BSD Unix administration class to be taught in Phoenix, Arizona

Puget Sound Technology, a provider of consulting and outsourced administration for BSD, Linux and open source software, is teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of Unix and FreeBSD system administration, June 23 - 27, in Phoenix, Arizona.

A hands-on class covering the fundamentals of FreeBSD system administration will be taught by Puget Sound Technology, June 23 - 27, in Phoenix, Arizona. This training will cover beginning Unix command-line essentials, FreeBSD installation, system administration fundamentals, using the ports collection, and the basics of Apache webserver, DNS and mail server administration.

A widely-used, free, and open source Unix-type operating system, FreeBSD is known for its networking performance, security and stability. According to recent research from Netcraft, FreeBSD powers Yahoo!, Sony Japan, Affinity, pair Networks, and near 40-percent of the top sites with the longest running systems by average, last, and longest uptimes.

FreeBSD offers multi-processor support, IPsec, IPv6, the stable UFS filesystem, high-performance disk access, and excellent memory management. FreeBSD can be used as a network router, NAT gateway, robust packet filter (using the included IP Filter or IPFW), desktop workstation, as well as many other common computer tasks.

A default install of FreeBSD includes standard Unix-type software, sendmail, cron, syslogd, various networking daemons, tcsh, awk, OpenSSH, the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), and a complete set of documentation. FreeBSD also includes NFS, NIS (also known as "yp"), FTP, BIND for DNS, PPP, and OpenSSL.

Packages are also available for over 7,500 other software products, including the Apache web server, Samba for Windows file and printer sharing, XFree86, Bash, and popular programing languages, Perl, Ruby, and Python.

"Although this class focuses on FreeBSD, many of the skills will be applicable for Linux and other Unix or BSD administrators," said Jeremy C. Reed of Puget Sound Technology. "In addition to command-line skills, the class will cover syslog, cron, security auditing, building from source, packet filtering, starting and stopping services, Postfix, and a lot more."

To register for the class or for further details, visit http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/freebsd/">http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/freebsd/.

About Puget Sound Technology

Specializing in Linux and BSD, Puget Sound Technology offers a wide range of services and solutions that enable network service providers and IT departments to take full advantage of open source software. The company is located on the
internet at http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/">www.pugetsoundtechnology.com.