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Find out how your website and server are vulnerable. Learn the possible "black hats", their attacks, and the defenses with access controls, system configuration, firewalls, VPNs, and encryption. Verify your security through security audits and monitoring. This course introduces security concepts and methods and is a prerequisite for other security classes. Required Book: Network Security: A Beginner's Guide, Eric Maiwald, ISBN 0072229578. Prerequisites: Ability to browse web and send and receive email.
Introduces TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) fundamentals. Overview of Internet communication and basic protocols such as ARP, DNS, HTTP, FTP, email and others. Discusses addresses, sockets, naming, networks, and optimization of web sites. Required Book: TCP/IP Jumpstart: Internet Protocol Basics, Andrew G. Blank. ISBN 0782126448 or second edition ISBN 0782141013. Recommended Book: Internet Core Protocols: the Definitive Guide, Hall & Cerf. ISBN 1565925726 Prerequisites: Ability to browse web and send and receive email.
Learn to install and secure your Windows and IIS server. Covers Domain versus Workgroup security structures, secure file systems, group, user, share and file level access permissions, as well as the use of Security Templates, and group policies, Microsoft security checklist, as well as Microsoft security bulletins. Required Book: Hacking Windows 2000 Exposed, Joel Scambray, Stuart McClure, ISBN 0072192623. Prerequisites: General familiarity with the Internet and some other operating system.
A hands on class in finding security problems, closing security holes, and protecting your Linux system running an Apache webserver. Learn possible attacks, and defenses using file and TCP/IP access controls, system configuration for Linux (including common system services), Apache configuration, and firewalls. Implement a Linux security plan. Required Book: Hacking Linux Exposed, Hatch, Lee, & Kurtz, McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing; ISBN: 0072225645. Prerequisites: General familiarity with the Internet and some other operating system.
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