Network and System Administration - Syllabus

This topic covers the evolution of networking from its early beginnings to the present day, including key milestones and developments.

This topic explores the importance of protocol standards in networking, including the role of organizations such as the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

This topic introduces the OSI and TCP/IP reference models, explaining their layers, functions, and importance in understanding network communication.

This topic provides an overview of the networking fundamentals in Windows and Linux operating systems, including network configuration, protocols, and services.

This topic covers the basics of switching and routing in networking, including the functions of switches and routers, and how they forward data packets.

Learn how to implement authentication in ASP.NET Core applications using ASP.NET Core Identity and configure identity services.

Understand how to implement authorization in ASP.NET Core applications using roles, claims, and policies to secure access to resources.

Discover how to secure controllers and action methods in ASP.NET Core applications to prevent unauthorized access.

Learn how to prevent cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks in ASP.NET Core applications by validating user input and encoding output.

Understand how to prevent SQL injection attacks in ASP.NET Core applications by using parameterized queries and input validation.

Learn how to prevent cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks in ASP.NET Core applications by using anti-forgery tokens and validating requests.

Discover how to prevent open redirect attacks in ASP.NET Core applications by validating redirects and using secure protocols.

This topic covers the administration of database servers, including MySQL, and database management best practices.

Understanding IPv4 and IPv6 addressing schemes, including subnetting, CIDR notation, and address types.

Configuring network interfaces, including setting IP addresses, subnet masks, and default gateways.

Troubleshooting common network startup issues, including identifying and resolving configuration problems.

Configuring firewalls on Linux and Windows systems, including setting up rules and access controls.

Using command-line tools to troubleshoot network issues, including ping, traceroute, and nslookup.

Understanding the fundamental concepts and principles of Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and its role in network administration.

Configuring and setting up a DHCP server to assign IP addresses and other network settings to clients on a network.

Understanding and configuring DHCP options, scope, reservation, and relaying to customize and optimize DHCP services.

Identifying and resolving common issues and problems related to DHCP configuration and operation.

This topic covers the fundamental concepts and workings of the Domain Name System (DNS), including its architecture, components, and communication protocols.

This topic explains how to configure a basic name server and client, including setting up DNS resolution and zone files.

This topic discusses the role and configuration of caching only name servers, which temporarily store DNS query results to improve performance.

This topic covers the configuration and synchronization of primary and slave name servers, ensuring DNS data consistency and redundancy.

This topic explains the process of DNS zone transfers, which enable the replication of DNS data between primary and slave name servers.

This topic discusses the mechanism of dynamic DNS updates, which allow for real-time changes to DNS records and zone files.

This topic covers the process of DNS delegation, which involves assigning authority over a DNS zone to a subordinate name server.

This topic focuses on the security aspects of DNS servers, including common threats, vulnerabilities, and best practices for securing DNS infrastructure.

This topic provides guidance on troubleshooting common DNS-related issues, including error diagnosis, log analysis, and problem resolution.

This topic covers the fundamental concepts and configuration of HTTP servers, including setting up and managing web servers.

This topic explores the concept of virtual hosting, where multiple domains are hosted on a single IP address, and how to configure it.

This topic discusses the importance of caching in HTTP and how to configure caching mechanisms to improve web server performance.

This topic covers the configuration of proxy caching servers, including setting up and managing cache storage and retrieval.

This topic explains the concept of Access Control Lists (ACLs) in proxy servers and how to configure them to control access to resources.

This topic discusses various authentication mechanisms used in proxy servers, including username/password, Kerberos, and NTLM authentication.

This topic provides guidance on troubleshooting common issues and errors in web and proxy server configurations.

Learn how to configure Samba for file and print sharing. This topic covers general Samba configuration.

Explore Samba's built-in web-based administration tool, SWAT. Learn how to use it for Samba configuration and management.

Understand how to configure NFS (Network File System) and NFS clients for file sharing across a network.

Learn the basics of configuring CUPS (Common Unix Printing System) for print sharing and management.

Discover the principles of FTP (File Transfer Protocol) and how it works for file transfer and sharing.

Learn how to set up an anonymous FTP server for public file sharing and access.

Develop skills to troubleshoot common issues with FTP, file sharing, and print sharing in a network environment.

This topic introduces the concept of matrices, including their definition, notation, and basic operations. It lays the foundation for further study of matrices and their applications.

This topic covers the different types of matrices, including square matrices, diagonal matrices, identity matrices, and zero matrices. It explains their properties and characteristics.

This topic defines and explains the concept of equality of matrices, including the conditions for two matrices to be equal and the rules for comparing matrices.

This topic covers the basic algebraic operations of matrices, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and scalar multiplication. It explains the rules and properties of these operations.

This topic introduces the concept of determinants, including their definition, calculation, and properties. It explains the importance of determinants in matrix theory and their applications.

This topic covers the concepts of transpose, minors, and cofactors of a matrix, including their definitions, calculations, and properties. It explains their relationships and applications.

Learn how to design relational databases using ER-to-relational mapping, including mapping of regular entities, weak entities, relationship types, multivalued attributes, and N-ary relationships.

Understand informal design guidelines for relational schemas, including semantics of attributes in relations, redundant information in tuples and update anomalies, NULL values in tuples, and generation of spurious tuples.

Study functional dependencies, including definition, inference rules, Armstrong's axioms, attribute closure, equivalence of functional dependencies, and minimal sets of functional dependencies.

Explore normal forms based on primary keys, including First Normal Form, Second Normal Form, Third Normal Form, and their general definitions.

Learn about Boyce-Codd Normal Form, a higher normal form that ensures a relational schema is in a good structure.

Understand multivalued dependency and Fourth Normal Form, which eliminates multivalued dependencies in a relational schema.