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Web Site Security: Messaging, Servers, and Viruses

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This course is the second course in a two-part series on Web Site Security. This course will give students the skills and knowledge to identify and prevent more tactical security risks and measures. Students will learn how to implement message security via Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) a de facto messaging security standard. They will also learn how to identify and minimize security risks associated with Java CGI scripts and HTTP servers. Finally students will receive a detailed overview of Internet-transmitted viruses virus prevention and antivirus programs.


Training Avaliability and Delivery

This is primarily online training
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Schedule:8 hours
Training Presented in:English

Related Keywords:  web site security 

Training Program Details


Audience

Anyone who designs creates maintains and secures a corporate Web site. Webmasters and Web Administrators would be typical audiences for this course. Participants should have knowledge equivalent to the following courses: Networking Foundation series (courses 12754 and 12755); HTML 4.0 (courses 12822 and 12823); Java (courses 12975-77); CGI (course 12776); and TCP/IP (courses 12771-73). In addition participants should have taken the first course in this series Web Site Security: Internet and Intranet Management and Policies (course 85105).

Objective

  • Identify the functions operations configuration options vulnerabilities and optional features of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP).
  • Perform the steps to generate PGP keys.
  • Identify Java security features security issues security mechanisms and applets.
  • Perform the steps to set the Java security option in Netscape Communicator 4.6.
  • Identify the features of Common Gateway Interface (CGI).
  • Identify the strategies of CGI security.
  • Identify encryption security techniques.
  • Identify the characteristics of virus and nonvirus threats.
  • Identify the specific characteristics of the three types of viruses.
  • Identify the operations of several common viruses.

Topics Include

Unit 1: Pretty Good Privacy

  • Identify the functions of PGP.
  • Match the PGP version with its description.
  • Identify the vulnerabilities of PGP.
  • Match the key management command with its use.
  • Perform the steps to generate a PGP key pair using DOS commands.
  • Encrypt an e-mail message using PGP.
  • Match the advanced PGP operation with its function.
  • Match a PGP configuration file variable with its use.
  • Identify the benefits of modifying a PGP configuration file.

Unit 2: Java Security Overview

  • Identify the features of Java.
  • Identify the types of Java risks.
  • Identify the functions of Bytecode Verifier.
  • Identify the functions of Class Loader.
  • Identify the functions of Security Manager.
  • Identify the security options in Java Applet Viewer.
  • Perform the steps to set Java in Netscape Communicator 4.6.

Unit 3: CGI and Encryption

  • Identify the features of CGI.
  • Identify the features of Perl.
  • Identify the security risks created by CGI scripts.
  • Identify the measures used to minimize CGI security risks.
  • Identify the features of a CGIWrap application.
  • Match the SSI tag with its function.
  • Perform the steps to view a digital certificate using Netscape Navigator 4.6.

Unit 4: Viruses

  • Match a malicious program with its description.
  • Match a virus type with the method used to conceal it.
  • Identify the statements that describe a traditional virus.
  • Identify the statements that describe a boot sector virus.
  • Identify the statements that describe a macro virus.
  • Select the operations of a polymorphic virus.
  • Identify the operations of a stealth virus.
  • Identify the operations of a slow virus.
  • Identify the methods that are used by retroviruses to interfere with the operation of anti-virus programs.

Unit 5: Virus Protection and Recovery

  • Identify the operations performed by a virus scanner.
  • Select the operations of memory scanners.
  • Identify the operations of integrity checkers.
  • Identify the statements that describe a behavior blocker.
  • Identify the statements that describe heuristic scanners.
  • Select the strategies used to prevent a virus from infecting a computer.
  • Sequence the steps to remove a virus.

Duration

8

Minimum Requirements

The CDROM version of this course requires:

  • At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
  • Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
  • At least 8MB RAM.
  • At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).
  • At least a double speed CDROM drive.
  • An MPC compliant sound card with attached speakers or headphones is recommended (Currently only the CDROM version supports audio).
The network version of this course requires:
  • At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
  • Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
  • At least 8MB RAM and 22MB available hard disk space or file server space.
  • At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).

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