparison_en.html ip vs ifconfig]</li><li>[https://wiki.cdot.senecacollege.ca/wiki/OPS235_Lab_7 OPS235 - Lab7]</li><li>[https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-rsync-to-sync-local-and-remote-directories-on-a-vps rsync Howto]</li><li>[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CronHowto Cron HowTo]</li></ul></td>
   <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;">[http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/OPS335_Lab_1 Lab 1]</td>
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   <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;">[https://wiki.cdot.senecacollege.ca/wiki/OPS335_Lab_1 Lab 1: Network/Backup]</td>
 
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   <td  width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 3:'''<br>25-31 Jan</td>
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   <td  width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 3:'''<br>24 jan - 28 jan</td>
   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Packet Filtering:'''<ul><li>iptables</li></ul></td>
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   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Packet Filtering Using iptables:'''<ul><li>What is Packet Filtering</li><li>iptables Basics<br>(Tables, Chains, Targets)</li><li>iptables Commands &amp; Options</li><li>iptables Command Examples</li><li>Saving iptables Settings</li></ul></td>
  <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Lecture Notes:'''<ul><li>Chapter 22 - Security</li><li>[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FirewallD Firewalld documentation]</li><li>[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/FirewalldRichLanguage Firewalld rich rules]</li></ul></td>
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   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Online Reference:'''<ul><li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iptables#Overview Overview]</li><li>[https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Network/IPTables CentOS Wiki] </li></ul></td>
  <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;">[http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/OPS335_Lab_2 Lab 2]</td>
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   <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;">[https://wiki.cdot.senecacollege.ca/wiki/OPS335_Lab_2 Lab 2a:<br>Packet Filtering Using iptables]</td>
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  <td  width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 4:'''<br>1-7 Feb</td>
 
   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''DNS:'''<ul><li>nslookup, dig, host, /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/hosts, /etc/named.conf</li><li>Assignment 1 Part 1 Due</li><li>
 
Assignment 1 Part 2 Released</li></ul></td>
 
  <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Lecture Notes:<ul><li>[[BIND&DNS Notes|BIND and DNS notes]]</li><li>Chapter 17 - DNS: The Domain Name System</li><li>DNS Setup</li></ul></td>
 
   <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;">[http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/OPS335_Lab_3 Lab 3]</td>
 
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   <td  width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 5:'''<br>8-14 Feb</td>
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   <td  width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 4:'''<br>31 jan - 4 feb</td>
   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Backup/Restore:'''<ul><li>tar, cpio, dump/restore</li><li>wget, netcat, ssh, scp, rsync, cron, at</li></ul></td>
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   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Network Address Translation /<br>iptables Best Practices'''<ul><li>Network Address Translation<br>(NAT Table - iptables)</li><li>Debugging firewall problems:<ul><li> Troubleshooting Procedures</li><li>Troubleshooting Tools</li><li>Troubleshooting Exercises</li></ul></li></ul></td>
   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Lecture Notes:<ul><li>Chapter 10 - Backups</li><li>[[OPS335 W13 Lab 4 | Lab 4 ]]</li><li>Automating Backups</li></ul></td>
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   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Online Reference:'''<ul><li>[https://wiki.cdot.senecacollege.ca/wiki/OPS335_Lab_1#Linux_Network_Connection_Configuration_Troubleshooting Test Network Connectivity]<br>(From Lab1)</li></ul></td>  <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;">[https://wiki.cdot.senecacollege.ca/wiki/OPS335_Lab_2b Lab 2b:<br>Additional iptables Troubleshooting]</td>
   <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;">[http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/OPS335_Lab_4 Lab 4]</td>
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  <td  width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 5:'''<br>7 feb - 11 feb</td>
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  <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Domain Name System (DNS):'''<ul><li>Address resolution mechanism (zone definitions)</li><li>DNS server setup</li><li>Querying Name Servers</li><li>Reverse DNS lookups</li></ul>'''Performing DNS Queries'''<ul><li>SOA, MX, TXT records</li><li>Coordinating multiple servers</li><br><li>'''[[OPS335_-_Assignment_1_(Part_1) | OPS335 - Assignment 1 (Part 1)]]'''</li></ul></td>
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  <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Online Reference:'''<ul><li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System#Address_resolution_mechanism Address resolution mechanism]</li><li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_DNS_lookup Reverse DNS lookups]</li></ul></td>
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   <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;">[https://wiki.cdot.senecacollege.ca/wiki/OPS335_Lab_3 Lab 3: DNS]</td>
 
