IT Network Infrastructure and Security Support Specialist AAS Certificate/Degree
Details of NSCC's three-class Linux Certificate of Completion, the "Short Cert."
Click the Sextant for the Fall Quarter IT 138 class calendar.
Click the disk for class-related FTP downloads.
Click the book for class details, resources and background
information.
Click the note for an exposition of some of the concepts
taught in these classes.The current Fall 2010 IT schedule is here. Expect changes.
The proposed Winter 2011 IT schedule is even more likely to change.
Amazon, Google and the motion picture special effects industry are among the many users of Linux. Most ISPs and almost all telephone companies use Unix or Linux, and an increasing number of embedded systems makers are turning to Linux. It's also useful to know that except for Windows workstations, most medical computers (CAT scan, X-ray, MRI, records management, etc.) are Unix computers. With the new national emphasis on computerized medical records, this is a good time to learn how Unix systems work. That's what IT 138 is all about.
IT 140, on the other hand, is more oriented to webmasters and others who need to know how the server side of the World-Wide Web works.
Sextant's Telnet server uses port 22, secure shell (SSH/SSL); you will probably want PuTTY or something like to telnet in, and FileZilla or something like to do file transfers. See the NSCC FileZilla link and the the PuTTY link here; for details, see these connection instructions. While you contemplate Mozilla, consider this.
Another perspective on Linux for those with a broader world view. Possibly superior to the cell-phone approach...
An interesting open-source Linux security and job search site, although the background checks are rather severe. Along these same lines, General Dynamics Information Technology is looking for a few good hackers to work with DHS to harden US computers against hackers. So, I suspect, are other agencies, given the ongoing attacks on the Internet. Just how good are you?
Class Gateway Pages
Questions? E-mail me at
dshoemak@sccd.ctc.edu
