Overview

This course is the official courseware for the Security Certified Program SC0-451 certification exam. The Tactical Perimeter Defense course is designed to provide network administrators and certification candidates with hands-on tasks on the most fundamental perimeter security technologies. The network perimeter is often the first line of defense in an organization’s network, and this course covers the issues every administrator must be familiar with.

Prerequisites

To ensure your success, we recommend that you have CompTIA’s Security+ certification, or have equivalent experience. This course assumes that the reader has fundamental working knowledge of networking concepts, and foundational security knowledge.

Delivery Method

Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Hardware/Software Requirements

You will need:

• Student machines, one per student, recommended minimum specifications:
  • Pentium 4, 2.0 GHz processor.
  • 512 MB of RAM.
  • 50 GB hard drive.
  • DVD-ROM drive.
  • NIC, capable of promiscuous mode support.
  • Integrated video card, capable of 32-bit video.
• Instructor machine, same configuration as student machines.
• Three Cisco routers, 2500 Series preferred (used from a reseller is fine), running IOS 12.2 or greater, with IPSec/SSH support.
• One Cisco console cable.
• Two serial cables.
• DCE to DTE, for connecting routers.
• Three switches/hubs, 10/100 Mbps.
• The firewall lesson will require Microsoft ISA Server 2006. This must be downloaded as a 180-day trial from Microsoft, or full ISA Server software must be provided for students.
• During the VPN lesson, machines designated as VPN servers will require two NICs. The NICs can be either integrated or non-integrated.
• During the VPN lesson, the instructor machine will need to be running the FTP Service. You may enable the service during your initial setup, or during the VPN lesson, as you prefer.
• For class preparation, you will need the following tools. Note, where the tools are available as per open source licensing, they have been included on the course CD-ROM, all other tools should be downloaded and put in the correct folder. All these tools should be copied to the C:\\Tools or /Tools directories on your Windows and Linux systems accordingly.
  

  Lesson 2	WinPcap_4_0.exe	SCNS Book CD
  	wireshark-setup-0.99.5.exe	SCNS Book CD
  	tftp.cap	SCNS Book CD
  	fragment.cap	SCNS Book CD
  	ping.text	SCNS Book CD
  	ping.cap	SCNS Book CD
  	ftp.txt	SCNS Book CD
  	ftp.cap	SCNS Book CD
  Lesson 3	puTTY.exe	SCNS Book CD
  	ping_arp.mac.cap	SCNS Book CD
  	rip.update.cap	SCNS Book CD
  	ripv2withAuthentication.cap	SCNS Book CD
  Lesson 5	ISA Server 2006	www.microsoft.com/isaserver/prodinfo/default.mspx
  	ISAScwHlpPack.exe	SCNS Book CD
  Lesson 6	rfc-index.wri	SCNS Book CD
  	rfc2547.txt	SCNS Book CD
  	rfc2979.txt	SCNS Book CD
  Lesson 8	Snort_2_6_1_2_Installer	SCNS Book CD
  	Snort Rules	SCNS Book CD
  	mysql-essential-5.0.27-win32	SCNS Book CD
  	adodb493a.tgz	SCNS Book CD
  	base-1.2.7.tar.gz	SCNS Book CD
  Lesson 9	WildPackets_OmniPeek_Personal41	www.omnipeek.com/downloads.php
  	dotnetfx.exe	SCNS Book CD
  	NetStumbler	SCNS Book CD

• In this course, there are several wireless components utilized. Each training location can decide if they wish to acquire this equipment or use the content as the learning source. The equipment used in this lesson is:
  • Two laptops running Windows XP.
  • One Linksys WPC54G NIC and associated set-up CD-ROM.
  • One Netgear WPN511 NIC and associates set-up CD-ROM.
  • One Linksys WAP54G access point and associated set-up CD-ROM.
  • One Netgear WPN824 access point and associated set-up CD-ROM.