Training & Certification: Snow 303

Mac OS X Security and Mobility 10.6

Short 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.

What You Will Learn

The skills to configure Mac OS X Server to provide network services to allow mobile computers and devices such as the iPhone to access private networks and services in a secure manner.

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
Configure Mac OS X Server to provide trusted authentication to proxied services such as web, mail, and calendar

Prerequisites

Students should have the following prerequisite knowledge prior to attending this course:

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
Experience using the command-line interface with Mac OS X

Course Outline

Providing Network Services: Chapter 1 - DNS

Creating and editing zones; verifying forward and reverse lookups; configuring split-DNS; creating secure and private DNS servers; troubleshooting name resolution.

Chapter 2 - DHCP

Configuring Mac OS X client computer to obtain an IP address from a DHCP server; configuring secure DHCP address distribution; troubleshooting host configuration issues; troubleshooting address conflicts

Chapter 3 - NAT/Gateway

Configuring Mac OS X Server to provide network address translation services; configuring Mac OS X client computer to access public services through a gateway server; troubleshooting address translation issues

Securing Systems and Services: Chapter 4 - Firewalls

Configuring Mac OS X Server computer to restrict IP access to services

Chapter 5 - VPN

Establish secure connections between clients connected to a public network and services running on private intranets

Chapter 6 - Keys & Certificates

Establish trusted and validated connections between clients and services

Providing Services for Mobile Devices: Chapter 7 - Providing iPhone Applications

Create, distribute, and install configuration profiles with the iPhone Configuration Utility (iPCU). Using Xcode and Dashcode to develop and deploy native and web application for iPhone and iPod touch.

Chapter 8 - Mobile Access Server

Provide secure, public access via proxy servers connected to a public network to Address Book, iCal, Mail, and Web services hosted on origin servers located on a private intranet