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Best Practice in Communication Network I

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Course Unit Code440-2315/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory type B
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Third Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
ZDR20doc. Ing. Jaroslav Zdrálek, Ph.D.
NEV05Ing. Pavel Nevlud
Summary
Students in the course will gain knowledge of key network components and protocols in IPv6 networks and their implementation on open-source solutions. The course focuses to practical training. The students will be led to design and manage components such as router, DHCPv6 server, DNS, or mail server in Linux environment. The graduates would be able to create and manage computer networks in smaller companies after completing this course.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The goal of course is to apply theoretical knowledge of computer networks, basic network services with operating system Linux and IPv6 protocol, into practical solutions. The graduate of this course will gain basic knowledge in the field of IPv6 protocol, Linux and basic network services.
Course Contents
Lectures:
• Overview of using OS in the network, their application, producers, basic properties, commercial solution versus open-source
• Unix/Linux – their development, overview of platforms, kind of architectures, command line interpreter, X Windows
• Configuration of network and serial HW, devices and drivers, configuration IP and access to serial devices, loading network services and demon Inet
• Router in OS Linux and its management, routing tables and protocols, debugging routing problems. Network Masquerading, IPtables
• Domain system, DNS server and resolver, iterative and recursive behavior, kinds of records – A/AAAA, CNAME, MX, NS, PTR, SOA, Berklay Internet Domain
• BOOTP and DHCP protocol, dhclient and DHCP server, booting of OS from network, NTP and SNTP protocol, time zones, Stratum and hierarchic system synchronization, Marzall algorithm
• Network file system NFS, Samba, calling RPC procedures, Linux network printing system
• Proxy, reverse and application proxy, cache demon, SOCKS
• E-mail, MTA agent, relay, protocols POP3, SMTP and IMAP, e-mail servers
• HTTP/HTTPS protocols, web servers, Appache, virtual domain, CMS – Content Management System


Practices:
• Introduction to Linux, distributions, installation and basic statements
• Advanced statements of Linux, use scripts, system management
• Configuration and test network and serial interfaces, configuration IPv4 and IPv6, load network services using daemon Inet and xinetd, use Network Manager for automatic configuration of network
• Use Quagga project as Linux router with routing protocols RIP, OSPF and BGP. Configuration and test router with different setting. Configuration and test Iptables.
• Domain system based on BIND project. Adjustment different setting and test individual services.
• Dynamic DHCP protocol for getting different network setting, adjustment and test DHCP. Configuration and management NTP protocol for synchronization time.
• Configuration network file system NFS and Samba, call remote procedures RPC. Configuration print daemon. Configuration FTP server.
• Proxy server and web cache daemon Squid, configuration and test basic properties
• Installation, configuration and test e-mail servers – POP3, IMAP and SMTP, adjustment clients, configuration postfix and eximu
• Installation and configuration Appache2 web server, CMS project Joomla, Drupal
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
• PETERSEN, Richard. Linux: The Complete Reference. 6th Edition. Great Britain: Mc Graww Hill, 2020. ASIN: B08N1MK8VT.
• HUBERT, Bert, Gregory MAXWELL, Remco van MOOK a Martijn van OOSTERHOUT. Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO. Paperback. Amazon: Independently published, 2019. ISBN 978-1705975855.
• NEMETH, Evi, Garth SNYDER, Trent HEIN a Ben WHALEY. UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook. 5th Edition. USA: Addison-Wesley Professional, 2019. ISBN 978-0134277554.
• NEGUS, Chris. Linux Bible. 10th Edition. Wiley Publishing, 2020. ISBN 978-1119578888.
• HELMKE, Matthew. Ubuntu Unleashed 2019: Edition: Covering 18.04, 18.10, 19.04. 13th Edition. Addison-Wesley Professional, 2018. ISBN 978-0134985466.
• GRAZIANI, Rick. IPv6 Fundamentals: A Straightforward Approach to Understanding IPv6. 2nd Edition. Cisco Press, 2017. ISBN 978-1587144776.
• HAGEN, Silvia. IPv6 Essentials: Integrating IPv6 into Your IPv4 Network. 3rd Edition. O'Reilly Media, 2014. ISBN 978-1449319212.
• SATRAPA, Pavel. IPv6: internetový protokol verze 6. 4. aktualizované a rozšířené vydání. Praha: CZ.NIC, 2019. ISBN 978-80-88168-46-1.

• PETERSEN, Richard. Linux: The Complete Reference. 6th Edition. Great Britain: Mc Graww Hill, 2020. ASIN: B08N1MK8VT.
• HUBERT, Bert, Gregory MAXWELL, Remco van MOOK a Martijn van OOSTERHOUT. Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO. Paperback. Amazon: Independently published, 2019. ISBN 978-1705975855.
• NEMETH, Evi, Garth SNYDER, Trent HEIN a Ben WHALEY. UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook. 5th Edition. USA: Addison-Wesley Professional, 2019. ISBN 978-0134277554.

Recommended Reading:
• NEMETH, Evi, Garth SNYDER, Trent R. HEIN, Ben WHALEY a Dan MACKIN’S. UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook. 5th edition. Addison-Wesley Professional, 2017. ISBN 978-0134277554.
• MINING, Ethem. Kali Linux Hacking: A Complete Step by Step Guide to Learn the Fundamentals of Cyber Security, Hacking, & Penetration Testing. Includes Valuable Basic Networking Concepts. 1th edition. Independently published, 2019. ISBN 978-1672429733.
• KNOX, Jason. Linux for Beginners. Charlie Creative Lab, 2020. ISBN 978-1801258586.
• NEMETH, Evi, Garth SNYDER, Trent R. HEIN, Ben WHALEY a Dan MACKIN’S. UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook. 5th edition. Addison-Wesley Professional, 2017. ISBN 978-0134277554.
• MINING, Ethem. Kali Linux Hacking: A Complete Step by Step Guide to Learn the Fundamentals of Cyber Security, Hacking, & Penetration Testing. Includes Valuable Basic Networking Concepts. 1th edition. Independently published, 2019. ISBN 978-1672429733.
• KNOX, Jason. Linux for Beginners. Charlie Creative Lab, 2020. ISBN 978-1801258586.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Experimental work in labs, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Graded exercises evaluationGraded credit100 51