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CompTIA Server+ Certification Guide

By : Ron Price
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CompTIA Server+ Certification Guide

By: Ron Price

Overview of this book

CompTIA Server+ Certification is one of the top 5 IT certifications that is vendor neutral.System administrators opt for CompTIA server+ Certification to gain advanced knowledge of concepts including troubleshooting and networking. This book will initially start with the configuration of a basic network server and the configuration for each of its myriad roles. The next set of chapters will provide an overview of the responsibilities and tasks performed by a system administrator to manage and maintain a network server. Moving ahead, you will learn the basic security technologies, methods, and procedures that can be applied to a server and its network. Next, you will cover the troubleshooting procedures and methods in general, and specifically for hardware, software, networks, storage devices, and security applications. Toward the end of this book, we will cover a number of troubleshooting and security mitigation concepts for running admin servers with ease. This guide will be augmented by test questions and mock papers that will help you obtain the necessary certification. By the end of this book, you will be in a position to clear Server+ Certification with ease.
Table of Contents (28 chapters)
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Section 1: System Architecture
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Section 2: Administration
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Section 3: Security
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Section 4: Troubleshooting
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  • Secure Shell (SSH): A software utility that facilitates OS administration and file transfers over a secure remote connection.
  • Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)/Transport Layer Security (TLS): Protocols that secure TCP communications, especially Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) messages.
  • Security policies: The rules that control the permit or deny of inbound and outbound traffic based on source and destination addresses, protocols, port numbers, and content.
  • Security zone: A logical structure that's created from one or more device ports/interfaces that apply the same security policies.
  • Seek time: The time it takes for the actuator arm of a hard disk drive to position the read/write head over the appropriate disk platter and then over the disk track on that platter that contains the targeted data sector.
  • Selective backup: Copies only pre-selected or marked files and folders...