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   <td  width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 6:'''<br>15-21 Feb</td>
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   <td  width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 6:'''<br>14 feb - 18 feb</td>
   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Mail:'''<ul><li>postfix, smtp, imap, pop, mailx</li></ul></td>
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   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Mail Servers - SMTP'''<ul><li>Mail Server Elements (MSA/MTA, MUA, MDA, MS, AA, SMTP)</li><li>Install and using mailx application (MUA)</li><li>Analyze Email Message Headers</li><li>Setup Postfix Server (no encryption)</li><li>Sending Email from VM to Seneca College Mail Account</li><li>Troubleshooting</li></ul></td>
   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Lecture Notes:'''<ul><li>Chapter 20 - Electronic Mail</li><li>Postfix Mail Configuration</li></ul></td>
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   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Online Reference:'''<ul><li>[http://www.simplehelp.net/2008/12/01/how-to-send-email-from-the-linux-command-line/ Sending Messages with mail Command]</li><li>[http://www.johnkerl.org/doc/mail-how-to.html#prompt_commands Read Email Message with mail Command]</li><li>[https://support.google.com/mail/answer/29436?hl=en Reading Full Email Headers]</li></ul></td>
   <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;">[http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/OPS335_Lab_5 Lab 5]<br>&nbsp;</td>
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   <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;">[https://wiki.cdot.senecacollege.ca/wiki/OPS335_Lab_4 Lab 4a:<br>Simple Mail Server Setup]</td></tr>
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   <td  width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 7:'''<br>22-28 Feb</td>
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   <td  width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 7:'''<br>21 feb - 25 feb<br>(Monday is a holiday)</td>
   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Evaluation:'''<ul><li>Test 1</li></ul></td>
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   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Evaluation / Review:'''<ul><li>'''[[OPS335_-_Assignment_1_(Part_2) | OPS335 - Assignment 1 (Part 2)]]'''</li><li>Written Midterm Test</li></ul></td>
   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Lecture Notes:'''<ul><li>[[Lab 5 Preparation / Debrief]]</li></ul></td>
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   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">&nbsp;</td>
 
   <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</td>
 
   <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</td>
 
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   <td  width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;background-color:#f0f0f5;">'''Study Week:'''<br>26 Oct - 1 Nov<br>(No Scheduled Classes)</td>
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   <td  width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;background-color:#f0f0f5;">'''Study Week:'''<br>28 feb - 4 mar</td>
 
   <td  colspan="3" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;background-color:#f0f0f5;">&nbsp;</td>
 
   <td  colspan="3" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;background-color:#f0f0f5;">&nbsp;</td>
 
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   <td  width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 8:'''<br>2 - 8 Nov</td>
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   <td  width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 8:'''<br>7 mar - 11 mar</td>
   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Disk Space, Using LVM / Practical Test 1'''<ul><li>Monitoring Hard Disk Space</li><li>LVM - Definition</li><li>Using LVM</li><li>Creating Shell Scripts to Flag Low Disk Space</li></ul></td>
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   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Using a Centralized Message Store (IMAP)'''<ul><li>Specifying Domains for Received Email (MTA)</li><li>Installing &amp; Configuring MDA/LDA</li><li>Send &amp; Verify Receiving Mail on VMs</li><li>Troubleshooting</li></ul></td>
   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Lecture Notes:'''<ul><li>[[Lab 5 Warnings / Debrief]]</li></ul></td>
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   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Online Resources:'''<ul><li>[http://wiki.dovecot.org/MailServerOverview common mail server terms]</li><li>[http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html Postfix man page]</li><li>[https://workaround.org/ispmail/wheezy/setting-up-dovecot Configuring Dovecot]</ul></td>
  <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;">[http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/OPS235_Lab_5_-_CentOS7 Lab 5]</td>
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  <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;">[https://wiki.cdot.senecacollege.ca/wiki/OPS335_Lab_4b Lab 4b:<br>Mail Server Setup: LDA]</td>
 
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   <td  width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 9:'''<br>9 - 15  Nov</td>
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   <td  width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 9:'''<br>14 mar - 18 mar</td>
   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Disk Space, Using LVM / Continued'''<ul><li>Using LVM</li><li>Creating Shell Scripts to Flag Low Disk Space</li></ul></td>
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   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''File Server (Samba):'''<ul><li>smbclient, smbmount (mount -t cifs)</li><li>smb.conf, testparm, smbpasswd, pdbedit</li><li>getsebool, setsebool</li></ul></td>
   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Lecture Notes:'''<ul></ul></td>
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   <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;">[https://wiki.cdot.senecacollege.ca/wiki/OPS335_Lab_5 Lab 5: Samba Server]</td>
 
