Topics:

1.     IMPLEMENTING A WEB SERVER

1.     LPI Objectives Covered

2.     Apache History and Status

3.     Apache Architecture

4.     Default Configuration

5.     Installing PHP

6.     Apache Configuration Files

7.     httpd.conf - Server Settings

8.     httpd.conf - Main Configuration

9.     httpd.conf - VirtualHost Configuration

10.   Apache Logging

11.   Log Analysis

12.   Delegating Administration

13.   Directory Protection

14.   Directory Protection with AllowOverride

15.   Common Uses for .htaccess

16.   Apache Troubleshooting

Lab Tasks

17.   Configure Apache

18.   Apache Content

19.   Using .htaccess Files

2.     MAINTAINING A WEB SERVER

1.     LPI Objectives Covered

2.     HTTP Virtual Servers

3.     DNS Implications

4.     Security Implications

5.     IP-based Virtual Host

6.     Name-based Virtual Host

7.     Symmetric Encryption Algorithms

8.     Asymmetric Encryption Algorithms

9.     Digital Certificates

10.   SSL/HTTPS and Apache

11.   SSL Using mod_ssl.so

Lab Tasks

12.   Configuring Virtual Hosts

13.   Using SSL Certificates with Apache

3.     IMPLEMENTING A PROXY SERVER AND DHCP CONFIGURATION

1.     LPI Objectives Covered

2.     Squid Overview

3.     Squid File Layout

4.     Squid Access Control Lists

5.     Applying Squid ACLs

6.     Monitoring Squid

7.     DHCP Protocol Operation

8.     Configuring a DHCP server

Lab Tasks

9.     Installing and Configuring Squid

10.   Squid Cache Manager CGI

4.     SAMBA SERVER CONFIGURATION

1.     LPI Objectives Covered

2.     Introducing Samba

3.     Samba Daemons

4.     Accessing Windows/Samba Shares from Linux

5.     Samba Utilities

6.     Samba Configuration Files

7.     The smb.conf File

8.     Share Authentication

9.     Share-Level Access

10.   User-Level Access

11.   Mapping Users

12.   SMB and Passwords

13.   The smbpasswd Database

14.   User Share Restrictions

Lab Tasks

15.   Samba Share-Level Access

16.   Samba User-Level Access

17.   Samba Group Shares

5.     NFS SERVER CONFIGURATION AND SECURING FTP SERVERS

1.     LPI Objectives Covered

2.     File Sharing via NFS

3.     NFSv4

4.     NFS Clients

5.     NFS Server Configuration

6.     The FTP Protocol

7.     FTP Operation

8.     Active Mode FTP

9.     Passive Mode FTP

10.   vsftpd

11.   Configuring vsftpd

12.   Anonymous FTP with vsftpd

13.   Pure-FTPd

14.   Pure-FTPd Tools

15.   ProFTPD

Lab Tasks

16.   NFS Server Configuration

17.   Configuring vsftpd

6.     PAM AUTHENTICATION AND LDAP CLIENT USAGE

1.     LPI Objectives Covered

2.     PAM Overview

3.     PAM Module Types

4.     PAM Order of Processing

5.     PAM Control Statements

6.     PAM Modules

7.     pam_unix.so

8.     pam_unix2.so

9.     pam_limits.so

10.   pam_cracklib.so

11.   pam_listfile.so

12.   LDAP

13.   What LDAP Provides

14.   LDAP Concepts

15.   LDAP Organization

16.   Entry Referencing

17.   Online LDAP Data Manipulation

18.   Querying LDAP Databases

Lab Tasks

19.   Setting Limits with the pam_limits Modules

20.   Using pam_limits to Restrict Simultaneous Logins

21.   Querying an Existing LDAP Directory

7.     USING E-MAIL SERVERS

1.     LPI Objectives Covered

2.     SMTP

3.     SMTP Terminology

4.     SMTP Architecture

5.     SMTP Commands

6.     SMTP Session

7.     Sendmail Architecture

8.     Sendmail Components

9.     Sendmail Configuration

10.   Databases

11.   Sendmail Remote Configuration

12.   Controlling Access

13.   Exim

14.   Postfix Features

15.   Postfix Architecture

16.   Postfix Components

17.   Postfix Configuration

18.   master.cf

19.   main.cf

20.   Virtual Domains

