Course Length:

3 Days

Course Description:

This three-day course focuses on strategies for providing secure access from mobile devices to services running on private networks. Working with Mac OS X Server, students learn how to securely provide network services such as web, mail, and calendar to mobile computers and devices, such as the iPhone. Students will also learn the basics of deploying both web and native applications on mobile devices such as the iPhone using Xcode, Dashcode, and the iPhone Configuration Utility. The course is a combination of lecture and hands-on exercises that provide practical real-world experience.

Who Should Attend:

This course is designed for system administrators and IT professionals who need to gain specific knowledge about DNS, VPN, firewalls, certificates and proxy servers, effectively configure mobile devices that are connected to public networks to access services running on a private network, and configure Mac OS X Server to provide trusted authentication to proxied services such as web, mail, and calendar.

Benefits of Attendance:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Provide secure access from mobile devices to services running on private networks
• Securely provide network services such as web, mail, and calendar to mobile computers and devices
• Deploy both web and native applications on mobile devices

Prerequisites:

Students must have basic troubleshooting experience or Snow 101, basic Mac OS X Server experience or Snow 201, understanding of basic IP networking (including IP address, subnet masks, ports, and protocols), and experience using the command-line interface with Mac OS X.

Course Outline:

• Chapter 1 - DNS
  1. Creating and editing zones
  2. Verifying forward and reverse lookups
  3. Configuring split-DNS
  4. Creating secure and private DNS servers
  5. Troubleshooting name resolution.
• Chapter 2 - DHCP
  1. Configuring Mac OS X client computer to obtain an IP address from a DHCP server
  2. Configuring secure DHCP address distribution
  3. Troubleshooting host configuration issues
  4. Troubleshooting address conflicts
• Chapter 3 - NAT/Gateway
  1. Configuring Mac OS X Server to provide network address translation services
  2. Configuring Mac OS X client computer to access public services through a gateway server
  3. Troubleshooting address translation issues
  4. Securing Systems and Services
• Chapter 4 - Firewalls
  1. Configuring Mac OS X Server computer to restrict IP access to services
• Chapter 5 - VPN
  1. Establish secure connections between clients connected to a public network and services running on private intranets
• Chapter 6 - Keys & Certificates
  1. Establish trusted and validated connections between clients and services
  2. Providing Services for Mobile Devices
• Chapter 7 - Providing iPhone Applications
  1. Create, distribute, and install configuration profiles with the iPhone Configuration Utility (iPCU)
  2. Using Xcode and Dashcode to develop and deploy native and web application for iPhone and iPod touch
• Chapter 8 - Mobile Access Server
  1. Provide secure, public access via proxy servers connected to a public network to Address Book, iCal, Mail, and Web services