Projecting, Administration and Security

• 26 hrs lectures
• 12 hrs laboratories
• 6 hrs projects

• 70 pts final exam (written part)
• 25 pts labs
• 5 pts projects

To give the knowledge of computer networks projecting, extended services, administration and securing computer systems and networks.
Students are able to move in projecting computer networks and in extended network services.

Basic orientation in computer networks and operating systems.

• Mark Smith, David Bayne, John Pickard: Cisco Certified Support Technician (CCST) IT Support - 100-140 Official Cert Guide, Cisco Press, 2025.
• Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Trent R. Hein, Ben Whaley, Dan Mackin: UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook (5th Edition), Addison-Wesley, 2017
• Donald A. Tevault: Mastering Linux Security and Hardening: A practical guide to protecting your Linux system from cyber attacks, 3rd Edition, Packt Publishing, 2023

• Stallings, W.: Network Security Essentials: Applications and Standards, Global Edition,  Pearson, 2016

1. Introduction. Computer network attacks.
2. Security policy and authentication, authorization, and accounting.
3. Security in operating systems.
4. IDS and IPS systems.
5. Virtual private networks.
6. Firewalls and traffic shaping.
7. Operation and maintenance of computer networks.
8. Operation and maintenance of applications, backups.
9. Monitoring of network elements and workload of computer systems.
10. Cabling systems.
11. Server rooms.
12. Marking.

1. Radius, Opie, Kerberos
2. ACL, Audit, MAC
3. Firewall, řízení provozu Dummynet a AltQ
4. Socat, Ptunnel, IPsec
5. Samba, NFS, ZFS

Students can obtain up to 30 points during semester (work in computer exercises, tests and presentation) and up to 70 points from the final exam.

The monitored teaching activities are presence in computer labs, tests in labs, presentation and final exam. The minimal number of points which has to be obtained from the final exam is 34. Otherwise, no points will be assigned to a student.