Students who can benefit from this course are individuals who want to deploy the Kerberos security, who want to deploy a secure single-sign-on solutions, and those who need secure authentication and encryption for NFS.

To succeed in this course, students must fully understand the material in the following courses:

SA-299

• Understand Cryptography
• Use NTP
• Understand and implement Kerberos
• Administer Kerberos
• Implement Cross-Realm Authentication
• Integrate Kerberos Implementations
• Understand and Integrate LDAP
• Configure LDAP security

Module 1 - Introducing Cryptography

• Describe common terms and techniques used in cryptography
• Understand the role and usage of cryptography in securing computer networks
• Discuss the architecture of the Secured Sockets Layer (SSH) protocol

Module 2 - Reviewing NTP

• Discuss the need for time synchronization in a networked environment
• Configure client system to synchronize time with a network server
• Deploy a Network Time Protocol (NTP) server which client systems can query
• Configure access restrictions on NTP clients and servers

Module 3 - Introducing Kerberos

• Discuss typical security and convenience limitations
• Describe the benefits afforded by the use of Kerberos in the enterprise
• Explain the conceptual operation of Kerberos

Module 4 - Examining Kerberos

• Describe the configuration files and applications that comprise Kerberos
• Discuss the Kerberos daemons needed on Kerberos server systems
• Describe the Kerberos applications used on Kerberos client systems
• Discuss the differences between master and slave Key Distribution Center (KDC)

Module 5 - Implementing Kerberos

• Deploy Kerberos master KDCs
• Configure slave Kerberos KDCs to provide redundancy and load-balancing
• Configure client systems to authenticate using Kerberos

Module 6 - Using Kerberos

• Describe the process which users authenticate as Kerberos principals
• Discuss the tools available to change passwords for Kerberos principals
• Explain how Kerberos principals can grant password-less accounts

Module 7 - Administering Kerberos

• Configure Kerberos keytabs
• Establish Kerberos principal password policies
• Configure PAM to provide Solaris users with single sign-on access

Module 8 - Implementing Cross-Realm Authentication

• Discuss reasons for using one Kerberos realm, or multiple Kerberos realms
• Describe the cross-realm authentication trust arrangements
• Configure direct and hierarchical cross-realm authentication relationships

Module 9 - Integrating Kerberos Implementations

• Discuss interoperability concerns between standards-compliant and nonstandard Kerberos implementations
• Describe Kerberos topologies used when integrating Microsoft Kerberos
• Configure Microsoft Kerberos as a hierarchical sub-realm

Module 10 - Reviewing LDAP

• Describe the structure of a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
• Discuss common uses of LDAP
• Understand common LDAP terminology

Module 11 - Configuring LDAP Security

• Discuss methods of authenticating access to LDAP directories
• Describe tools used to secure LDAP transactions
• Describe tools used to secure access to specific entries within the LDAP directory

Module 12 - Integrating Kerberos and LDAP

• Contrast the benefits afforded by use of Kerberos with those of LDAP
• Describe methods in which Kerberos and LDAP can be used simultaneously
• Detail the security advantages and disadvantages of using LDAP with Kerberos
• Detail the security advantages and disadvantages using Kerberos on top of LDAP