CS 645 - Network Administration

Prerequisite: CS 640 or EE 610 or EE 682 or permission of the instructor. Fundamentals of administration of a networked computer. Topics include basic duties of a system administrator, overview of TCP/IP networking, file system layouts, user management, network services such as DNS, NIS, DHCP file sharing, printing, mail, ftp, web, interacing different operating systems on one network, and general security issues including prevention through firewalls and secure shells. Lab exercises will use both Unix and Windows systems.
3 credits