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5-day Introduction & Advanced DNS and BIND Topics (incl. DNSSEC) Hands on class


Syllabus:

This Lecture and Hands-on Lab course is a combination a 2-day intro and additional 3-day advanced course, and is geared for System Administrators and Network Engineers who are looking for more in-depth knowledge about DNS & BIND.

Students are expected to be familiar with the UNIX environment (file structure, basic utilities) and with text editing in UNIX (vi or nano editor). A basic knowledge of TCP/IP addressing is also helpful but not required.

Introduction -- Class Overview

  • A brief Internet history
  • DNS - Goals and Principles
  • Name Servers - General Operation
  • Resolver (Client) Configuration
  • Overview of BIND - The Application
  • Building BIND - Source Code to Binary
  • BIND Daemon Configuration
  • Utilities - dig, checkconf, checkzone, rndc
  • Resource Records and Record Types
  • Delegation of Zones
  • Debugging Domain Name Service issues

Introduction -- Labs

  • Resolver Configuration
  • Building BIND
  • Configuring BIND
  • Creating Zones
  • Zone Delegation

Advanced DNS and BIND Topics (including DNSSEC)

Advanced -- Class Overview

  • Overview of RFC 1918 (private addressing) in DNS
  • Cryptography in DNS
  • Transaction Signatures
  • Dynamic DNS Updates
  • Remote control access using TSIG
  • Administrator Defined Resource Records
  • Multiple Views
  • ENUM and the NAPTR record
  • Interaction between DNS and Firewalls
  • DNS Security (DNSSEC)
    • The DNSSEC resource records
    • chain of trust
    • configuration of a validating DNS resolver
    • signing zones
    • NSEC and NSEC3
    • DNSSEC maintenance tasks (resigning and key-rollover)
    • debugging DNSSEC with 'dig' and 'date'
    • DNSSEC debugging tools
  • DLV (Domain Look-aside Validation) - DNSSEC when the parent isn't signed
Advanced -- Labs
  • TSIG - Server to Server
  • Dynamic Updates
  • DNSSEC Deployment
  • DLV
  • Review & Test
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5-day Introduction & Advanced DNS and BIND Topics (incl. intro DNSSEC) - Hands on
June 18 - 22, 2012 Arlington, VA (USA)
US$ 3800 This training is currently FULL, if you'd like to be placed on the waiting list in the case of cancellations, please email: training@menandmice.com

5-day Introduction & Advanced DNS and BIND Topics (incl. intro DNSSEC) - Hands on
July 2 - 6, 2012 Amsterdam, Netherlands
US$ 3800 Register

5-day Introduction & Advanced DNS and BIND Topics (incl. intro DNSSEC) - Hands on
September 24 - 28, 2012 Seoul, South Korea
US$ 3800 Register

5-day Introduction & Advanced DNS and BIND Topics (incl. intro DNSSEC) - Hands on
October 1 - 5, 2012 Singapore, SG
US$ 3800 Register

5-day Introduction & Advanced DNS and BIND Topics (incl. intro DNSSEC) - Hands on
October 8 - 12, 2012 Bangalore, India
US$ 3800 Register

5-day Introduction & Advanced DNS and BIND Topics (incl. intro DNSSEC) - Hands on
October 15 - 19, 2012 Redwood City (CA), USA
US$ 3800 Register

5-day Introduction & Advanced DNS and BIND Topics (incl. intro DNSSEC) - Hands on
November 5 - 9, 2012 Dallas (TX), USA
US$ 3800 Register

5-day Introduction & Advanced DNS and BIND Topics (incl. intro DNSSEC) - Hands on
December 17 - 21, 2012 Sydney, Australia
US$ 3800 Register