Elective Courses

Table of Contents

1. Apache

Introduction

The Basics

The protocols

Apache versions

Basic server design

Basic configuration

We're out of the starting blocks

The Listen directive

The ServerAdmin directive

The DocumentRoot directive

Starting Apache

Multi-processing Modules (MPM)

Modularity of Apache

2. Berkley Internet Name Daemons (BIND)

Introduction

Our sample network

A review of some theory on domains and sub-domains

DNS - Administration and delegation

Some Examples of Zones

Zones in Summary

Name resolution

Caching replies

Reverse queries

Masters and slaves

Configuration of the Master Server

The named configuration file

Error messages

Starting the DNS Server

Troubleshooting zone and configuration files

Configuring your resolver (revisited)

The nameserver directive

The search directive

The domain directive

The sortlist directive

Master server shortcuts

The $ORIGIN directive

The @ directive

The $TTL directive

Configuring the Slave Name Server

The slave name server

Slave server settings in the SOA resource record

Serial and refresh

Expire time

Retry time

TTL time and negative caching

Mail exchange record (MX)

Rndc

A caching only name server

Research Resources:

3. The SQUID proxy server

What is a proxy server?

So how does a proxy work?

SQUID configuration

Setting the port on which SQUID listens

The SQUID user

Access control to the proxy server

Setting the cache_dir

Testing your proxy

Lynx error message

Automatic client proxy configuration

Setting the cache administrator

Speeding up the response of your proxy

Hierarchies of proxies

Exercises:

References:

4. Configuration of Exim or Sendmail Mail Transfer Agents

Introduction:

Exim configuration:

Working with Exim:

Switching to Sendmail:

Configuring Sendmail

Working with Sendmail

Index