Network Administration

Computer Center, CS, NCTU

Syllabus

 Website:
• http://www.cs.nctu.edu.tw/~liuyh/course/netadm/
 Instructors:
• 翁綜禧 chwong@cs.nctu.edu.tw
• 劉用翔 liuyh@cs.nctu.edu.tw
• 許立文 lwhsu@cs.nctu.edu.tw
• 蔡佳宏 chiahung@cs.nctu.edu.tw
 Time:
• Tue. IJK (PM 6:30 ~ 9:20)
 Place:
• EC122
 Course Newsgroup
• cs.course.netadmin
 TAs:
• We might get about 2 TAs. (TBA)
• Email to TAs: ta@nasa.cs.nctu.edu.tw
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• IRC channel
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Syllabus –
Course Textbook and Reference
 Textbook
• UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook, 4th ed.
• Slides
 Reference book
• TCP/IP Illustrated Volume 1
• Programming Perl
• Postfix
• DNS and BIND
• SNMP, SNMPv2, SNMPv3 and RMON 1, 2

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Syllabus –
Course Overview
 Main topics
• Perl Programming
• Networking
 TCP/IP Networking
 Network Environment
 NAT, DHCP, Firewall, FTP, VPN, Proxy, …
• Mail System -- Postfix
 SPF, DKIM, …
• DNS -- BIND
• Usenet -- INN
• Network Management

 Additional candidate topics

• PGP, FreeBSD jail

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Syllabus – Grade Policy

 Mid
• 15 ~ 20%
 Final
• 15 ~ 20% Grade will not be normalize.
Why?
 Exercise
Do exercise gets points.
• 60 ~ 70%
Study book gets points.
 No Delay Work
 4 exercises
 One term project
 Presentation or quiz
• 10%
 We may have some bonus quiz

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Syllabus –
Prerequisite
 Background Knowledges
• It is better to have taken
 “System Administration” (計算機系統管理)
 “Introduction to Networking” (計算機網路概論)
 Environment
• One dedicated PC (Or you can use virtual PC.)
 With Unix-like OS installed (e.g. FreeBSD, Linux, Sun OS, …etc.)
 FreeBSD is recommended, for the reason of TA supports.
• One extra IP
 Yourself
• Attend every class
• Read book at least 6 hours every week
• Collect information in the Internet
• Play with your server at least 10 hours every week

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SA-NA Junction

 FreeBSD
• 8.2-RELEASE

 Install OS and software (ports)

• http://www.cs.nctu.edu.tw/~liuyh/course/sysadm/