CSCI 325.001 201620

CSCI 325 - Web Server Administration

Spring 2018 - Section 001


Week 1 - January 25th, 2018

  • CSCI 325 Week 1 - Intro and Overview

  • Assignment 1 - Due February 1st

  • Textbook: Introduction

  • Textbook: Chapter 1 - Technical Summary of Linux Distributions


Week 2 - February 1st, 2018

  • CSCI 325 Week 2 - Infrastructure Components 1/2

  • Assignment 2 - Due February 8th

  • Textbook: Chapter 11 - TCP/IP

  • Textbook: Chapter 12 - Network Configuration


Week 3 - February 8th, 2018

  • CSCI 325 Week 3 - Infrastructure Components 2/2

  • Assignment 3 - Due February 15th

  • Textbook: Chapter 9 - Linux Kernel

  • Textbook: Chapter 10 - Knobs & Dials; Virtual File Systems


Week 4 - February 15th, 2018

  • CSCI 325 Week 4 - OS Install & VM's

  • Assignment 4 - Due February 22nd

  • Simple Network Diagram 1

  • Simple Network Diagram 2

  • Textbook: Chapter 2 - Installing Linux

  • Textbook: Chapter 3 - CLI

  • Textbook: Chapter 4 - Managing Software


Week 5 - February 22nd, 2018

  • CSCI 325 Week 5 - Users, Groups, CLI, Startup & Shutdown

  • Assignment 5 - Due March 1st

  • Textbook: Chapter 5 - Managing Users and Groups

  • Textbook: Chapter 6 - Booting and Shutting Down


Week 6 - March 1st, 2018

  • CSCI 325 Week 6 - DNS

  • Assignment 6 - Due March 8th

  • Textbook: Chapter 16 - DNS

  • Review for Midterm


Week 7 - March 8th, 2018

  • CSCI 325 Week 7 - HTTP Servers

  • Midterm Exam

  • Textbook: Chapter 18 - Apache


Week 8 - March 15th, 2018

  • Spring Break - No Class


Week 9 - March 22nd, 2018

  • CSCI 325 Week 9 - Web Server Install & Config 1/2

  • Assignment 7 - Due March 29th

  • Textbook: Chapter 19 - SMTP


Week 10 - March 29th, 2018

  • CSCI 325 Week 10 - Web Server Install & Config 2/2

  • Assignment 8 - Due April 5th

  • Textbook: Chapter 20 - POP/IMAP


Week 11 - April 5th, 2018

  • CSCI 325 Week 11 - E-Mail Services

  • Assignment 9 - Due April 15th

  • Textbook: Chapter 17 - FTP


Week 12 - April 12th, 2018

  • CSCI 325 Week 12 - File Transfer Services

  • Assignment 10 - Due April 19th

  • Textbook: Chapter 7 - File Systems

  • Textbook: Chapter 8 - Core System Services


Week 13 - April 19th, 2018

  • CSCI 325 Week 13 - Security and Authentication – 1/2

  • Assignment 11 - Due April 26th

  • Textbook: Chapter 13 - Netfilter Firewall


Week 14 - April 26th, 2018

  • CSCI 325 Week 14 - Security and Authentication – 2/2

  • Assignment 12 - Due May 10th

  • Textbook: Chapter 14 - Local Security

  • No office hours today!


Week 15 - May 3rd, 2018

  • CSCI 325 Week 15 - Backups, Monitoring, and Tuning

  • Assignment 13 - Due May 10th

  • Textbook: Chapter 15 - Network Security


Week 16 - May 10th, 2018

  • CSCI 325 Final Exam

  • Ross Hall 136 - 6:00PM to 8:00PM