Today`s discussion of security was a real eye opener for me. It is easy to forget about the implications and simply trust that people are all good. I am not worried about my interactions at work so much, but my home network concerns me a bit. Our household does use a secure wireless connection which is password protected and although it is visible it cannot be accessed by passerby. Another thing worth considering is the security level of free wireless connections at coffee shops and restaurants etc. As an IT leader at a school I see my role as being an advocate for security best practices. This includes informing staff of policies set in place by our District. For example, a policy exists concerning IPPs. If an IPP must be saved on a flash drive, it must be a flash drive that is encrypted.
The second part of day 9 was spent on virtual servers. This software allows a second operating system to be installed on a workstation. The operating system runs at the same time as the machine’s operating system. This allows users to install and run software on the second operating system. This can be advantageous for school districts running blade servers. A blade server is a piece of hardware that is stripped down to conserve power, RAM and hard drive space.
1. Go to the S Drive
2. Run setup magic disc.
3. Go through installation process, click next 3 times.
4. Install driver software.
5. Finish. The computer sees a CD on the desktop from which you can install virtual box
6. Run Virtual Box
7. Run
8. Run Oracle VM virtual box, go through installation steps.
9. Do custom setup Create shortcuts
10. Install the device
11. Finish
12. Welcome to virtual box
13. Create a new virtual machine
14. Select UNIX Redhat
15. Select how much memory you want to be able to use.
16. Create new hard disk
17. Add dynamically expanding storage 20 GB
18. Finish
19. Now, Jesse machine is our VM
20. Mount Cent OS (Community Enterprise Operating System)
21 create a Linux red hat 32 bit OS
22. Adjust the amount of memory
23. Create a new hard disk
24. 20 GB is sufficient
25. Select location
26. First, run wizard
27. Checking Cent OS disc
28. Reinstall centos to get a graphical interface.
29. Choose the desktop option that gives you a graphical interface
30. Once the Centos is installed a screen appears saying that there are few more steps to complete.
31. Click forward
32. Accept the licence agreement
33. Create user, fill in password fields
34. Adjust date and time
35. Finish
36. Login as the user we just created
37. Open Firefox
38. Set up the connections by selecting automatic DHCP
39. Install guest additions
40. Verify root password
41. Restart the virtual computer
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