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   <td  width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 10:'''<br>16 - 22 Nov</td>
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   <td  width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 10:'''<br>21 mar - 25 mar</td>
   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Configuring a Network Using Virtual Machines'''<ul><li>Static Network Configuration</li><li>Network Configuration with a DHCP client</li><li>Basic TCP/IP network commands: ping, ifconfig, netstat</li></ul></td>
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   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Web Server (Apache)''':<ul><li>LAMP stack installation and configuration</li></ul></td>
   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Lecture Notes:'''<ul><li>[[Lab 6 Warnings / Debrief]]</li></ul></td>
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   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Online Resources:'''<ul><li>[http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp PHP Tutorial]</li><li>[http://www.w3schools.com/sql/ MySQL / SQL Language Resources]</li></ul></td>
   <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;">[http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/OPS235_Lab_6_-_CentOS7 Lab 6]</td>
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   <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;">[https://wiki.cdot.senecacollege.ca/wiki/OPS335_Lab_6 Lab 6: Web Server]</td>
 
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   <td  width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 11:'''<br>23 - 29 Nov </td>
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   <td  width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 11:'''<br>28 mar - 1 apr</td>
  <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Setup and Configure Secure Shell Services'''<ul><li>Network Services</li><li>SSH</li></ul></td>
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<td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Webmail: Encrypted connections'''<ul><li>WebMail installation and configuration</li><li>Setting Up a Self-Serve Certificate</li><li>Configuring Postfix (VM2) for Encryption (TLS)</li><li>Setting up Encryption with Thunderbird MUA</li><li>Setting Up Dovecot MDA/LDA for Encryption (SSL)</li></ul></td>
   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Lecture Notes:'''<ul><li>[[Lab 7 Warnings / Debrief]]</li></ul></td>
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   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Online Resources:'''<ul><li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security TLS, SSL Definition]</li><li>[https://www.e-rave.nl/create-a-self-signed-ssl-key-for-postfix Create a self signed SSL key for Postfix]</li><li>[http://wiki2.dovecot.org/SSL/DovecotConfiguration Dovecot SSL configuration]</li> </ul></td>
  <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;<br>[http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/OPS235_Lab_7_-_CentOS7 lab7]</td>
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<td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;"> <br>[https://wiki.cdot.senecacollege.ca/wiki/OPS335_Lab_7 Lab 7: Encrypted connections and webmail]</td>
 
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   <td  width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 12:'''<br>30 Nov - 6 Dec</td>
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   <td  width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 12:'''<br>4 apr - 8 apr</td>
   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Setting Up, Using &amp; Maintaining a DHCP Server'''<ul><li>DHCP Server</li></ul></td>
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   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''OpenLDAP:'''<ul><li>LDAP Overview</li><li>Client setup</li><li>Adding users</li></ul></td>
   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Lecture Notes:'''<ul><li>[[Lab 8 Warnings / Debrief]]</li></ul></td>
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   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Online Resources:'''<ul><li>[https://www.openldap.org/doc/admin24/ OpenLDAP Administration Guide]</li><li>[https://www.itzgeek.com/how-tos/linux/centos-how-tos/step-step-openldap-server-configuration-centos-7-rhel-7.html CentOS server & client setup guide]</li></ul></td>
   <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;<br>[http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/OPS235_Lab_8_-_CentOS7 lab8]</td>
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   <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;">[https://wiki.cdot.senecacollege.ca/wiki/OPS335_Lab_8 Lab 8: OpenLDAP]</td>
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   <td  width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 13:'''<br>7 - 9 Dec</td>
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   <td  width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 13:'''<br>11 apr - 15 apr<br>(Friday is a holiday)</td>
   <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Evaluation: Assignment 2, labs 5 - 8 & Practical Test 2'''</td>
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   <td  colspan="3" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Evaluation / Review:'''<ul><li>'''[[OPS335_-_Assignment_2 | OPS335 - Assignment 2]]'''</li><li>Exam Review</li></ul></td>
  <td  style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Lecture Notes:'''</td>
 
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   <td  width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;background-color:#f0f0f5;">'''Exam Week:'''<br>10 - 16 August</td>
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   <td  colspan="3" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;background-color:#f0f0f5;">'''Evaluation / Review:'''<ul><li>Final Exam</li></ul></td>
 
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|'''Week 7'''
 
19 Oct - 23 Oct
 
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|'''Week 8'''
 
02 Nov - 06 Nov
 
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Web Servers
 
*Apache installation and configuration
 
 
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*Chapter 23 - Web Hosting
 
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[[OPS335 W13 Lab 6 | Lab 6]]
 
*Apache Install/Config
 
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|'''Week 9'''
 
09 Nov - 13 Nov
 
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*smbclient, smbmount (mount -t cifs)
 
*smb.conf, testparm
 
*smbpasswd, pdbedit
 
*getsebool, setsebool
 
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*Chapter 30 - Cooperating with Windows
 
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*Samba Servers and Clients
 
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|'''Week 10'''
 
16 Nov - 20 Nov
 
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NFS with Automount
 
*exportfs, showmount, /etc/exports,autofs, auto.master
 
 
Assignment 2 Released
 
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*NFS Setup
 
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|'''Week 11'''
 
