Task 01 - basic tools
Perform a series of small tasks to show your understanding of basic concepts.
- Subtask 1.1 Listserv signup
- Sign up to the class listserv
- Sign up to the class blog
- Subtask 1.2 Newsletter signup
- Sign up for two newsletters
- subscribe to Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox
- subscribe to at least one additional newsletter of your choosing
- Sign up for two newsletters
- Subtask 1.3 Download and install software
- using shareware,unc.edu, download and install SSH
- show me that you have the software on your PC by showing me that you know how to do a screen capture
- Subtask 1.4 UNIX skills
- demonstrate some basic UNIX functional skills by creating a password protected directory in your public_html space on ISIS
- tell me in an email the name of your directory and the userid and password I will need to use to access it
- Subtask 1.5 Internet information tools - who owns domain names
- use WHOIS to find the owner of a domain name
- find out who owns the domain name associated with one of the mailing lists you signed up for
- Subtask 1.6 Internet information tools - how do packets travel
- trace the route of packets from your client back to a server
- run a traceroute on domain name and copy and paste a screenshot of your results into a file
Condition
Send me your subtasks as email notes, some with attachments, in accordance with the time requirement for each subtask.
If you wish to place your subtasks on your own blog, tell me how to find it.
Standard
These first tasks are individually small and discrete, so there really isn't a visual model to follow.
The task 01 gradesheet contains the specifics standards and their weighted values.
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