Categories: Linux administration, Networking
Participants learn the principles of virtual private networks and configuration details of most common VPN solutions on Linux.
Duration
1 day
Agenda
- Overview of related concepts: network protocol stack, ISO/OSI model
- frame structure at each layer
- IP, ICMP, UDP and TCP protocols, reliable connections, retransmissions
- Encryption, symmetric and public-key, RSA
- Security, man-in-the-middle attacks
- VPNs
- common uses, operation principles
- examples
- when not to use
- IPsec, IPsec on Linux
- StrongSWAN, OpenSWAN
- Eavesdropping
- PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunelling Protocol)
- when to use
- PPTP/MPPE architecture, Linux as a PPTP server with Windows as a client
- Linux as a PPTP client
- OpenVPN
Audience and prerequisites
The course targets at least intermediate-level Linux system/network administrators.
Participants must have good knowledge of general Linux administration and network configuration.
Certificates
Course participants receive completion certificates signed by ALX.
