Code: AE2B32SOS Network Operating Systems
Lecturer: Ing. Pavel Troller CSc. Weekly load: 2+2c Assessment: Z,ZK
Department: 13132 Credits: 6 Semester: W
Description:
Network operating systems, Linux, Unix. Administration and network tools, managing and administration of documentation. The graduates will be informed about basic conception and procedures in operating systems administration (UNIX) and gain the basic facility in operating systems configuration based on the x 86 platforms.
Contents:
1. Operating systems - basic definitions, origin and development, main types and families of OS.
2. Administration of users, administrator rights and how to gain them.
3. System startup/shutdown. Process handling. The "init" process, startup/shutdown scripts.
4. Administration of the disk subsystem. File systems, swap files and partitions.
5. Network facilities of the Linux OS, basic network configuration.
6. Advanced network facilities of the Linux OS. iptables, rule-based routing.
7. Networking interface - sockets, opening and closing the connection, data transfer, resolver - from various OS levels (C-language, scripts, applications)
8. Software compilation for the Unix-like OS. GNU toolchain.
9. Operating basic services in the Linux system - WWW server (LAMP), e-mail server, other services.
10. Security subsystem of the Unix-like systems and Linux. Types of attacks and protection against them.
11. Unix OSes in the environment of telecommunication networks. Main areas of usage.
12. Asterisk software PBX and its deployment on the Linux OS.
13. Unix-like systems in mobile and embedded devices. Android, Meego, OpenWRT...
14. OS virtualization and cloud computing. Examples of the Unix-like OSes.
Recommended literature:
1. Adelstein, T. - Lubanovic, B.: Linux System Administration. O'Reilly Media, Inc., New York, 2007.
Keywords:
Operating Systems, Computer Networks, Linux, UNIX, BSD. Administration.