Linux Skills: Master SED, FIND, AWK, GREP, and More!

Overview
Course Overview
This course explores the power of SED, FIND, AWK, GREP, and other essential text manipulation tools. You will get practical advice and real-world examples to enhance your understanding.
Course Outline
This course will cover the following topics:
- Unleash SED’s Potential: Learn stream editing, pattern matching, and advanced techniques with practical examples.
- Harness FIND’s Power: Discover precise file and directory searching, from basics to complex queries.
- Master AWK for Data: Explore AWK’s capabilities in data extraction, processing, and reporting.
- Unearth Gems with GREP: Revolutionize text searching with powerful regular expressions and combination commands.
Course Materials
Md. Rafeeun Noby Babir

Md. Rafeeun Noby Babir is an accomplished professional in the field of Telecommunications and Information Technology. With an extensive experience in the network industry in Bangladesh, Babir has made significant contributions in Gateway Operations, specializing in International Internet Gateway (IIG), International Terrestrial Cable (ITC), National Internet Exchange (NIX) as well as Nationwide Internet Service Provider (ISP).
Babir’s expertise extends towards Network Servers and Security along with Routing and Switching. He possesses in-depth knowledge of BGP core networks. Along with a degree in ECE from KUET, he also holds certifications from industry-leading organizations like Cisco (CCNP, Specialist), Juniper (JNCIA), Huawei (HCIA), Red Hat (RHCE, RHCSA) and demonstrates his commitment to professional excellence.
Babir shares his knowledge as a volunteer community trainer for APNIC.
Seo Boon Ng

Seo Boon Ng is a technical leader at Cisco Systems Inc. He has over 20 years of experience in data networking industry and currently works for the Customer Experience Organization at Cisco Systems Inc. Seo’s primary role is providing consulting services to large Telco customers and occasionally serves as the escalation engineer for complex networking issues. He is also an advocate of open source software and is an avid Linux user. Seo’s skill set focuses on network automation and routing design and troubleshooting. He enjoys sharing and exchanging his knowledge with field engineers and takes a keen interest towards operational issues and improvement.
Seo Boon shares his knowledge as a volunteer community trainer for APNIC.
Epeli Tagi

Over 15 years experience ranging from helpdesk to network/system engineering and also technical training roles working for regional organisations that span over 12 countries in the pacific. Currently working as an IT Network and Systems Engineer for SPREP based in Samoa/Fiji looking after network operations. Have keen interests include IP Routing, BGP, Linux and Open Source technologies.
Anthony Vaccaro

Anthony has worked in IT for a decade, first at the University of Queensland and AusCERT before joining APNIC in 2019. He has experience working with variousUNIX-based server operating systems, although his expertise lies with Linux, and he enjoys understanding the internals of operating systems and finding the cause of bottlenecks, performance issues and other problems.
Anthony has had a background in security from an early age, being interested in hacking since he was a teenager. These days, he works as a defender and blue-teamer, but he has experience with web application pen testing and network-based attacks as well.
Defend Your Web Apps for Free with ModSecurity

Overview
Course Overview
Everyone uses web apps these days. They’re so easy to access, you can use them on your phone! But their openness and accessibility also means they’re constantly being probed for vulnerabilities by web scanners. In order to avoid being the next company to go through an expensive data breach, you need a WAF!
This course will go through the process of protecting a generic web application using the free, open source WAF called mod_security. We’ll demonstrate how to run mod_security on a Linux host running the Apache web server and give an outline of the types of common attacks that are prevented with just an hour or two of work.
Course Outline
This course will cover the following topics:
- Intro – Web applications & WAFs
- mod_security – introduction & features
- Demonstration of mod_security on a Linux server
- Advanced usage & customisation
Course Materials
Azhar Khuwaja

Azhar has over 20 years experience as an IT / Telecom Trainer. His areas of expertise are Network Security, Software-Defined Networking, ITIL, Optical Transmission (SDH/DWDM) and Access Networks (GPON-FTTX). He also designs & develops courseware, lab manuals and blogs for international training organizations.
Azhar has delivered trainings in over 30 countries. He has served as Senior Technical Trainer at ZTE Corp. China, Networking Instructor at Xintra College Ottawa, Technical Trainer at TELOS in Vancouver and Online Instructor at QuickStart. His industry roles include working as ATM / IP Network Support Specialist at Siemens Canada, NOC Support at Bell Canada, & Field Applications Engineer at Nu Horizons USA.
Azhar has obtained a Master of Engineering in Telecommunication from Australia. He has taught at MAJ University, SZABIST, KIET, Mehran University and Xintra College. He has acquired certifications from CompTIA, Alcatel, Microsoft, EC-Council, AXELOS, MEF, Cisco, & Algonquin College.
Azhar shares his knowledge and experience as a volunteer community trainer for APNIC.
Using RIPE Atlas for Network Diagnostics

Overview
Course Overview
RIPE Atlas is a global, open, distributed Internet measurement platform, consisting of thousands of measurement devices(probes) that measure Internet connectivity in real time. In this webinar, we will introduce the RIPE Atlas project and demonstrate measurements such as traceroute, DNS etc which can provide valuable insight into a network and enable troubleshooting. We will explore running measurements from the Web UI and also from the CLI, and finally share details about how you can host a software probe in your network.
Course Outline
This course will cover the following topics:
- What is the RIPE Atlas project and why does it matter
- Getting started with RIPE Atlas measurements – traceroute, dns etc
- Demo of measurements from Web UI and CLI
- Host a RIPE Atlas Software probe
Course Materials
• Create an RIPE NCC Access account here: https://access.ripe.net/registration
• Login here: atlas.ripe.net