FTP Server

Configuring a Linux FTP Srever

• FTP Overview.
• Problem with FTP and firewalls.
• How to Download and Install the VSFTP Package.
• How to get VSFTP started.
• Testing to see if VSFTP is running.
• What is Anonymous FTP?
• The /etc/vsftpd.conf file.
• How to configure VSFTPD to run with authenticated logins.

Secure Remote Logins & File Copying 

• Using Secure Shell as a replacement for Telnet.
• Testing to see if SSH is running.
• The /etc/ssh/sshd_config file.
• Using SSH to Login to a Remote Machine.
• What you should expect to see when you log in.
• Deactivating telnet once SSH is installed.
• Using SCP as a more secure replacement for FTP.
• copying files using SCP without a password.

Configuring DNS

• What is DNS?
• What is Bind?
• How DNS is Critical to web Hosing.
• When to use DNS Caching Name Server. 
• When to use a regular DNS server.
• How to download & install the bind package.
• How to get BIND started.
• Configuring A Caching Name Server.
• Configuring A Regular Name Server.

Web Hosing with the Apache Web Server

• Download & Install the apache Package.
• How to get Apache started.
• Configuring DNS for apache.
• General configuration steps.
• File Permissions And Apache.
• Virtual Hosting - Single IP Address - Many Sites.
• Apache Running on a server Behind a firewall.
• How to protect web page Directories with passwords.