R. Craig Collins > ITNW 2405 > Review 3

Review 3 © R. Craig Collins, 2005

Chapters 16, 17, 18, 23, 26, 19, 24-25

•16: Devices
   • List three types of drive controllersSCSI, IDE, and EIDE
   • Which is fastest?SCSI
   • cdrecord is a command line CD burner for Linux, name a graphical burner.X-CD-Roast
   • PCs use TWAIN for scanners, what does Linux use? SANE
   • What other device is especially useful for backup?Tape    -window root myscreenpic_name.jpg

•17: Backup
   • Name several command line backup tools.cpio, tar, dd, dump, and afio
   • Name a restore program. restore
   • Name two graphical backup programs.Taper and KDat   

•18: Network Admin
   • Be able to list top-level domain names.org, .com, .edu, .mil, .gov, and .net
   • Name the three network classes, and number of hosts. Class A=254, B=~65000, C=1.5 Million
   • What is the netmask for a Class B network? 255.255.0.0
   • What is the command to set an IP address?/sbin/ipconfig
   • What handles IP address to name resolution?DNS
   • Name several common files sharing options. NFS, Samba, CODA, AFS

 •23: System Logs
   • What is the name of the 'master logger' daemon? syslogd

•26: Performance Monitoring
   • What is the uptime command for? How long the computer has been running
   • What is the top command for?uptime, processes, and memory utilization
   • What is the GNOME program for top? System Monitor
   • What does free do? reports on memory
   • What is ps for?Tells you who is doing what  rt -window root myscreenpic_name.jpg

24: Secure Computing
   • What is encryption? scrambling message to add privacy
   • Name a secure shell method. ssh, secure sockets layer
   • Name an encryption tool? PGP and GnuPG  port -window root myscreenpic_name.jpg

•25: Security
   • Describe some intrusion detection methods
   • Describe setting up a firewall

Activities
   • Describe setting Linux Installations
   • Describe graphical administration

• System Settings -> Authentication
• System Settings -> Security

• Internet -> More Internet Applications ->Remote Desktop Connection*
• System Tools -> More System Tools -> Desktop Sharing*

• System Tools -> Internet Configuration (connections, ISDN, etc)

• System Tools -> System Logs
• Internet -> More Internet Aplications ->KPPP Log Viewer

• System Settings -> Server Settings -> Services -> httpd (To Start)
• System Settings -> Server Settings -> HTTP Server (Basic Configuration after started**)
• System Settings -> Add/Remove to see what other items can be added to httpd