Winter 2012 Semester

Important Concept and Terminology

Fedora Linux release code name
file system table
Linux system information provided by uname -a
UUID of a file system
/boot file system
/ (root) file system
Configure a Linux machine as a network gateway
systemd, native and non-natvie systemd services
default runlevels
Virtual Machine Manager: virt-manager
netfilter and iptables
tables and chains
built-in chains and user defined chains
built-in chain policy
add, delete, list, save, and restore rules to iptables
yum list, yum install, yum groupinstall, yum remove, and yum update
DNS server using BIND: configure file and zone files
Primary name server, secondary name server, and caching only name server
Name service switch configuration
DNS queries, Zone transfer, and DNS caching
SOA, NS, A, PTR, CNAME, and MX resource records
mail, sendmail, and postfix
email and MX record
mail queue and mail log
smtp, imap, and pop3
port forwarding using iptables/netfilter
NAT (network address translation) using iptables/netfilter
load balancing using iptables/netfilter
Apache: log file, default server root, default document root, default configuration file
ftp server: active mode and passive mode
netfilter's ftp connection tracking module: nf_conntrack_ftp
packets logging using iptables/netfilter

OPS335 Exam Review