LPIC-2 Exam 202 Objectives
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BIND 9.x configuration files, terms and utilities Defining the location of the BIND zone files in BIND configuration files Reloading modified configuration and zone files Awareness of dnsmasq, djbdns and PowerDNS as alternate name servers The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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BIND 9 configuration files, terms and utilities Utilities to request information from the DNS server Layout, content and file location of the BIND zone files Various methods to add a new host in the zone files, including reverse zones The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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BIND 9 configuration files Configuring BIND to run in a chroot jail Split configuration of BIND using the forwarders statement Configuring and using transaction signatures (TSIG) Awareness of DNSSEC and basic tools Awareness of DANE and related records The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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Apache 2.4 configuration files, terms and utilities Apache log files configuration and content Access restriction methods and files mod_perl and PHP configuration Client user authentication files and utilities Configuration of maximum requests, minimum and maximum servers and clients Apache 2.4 virtual host implementation (with and without dedicated IP addresses) Using redirect statements in Apache’s configuration files to customise file access The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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SSL configuration files, tools and utilities Generate a server private key and CSR for a commercial CA Generate a self-signed Certificate Install the key and certificate, including intermediate CAs Configure Virtual Hosting using SNI Awareness of the issues with Virtual Hosting and use of SSL Security issues in SSL use, disable insecure protocols and ciphers The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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Squid 3.x configuration files, terms and utilities Access restriction methods Client user authentication methods Layout and content of ACL in the Squid configuration files The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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Nginx Reverse Proxy Basic Web Server The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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Samba 4 documentation Samba 4 configuration files Samba 4 tools and utilities and daemons Mounting CIFS shares on Linux Mapping Windows user names to Linux user names User-Level, Share-Level and AD security The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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NFS version 3 configuration files NFS tools and utilities Access restrictions to certain hosts and/or subnets Mount options on server and client TCP Wrappers Awareness of NFSv4 The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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DHCP configuration files, terms and utilities Subnet and dynamically-allocated range setup Awareness of DHCPv6 and IPv6 Router Advertisements The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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PAM configuration files, terms and utilities passwd and shadow passwords Use sssd for LDAP authentication The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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LDAP utilities for data management and queries Change user passwords Querying the LDAP directory The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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OpenLDAP Directory based configuration Access Control Distinguished Names Changetype Operations Schemas and Whitepages Directories Object IDs, Attributes and Classes The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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Configuration files for postfix Basic TLS configuration for postfix Basic knowledge of the SMTP protocol Awareness of sendmail and exim The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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Understanding of Sieve functionality, syntax and operators Use Sieve to filter and sort mail with respect to sender, recipient(s), headers and size Awareness of procmail The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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Dovecot IMAP and POP3 configuration and administration Basic TLS configuration for Dovecot Awareness of Courier The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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iptables and ip6tables configuration files, tools and utilities Tools, commands and utilities to manage routing tables. Private address ranges (IPv4) and Unique Local Addresses as well as Link Local Addresses (IPv6) Port redirection and IP forwarding List and write filtering and rules that accept or block IP packets based on source or destination protocol, port and address Save and reload filtering configurations The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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Configuration files, tools and utilities for Pure-FTPd and vsftpd Awareness of ProFTPd Understanding of passive vs. active FTP connections The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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OpenSSH configuration files, tools and utilities Login restrictions for the superuser and the normal users Managing and using server and client keys to login with and without password Usage of multiple connections from multiple hosts to guard against loss of connection to remote host following configuration changes The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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Tools and utilities to scan and test ports on a server Locations and organisations that report security alerts as Bugtraq, CERT or other sources Tools and utilities to implement an intrusion detection system (IDS) Awareness of OpenVAS and Snort The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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OpenVPN The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities: