CourseIT601

Week8 of 16

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This week’s topics

Midterm evaluation

Midterm assessment of the criteria taught so far
Individual feedback and targets

What you will be able to do

1.1 Explain client and server environment and the communication between clients and servers.
1.2 Define the terms: Process ID (PID), Parent process ID (PPID) and ‘init’.
1.3 Compare the operation of parent processes and child processes.
2.1 Explain the features of Linux server configurations.
2.2 Explain the concepts of UDP and TCP systems.
2.3 Build and implement DNS server in Linux using UDP and TCP.

Activity

Midterm assessment task and individual feedback.

Study materials

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Course plan

Week 1: Client-Server Architecture
Week 2: OS Process Architecture and Management
Week 3: Linux Enterprise Server Configuration
Week 4: Transport Layer Dynamics: TCP and UDP
Week 5: DNS Server Deployment on Linux
Week 6: Evaluation of Network Security Protocols
Week 7: Corporate Threat Analysis and Security Requirements
Midterm: Midterm evaluation
Week 9: Secure Corporate Network Architecture Design
Week 10: Network Security Implementation
Week 11: Enterprise Network Hardening and Verification
Week 12: Applying Advanced Computer Networks in practice: case studi…
Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
Week 15: Review and coursework completion
Final: Final assessment and submission

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