Important/warning!
This lab is heavily under construction, It will undergo major changes until this warning is removed.
Objectives
- To set up, configure Secure Shell Services (ssh/sshd)
- To use the ssh, scp, and sftp clients to access another host securely
- Use ssh to tunnel X applications
- Use ssh to tunnel other traffic
- To customize sshd to create a more private, secure system
Reference
- man pages for ssh, ssh-keygen, sshd_config, ssh_config, scp, netstat, sftp, ifconfig, ping, arp, netstat, service
- A good ssh tutorial
- A good HOW-TO to make ssh more secure
Required materials
- Fedora 12 Live CD or a classmate on the same pod
- One SATA hard disk in a removable drive tray with Fedora host and 3 Fedora Virtual Machines installed
- Completion of [OPS235_Lab_6 Lab 6]
Lab Preparation
Update your systems
It is advisable to perform a yum update
on your Fedora host and all 3 VM's.
Backup your VMs before proceeding
If you did not do it at the end of Lab 6, stop all of your VMs and backup your VM disk images.
Lab Investigations
Investigation 1: How do you create a new virtual network.
Note!
Complete the following steps on your fedora host.