23 Nov - 27 Nov
 
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NIS
 
*ypserv, ypbind, ypcat
 
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[[OPS335 NIS Lab|Lab 9]]
 
*NIS Configuration
 
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|'''Week 12'''
 
30 Nov - 04 Dec
 
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FTP Server
 
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** [https://security.appspot.com/vsftpd.html  project web site]
 
** [http://vsftpd.beasts.org/vsftpd_conf.html /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf configuration file]
 
** [https://security.appspot.com/vsftpd/FAQ.txt vsftpd FAQ]
 
* [http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-ftp-commands/ Tutorial on ftp commands]
 
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[[OPS335 W13 FTP Lab | Lab 10]]
 
*VSFTP Server Setup
 
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|'''Week 13'''
 
07 Dec - 09 Dec
 
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Exam Review
 
 
Assignment 2 Due
 
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*Outstanding Labs
 
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!colspan="4"|Exam Week
 

Latest revision as of 16:35, 6 January 2022

Fall 2021

Instructors: see OPS335

Note: Each OPS335 instructor will indicate the due dates for labs, tests and assignments. This schedule is a considered to be a general guideline for week-by-week content.

Week Objectives and Tasks Reference Labs
Week 1:
10 jan - 14 jan
Introduction to OPS335:
  • Outline, policies
  • Assignments, labs, evaluation, email
  • Preparation for OPS335 labs
Online Reference: Prep for Labs
Week 2:
17 jan - 21 jan
Basic Networking & Backups:
  • ifconfig & route vs ip; resolv.conf, hostnamectl
  • /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
  • Network connection troubleshooting
  • SSH & SSH Keys
  • rsync & cron
Online Reference: Lab 1: Network/Backup
Week 3:
24 jan - 28 jan
Packet Filtering Using iptables:
  • What is Packet Filtering
  • iptables Basics
    (Tables, Chains, Targets)
  • iptables Commands & Options
  • iptables Command Examples
  • Saving iptables Settings
Online Reference: Lab 2a:
Packet Filtering Using iptables
Week 4:
31 jan - 4 feb
Network Address Translation /
iptables Best Practices
  • Network Address Translation
    (NAT Table - iptables)
  • Debugging firewall problems:
    • Troubleshooting Procedures
    • Troubleshooting Tools
    • Troubleshooting Exercises
Online Reference: Lab 2b:
Additional iptables Troubleshooting
Week 5:
7 feb - 11 feb
Domain Name System (DNS):
  • Address resolution mechanism (zone definitions)
  • DNS server setup
  • Querying Name Servers
  • Reverse DNS lookups
Performing DNS Queries
Online Reference: Lab 3: DNS
Week 6:
14 feb - 18 feb
Mail Servers - SMTP
  • Mail Server Elements (MSA/MTA, MUA, MDA, MS, AA, SMTP)
  • Install and using mailx application (MUA)
  • Analyze Email Message Headers
  • Setup Postfix Server (no encryption)
  • Sending Email from VM to Seneca College Mail Account
  • Troubleshooting
Online Reference: Lab 4a:
Simple Mail Server Setup
Week 7:
21 feb - 25 feb
(Monday is a holiday)
Evaluation / Review:    
Study Week:
28 feb - 4 mar
 
Week 8:
7 mar - 11 mar
Using a Centralized Message Store (IMAP)
  • Specifying Domains for Received Email (MTA)
  • Installing & Configuring MDA/LDA
  • Send & Verify Receiving Mail on VMs
  • Troubleshooting
Online Resources: Lab 4b:
Mail Server Setup: LDA
Week 9:
14 mar - 18 mar
File Server (Samba):
  • smbclient, smbmount (mount -t cifs)
  • smb.conf, testparm, smbpasswd, pdbedit
  • getsebool, setsebool
Lab 5: Samba Server
Week 10:
21 mar - 25 mar
Web Server (Apache):
  • LAMP stack installation and configuration
Online Resources: Lab 6: Web Server
Week 11:
28 mar - 1 apr
Webmail: Encrypted connections
  • WebMail installation and configuration
  • Setting Up a Self-Serve Certificate
  • Configuring Postfix (VM2) for Encryption (TLS)
  • Setting up Encryption with Thunderbird MUA
  • Setting Up Dovecot MDA/LDA for Encryption (SSL)
Online Resources:
Lab 7: Encrypted connections and webmail
Week 12:
4 apr - 8 apr
OpenLDAP:
  • LDAP Overview
  • Client setup
  • Adding users
Online Resources: Lab 8: OpenLDAP
Week 13:
11 apr - 15 apr
(Friday is a holiday)
Evaluation / Review:
Week 14 (3 days):
18 apr - 22 apr
Evaluation / Review:
  • Final Exam


OPS335 Resources