21.   Configuration Commands

22.   Postfix Logging

Lab Tasks

23.   Configuring Postfix

24.   Postfix Network Configuration

25.   Postfix Virtual Host Configuration

26.   Configuring Sendmail

27.   Sendmail Network Configuration

28.   Sendmail Virtual Host Configuration

29.   Sendmail SMTP AUTH Configuration

30.   Sendmail STARTTLS Configuration

31.   SUSE Sendmail Configuration Cleanup

8.     MANAGING LOCAL AND REMOTE E-MAIL DELIVERY

1.     LPI Objectives Covered

2.     Filtering Email

3.     Procmail

4.     SpamAssassin

5.     Accessing Email

6.     The IMAP4 Protocol

7.     Courier IMAP

8.     Dovecot POP3/IMAP Server

9.     Fetchmail

Lab Tasks

10.   Configuring Procmail and SpamAssassin

11.   Dovecot Setup

9.     CONFIGURING A ROUTER AND SECURE SHELL (SSH)

1.     LPI Objectives Covered

2.     Linux as a Router

3.     Configuring Routing Tables

4.     Using the iptables Command

5.     Netfilter Rule Syntax

6.     Netfilter Concepts

7.     Targets

8.     Common match_specs

9.     Netfilter: Stateful Packet Filter Firewall

10.   Connection Tracking

11.   Address Translation

12.   Configuring NAT and PAT

13.   Secure Shell

14.   ssh and sshd Configuration

15.   Accessing Remote Shells

16.   SSH Port Forwarding

17.   Transferring Files

18.   SSH Key Management

19.   ssh-agent

Lab Tasks

20.   Securing Services with SuSEfirewall2

21.   Securing Services with Netfilter

22.   Introduction to ssh and scp

23.   SSH Key-based User Authentication

24.   Using ssh-agent

10.   SECURITY TASKS AND TCP WRAPPER

1.     LPI Objectives Covered

2.     Security Advisories

3.     Discovering Hosts

4.     Netcat

5.     Nessus Insecurity Scanner

6.     Configuring OpenVAS

7.     Intrusion Detection Systems

8.     Snort Rules

9.     Writing Snort Rules

10.   TCP Wrappers

11.   The /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny Files

12.   /etc/hosts.{allow,deny} Shortcuts

13.   Advanced TCP Wrappers

14.   Xinetd Configuration and Access Control

15.   Xinetd Connection Limiting

16.   Xinetd: Resource limits, redirection, logging

Lab Tasks

17.   NMAP

18.   OpenVAS

11.   IDENTIFYING BOOT STAGES AND TROUBLESHOOTING BOOTLOADERS

1.     LPI Objectives Covered

2.     Partition Considerations

3.     Booting Linux on PCs

4.     LILO Options

5.     LILO Configuration

6.     GRUB Configuration

7.     /etc/inittab

8.     Typical SysV Init Script

9.     System Configuration Files

10.   Controlling Service Startup

11.   Managing Daemons

12.   Inability to Boot

13.   Troubleshooting With GRUB

12.   GENERAL TROUBLESHOOTING

1.     LPI Objectives Covered

2.     Important Log Files

3.     Hardware Discovery Tools

4.     Configuring New Hardware with Kudzu

5.     Configuring New Hardware with hwinfo

6.     USB Devices

7.     Kernel Modules

8.     Handling Module Dependencies

9.     Displaying Binary Files

10.   lsof and fuser

11.   Kernel Modules Troubleshooting

12.   strace and ltrace

13.   TROUBLESHOOTING SYSTEM RESOURCES

1.     LPI Objectives Covered

2.     Key Environment Variables

3.     Locales

4.     sh: Configuration Files

5.     Kernel Tuning

6.     Kernel Tuning via /proc/sys/

7.     Default User Files

8.     Manually Installed Shared Libraries

14.   TROUBLESHOOTING ENVIRONMENT CONFIGURATIONS

1.     LPI Objectives Covered

2.     Logging In

3.     User Administration

4.     Group Administration

5.     User and Group Concepts

6.     Password Aging

7.     Gathering Login Session Info

8.     cron

9.     The crontab Command

10.   crontab Format

11.   /etc/cron.*/ Directories

12.   System Logging

13.   /etc/syslog.conf