Course details
Projecting, Administration and Security
NSB Acad. year 2025/2026 Summer semester 5 credits
Introduction. Computer network attacks. Security policy and authentication, authorization, and accounting. Security in operating systems. IDS and IPS systems. Virtual private networks. Firewalls and traffic shaping. Operation and maintenance of computer networks. Operation and maintenance of applications, backups. Monitoring of network elements and workload of computer systems. Cabling systems. Server rooms. Marking.
Guarantor
Course coordinator
Language of instruction
Completion
Time span
- 26 hrs lectures
- 12 hrs laboratories
- 6 hrs projects
Assessment points
- 70 pts final exam (written part)
- 20 pts labs
- 10 pts projects
Department
Lecturer
Instructor
Learning objectives
To give the knowledge of computer networks projecting, extended services, administration and securing computer systems and networks.
Students are able to move in projecting computer networks and in extended network services.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Basic orientation in computer networks and operating systems.
Study literature
- Mark Smith, David Bayne, John Pickard: Cisco Certified Support Technician (CCST) IT Support - 100-140 Official Cert Guide, Cisco Press, 2025.
- Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Trent R. Hein, Ben Whaley, Dan Mackin: UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook (5th Edition), Addison-Wesley, 2017
Fundamental literature
- Petr Matoušek: Síťové aplikace a jejich architektura, VUTIUM, 2014.
- James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross: Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet, 8th Edition, Pearson, 2021.
- Donald A. Tevault: Mastering Linux Security and Hardening: A practical guide to protecting your Linux system from cyber attacks, 3rd Edition, Packt Publishing, 2023
Syllabus of lectures
- Introduction. Computer network attacks.
- Security policy and authentication, authorization, and accounting 1.
- Security policy and authentication, authorization, and accounting 2.
- Security in operating systems.
- IDS and IPS systems.
- Virtual private networks.
- Firewalls and traffic shaping.
- Operation and maintenance of computer networks.
- Operation and maintenance of applications, backups.
- Monitoring of network elements and workload of computer systems.
- Cabling systems.
- Server rooms.
- Marking.
Syllabus of laboratory exercises
- Radius, Opie, Kerberos
- ACL, Audit, MAC
- Firewall, řízení provozu Dummynet a AltQ
- Socat, Ptunnel, IPsec
- Samba, NFS, ZFS
Progress assessment
Students can obtain up to 30 points during semester (hands-on labs, project presentation) and up to 70 points from the final exam.
The monitored teaching activities are presence in hands-on labs, project presentation and final exam. The minimal number of points which has to be obtained from the final exam is 34. Otherwise, no points will be assigned to a student.
Schedule
| Day | Type | Weeks | Room | Start | End | Capacity | Lect.grp | Groups | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue | lecture | 1., 5., 6. of lectures | E112 | 10:00 | 11:50 | 80 | 1MIT 2MIT | xx | Grégr |
| Tue | lecture | 2., 3., 4., 7., 8., 9., 10., 11., 12., 13. of lectures | E112 | 10:00 | 11:50 | 80 | 1MIT 2MIT | xx | Čejka |
| Wed | laboratory | 1., 2., 3., 4., 6., 8., 10., 12., 13. of lectures | O205 | 10:00 | 11:50 | 20 | 1MIT 2MIT | xx | Čejka Skupina 1 |
| Wed | laboratory | 5., 7., 9., 11. of lectures | O205 | 10:00 | 11:50 | 20 | 1MIT 2MIT | xx | Skupina 1 |
| Wed | laboratory | 1., 2., 3., 4., 6., 8., 10., 12., 13. of lectures | O205 | 13:00 | 14:50 | 20 | 1MIT 2MIT | xx | Čejka Skupina 2 |
| Wed | laboratory | 5., 7., 9., 11. of lectures | O205 | 13:00 | 14:50 | 20 | 1MIT 2MIT | xx | Skupina 2 |
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