Networking and UNIX Name Resolution

Overview/Description
To explain how to secure UNIX systems from local and remote security threats

Target Audience
IT professionals working in a UNIX environment for the first time

Prerequisites
A basic understanding of the UNIX operating system; familiarity with the history of UNIX and the reasons for its continued popularity; general comprehension of UNIX system architecture, and awareness of the user interfaces

Expected Duration (hours)
2.3

Lesson Objectives

Networking and UNIX Name Resolution

implement core network configuration issues in UNIX.

identify how networking daemons are managed and configure the inetd super daemon.

configure TCP/IP networking in FreeBSD.

identify how addresses can be managed on a local network with DHCP and how name resolution services operate.

configure DHCP servers and clients.

prepare BIND to support DNS operations.

perform an LDAP search.

manage and configure naming services on a UNIX system.