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System and Network Administration & Cybersecurity, taught by Mattia Fogli at the University of Ferrara, Italy

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# System and Network Administration & Cybersecurity

## About me

[Mattia Fogli](https://docente.unife.it/mattia.fogli)

Office CMC M35 PRI R24 \
Via Machiavelli 30, 44121, Ferrara, Italy \
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science \
University of Ferrara, Italy

**Reception by appointment** $\rightarrow$ mattia.fogli@unife.it

## Where to find what

| Where                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | What                                  |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- |
| [Course Catalogue](https://unife.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/corsi/2023/10431/insegnamenti/2025/51959/2016/9999?annoOrdinamento=2016&coorte=2023)                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Syllabus                              |
| [Aule](https://aule.unife.it/AgendaStudenti/index.php?view=easycourse&form-type=attivita&include=attivita&anno=2025&attivita%5B%5D=EC603046&visualizzazione_orario=cal&periodo_didattico=&date=23-02-2026&_lang=it&list=&week_grid_type=-1&ar_codes_=&ar_select_=&col_cells=0&empty_box=0&only_grid=0&highlighted_date=0&all_events=0&faculty_group=0#) | Week-to-week lecture timetable        |
| [Studiare](https://studiare.unife.it/ListaAppelliOfferta.do)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Exam dates                            |
| [Google Classroom](https://classroom.google.com/c/MjE2MDAxMTU4Mzda?cjc=kja2mqxa)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Communications, notes, and recordings |
| [GitHub](https://github.com/fglmtt/admin)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Notes, code, and past exams           |

## Timetable

Lectures will be delivered at the times below and recorded.

| Day       | Start | End   | Location |
| --------- | ----- | ----- | -------- |
| Wednesday | 16:30 | 19:00 | 3        |
| Thursday  | 14:00 | 16:30 | INFO1    |

Notes will be made available **before** the lectures.

Recordings will be made available **after** the lectures.

## Exams

| Type      | Topic(s)                                                                                    | Language                                   |
| --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| Exercise  | System and network administration<br>- Daemons<br>- Periodic processes                      | [Python](https://github.com/fglmtt/coding) |
| Exercise  | System and network administration<br>- Account administration<br>- Packet filtering and NAT | Bash                                       |
| Questions | Cybersecurity                                                                               | Italian/English                            |

> [!tip]
> Check the [exam guide](https://github.com/fglmtt/admin/blob/main/exams/exam-guide.md) for structure, scoring, and the question pool.

## Lectures

| #   | Title                                                                                                                                | Lab          |
| --- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------ |
| 1   | [Booting and system management daemons](https://github.com/fglmtt/admin/blob/main/lectures/booting-and-system-management-daemons.md) |              |
| 2   | [Logging](https://github.com/fglmtt/admin/blob/main/lectures/logging.md)                                                             |              |
| 3   | [Daemons](https://github.com/fglmtt/admin/blob/main/lectures/daemons.md)                                                             | $\checkmark$ |
| 4   | [Process control](https://github.com/fglmtt/admin/blob/main/lectures/process-control.md)                                             |              |
| 5   | [Periodic processes](https://github.com/fglmtt/admin/blob/main/lectures/periodic-processes.md)                                       | $\checkmark$ |
| 6   | [Access control and rootly powers](https://github.com/fglmtt/admin/blob/main/lectures/access-control-and-rootly-powers.md)           |              |
| 7   | [The filesystem](https://github.com/fglmtt/admin/blob/main/lectures/the-filesystem.md)                                               |              |
| 8   | [User management](https://github.com/fglmtt/admin/blob/main/lectures/user-management.md)                                             |              |
| 9   | [Containers](https://github.com/fglmtt/admin/blob/main/lectures/containers.md)                                                       |              |
| 10  | [Account administration](https://github.com/fglmtt/admin/blob/main/lectures/account-administration.md)                               | $\checkmark$ |
| 11  | [Networking](https://github.com/fglmtt/admin/blob/main/lectures/networking.md)                                                       |              |
| 12  | [Packet filtering and NAT](https://github.com/fglmtt/admin/blob/main/lectures/packet-filtering-and-nat.md)                           | $\checkmark$ |
| 13  | [Security](https://github.com/fglmtt/admin/blob/main/lectures/security.md)                                                           |              |

> [!tip]
> Each lecture has a corresponding chapter in the textbook (see [Credits](#credits)).

> [!tip]
> Labs are good practice for the exam — each one maps to an exam exercise.

## Credits

The lectures are mainly based, with some modifications, on UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook written by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Trent R. Hein, Ben Whaley, and Dan Mackin and published by Addison-Wesley Professional. Copyright © 2018 Pearson Education, Inc.

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