[Fsf Education] Networking Course

[Rajkumar S.]

Hi,

How about the following for a Networking course. This is from the NAG
2nd ed. Please send in your comments. We have Free course material
avalilable for this in the form of NAG. We can write if any thing more
is required.

raj

Linux Network Administrators Guide

   1. Introduction to Networking

        1.1. History
        1.2. TCP/IP Networks
        1.4. Linux Networking
        1.5. Maintaining Your System

   2. Issues of TCP/IP Networking

        2.1. Networking Interfaces
        2.2. IP Addresses
        2.3. Address Resolution
        2.4. IP Routing
        2.5. The Internet Control Message Protocol
        2.6. Resolving Host Names

   3. Configuringthe NetworkingHardware

        3.1. Kernel Configuration
        3.2. A Tour of Linux Network Devices
        3.3. Ethernet Installation
        3.4. The PLIP Driver
        3.5. The PPP and SLIP Drivers
        3.6. Other Network Types

   4. Configuring the Serial Hardware

        4.1. Communications Software for Modem Links
        4.2. Introduction to Serial Devices
        4.3. Accessing Serial Devices
        4.4. Serial Hardware
        4.5. Using the Configuration Utilities
        4.6. Serial Devices and the login: Prompt

   5. Configuring TCP/IP Networking

        5.1. Mounting the /proc Filesystem
        5.2. Installing the Binaries
        5.3. Setting the Hostname
        5.4. Assigning IP Addresses
        5.5. Creating Subnets
        5.6. Writing hosts and networks Files
        5.7. Interface Configuration for IP
        5.8. All About ifconfig
        5.9. The netstat Command
        5.10. Checking the ARP Tables

   6. Name Service and Resolver Configuration

        6.1. The Resolver Library
        6.2. How DNS Works
        6.3. Running named

   8. The Point-to-Point Protocol

        8.1. PPP on Linux
        8.2. Running pppd
        8.3. Using Options Files
        8.4. Using chat to Automate Dialing
        8.5. IP Configuration Options
        8.6. Link Control Options
        8.7. General Security Considerations
        8.8. Authentication with PPP
        8.9. Debugging Your PPP Setup
        8.10. More Advanced PPP Configurations

   9. TCP/IP Firewall

        9.1. Methods of Attack
        9.2. What Is a Firewall?
        9.3. What Is IP Filtering?
        9.4. Setting Up Linux for Firewalling
        9.5. Three Ways We Can Do Filtering
        9.6. Original IP Firewall (2.0 Kernels)
        9.7. IP Firewall Chains (2.2 Kernels)
        9.8. Netfilter and IP Tables (2.4 Kernels)
        9.9. TOS Bit Manipulation
        9.10. Testing a Firewall Configuration
        9.11. A Sample Firewall Configuration

   10. IP Accounting

        10.1. Configuring the Kernel for IP Accounting
        10.2. Configuring IP Accounting
        10.3. Using IP Accounting Results
        10.4. Resetting the Counters
        10.5. Flushing the Ruleset
        10.6. Passive Collection of Accounting Data

   11. IP Masquerade and Network Address Translation

        11.1. Side Effects and Fringe Benefits
        11.2. Configuring the Kernel for IP Masquerade
        11.3. Configuring IP Masquerade
        11.4. Handling Name Server Lookups
        11.5. More About Network Address Translation

   12. ImportantNetwork Features

        12.1. The xinetd Super Server              <--- inetd - xinetd
        12.2. The tcpd Access Control Facility
        12.3. The Services and Protocols Files
        12.4. Remote Procedure Call
        12.5. Configuring Remote Loginand Execution

   13. The Network Information System          <--- How about LDAP

        13.1. Getting Acquainted with NIS
        13.2. NIS Versus NIS+
        13.3. The Client Side of NIS
        13.4. Running an NIS Server
        13.5. NIS Server Security
        13.6. Setting Up an NIS Client with GNU libc
        13.7. Choosing the Right Maps
        13.8. Using the passwd and group Maps
        13.9. Using NIS with Shadow Support

   14. The Network File System                 <---- SMB file system?

        14.1. Preparing NFS
        14.2. Mounting an NFS Volume
        14.3. The NFS Daemons
        14.4. The exports File
        14.5. Kernel-Based NFSv2 Server Support
        14.6. Kernel-Based NFSv3 Server Support

   17. Electronic Mail

        17.1. What Is a Mail Message?
        17.2. How Is Mail Delivered?
        17.3. Email Addresses
        17.4. How Does Mail Routing Work?
        17.5. Configuring elm                      <-- Mutt?

   19. Getting EximUp and Running

        19.1. Running Exim
        19.2. If Your Mail Doesn't Get Through
        19.3. Compiling Exim
        19.4. Mail Delivery Modes
        19.5. Miscellaneous config Options
        19.6. Message Routing and Delivery
        19.7. Protecting Against Mail Spam
        19.8. UUCP Setup

   20. Netnews

        20.1. Usenet History
        20.2. What Is Usenet, Anyway?
        20.3. How Does Usenet Handle News?

   24. Newsreader Configuration

        24.1. tin Configuration
        24.2. trn Configuration
        24.3. nn Configuration