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  S1  OSI
	OSI layers, Data Link Layer, network layer, transport layer, application layer
		The OSI Model
			The Application Layer
			The Presentation Layer
			The Session Layer
			The Transport Layer
			The Network Layer
			The Data Link Layer
			The Physical Layer
		Differentiate between the OSI layers
		OSI layers functional
		Data Link Layer
			Forwarding Database
			ARP
			MAC Addresses
			Broadcast Domain, How to Restrict BD?
			Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN)
				Are VLANs required?
				When do I need a VLAN?
				Why not just subnet my network?
				How can devices on different VLAN’s communicate?
				What do VLAN’s offer?
			Introducing trunks
				 link aggregation
					LACP
		Network layer
			Understanding IP Addresses
			Network Masks
				Math Example
			Route Tables	
				Network destination
				Gateway
				Metric
			Routing Protocols	
				Dynamic
		Fragmentation		
			Why does fragmentation occur?
			How are the packets reassembled?
			Fragmenting a Packet
		TTL	
		Packet Traversing a Topology
		IPv6
			Unicast
			Multicast
			Anycast
			Address Dissection
	Transport layer		
		MTU
		MSS
		About TCP and MSS
		Protocol Ports
		UDP	
		TCP
			TCP Three-way handshake
			TCP Timeout and Retransmission
			What are TCP RST Packets?
			TCP Options
			TCP Checksum
			Detecting Transmission Errors Using Checksums
			TCP Error Correction
			Flow Control
			Congestion control
			Delayed Binding
  	Application layer		
  		HTTP Protocol
  			HTTP versions
  			Structure of HTTP Transactions
  			Initial Response Line (Status Line)
  			status codes
  			HTTP Methods
  				HEAD Method
  				POST Method
  			HTTP Keep-alives	
  			HTTP Headers
  			HTTP Cookies
  				How do Web sites use cookies?
  			URL - Uniform Resource Locator	
  		DNS
  			Name Resolution Process
  		SIP
  		FTP
  			Active FTP vs. Passive FTP
  		SMTP 	



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  S2 F5 Solutions and Technology
  	F5 products
  		APM
  		LTM
  		ASM
  		GTM
  		AAM
  		AFM
  	iRules	
  		What is an iRule?
  		How does an iRule work?
  		When would I use an iRule?
  		When would I not use an iRule
  	iApps
  		What’s an iApp?
  		iApp Templates
  		When do you use an iApp?
  	Proxy and Packet forwarding
  		full proxy architecture
  			Full proxy architecture - What do they mean?
  			full-proxy data center architecture
  		Proxies
  			Forward Proxies
  			Reverse Proxies
  			Half Proxies
  			Full Proxies
  		Packet Forwarding
  		Packet-based Design
  			What is a packet-based design?
  			What is a proxy-based design (full proxy)?
  			Redefining the Solution
  	High availability (HA)
  		Single device
  		Redundant devices
  		What is failover?
  		active/active, Understanding active-active redundancy
  		active/standby, Understanding active-standby redundancy and  failover in active/standby mode



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  S3 Load Balancing Essentials
  	Distribution of Load
  	Local Traffic Manager load balancing methods
  		Round Robin
  		Ratio (member) 		   		Ratio (node)
  		Dynamic Ratio (member) 		Dynamic Ratio (node)
  		Fastest (node) 		   		Fastest (application)
  		Least Connections (member)  Least Connections (node)
  		Weighted Least Connections (member) Weighted Least Connections (node)
  		Observed (member) Observed (node)
  		Predictive (member) Predictive (node)
  		Least Sessions
  		Ratio Least Connections
  	Persistent and Persistence	
  		Persistent
  		Persistence
  	Client and Server	
  		Client
  		Server



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  S4 Security
  	Positive Security Model, Benefits
  	Negative Security Model, Benefits
  	
  	Non-Blueprint
  		Positive & Negative Security model
  		What Does “Good” Security Cost?
  		Positive vs. Negative Application Security
  		Factors of an Effective Applied Security Model
  		The Effect of Content Variability
  		Rule Specificity
  		Order of Precedence
  		Best Practices
  	Signing, Purpose
  	Encryption, Topic
  	Certificates and Certificate Chains
  	private/public keys
  		Private Key Encryption
  		Public Key Encryption
  	Symmetric Encryption
  	Asymmetric Encryption
  	
  	Authentication
  		single sign on
  			Password Authentication
  			Single Sign On Authentication
  		Multi-factor Authentication
  		Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA)
  		SAML Authentication
  
  	IPsec and SSL VPN	
  		IPsec - IP Security
  			Why should you use IPsec?
  			Replacing IPsec
  		SSL VPN
  			Why you should transition to SSL VPN
  		SSL VPN vs IPSec
	


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  S5 Application Delivery Platforms
  	Hardware vs. Software
  		Hardware
  			Advantages
  			Challenges
  		Virtual Hardware
  			Advantages
  			Challenges
  		Hardware (SSL card, compression card)
  		Appliance Hardware Editions
  		Viprion Hardware Editions
  	TCP optimization
  		Optimizing TCP
  		General TCP Optimizations
  		Decreasing Server-side TCP Connections
  		Increasing Client-side TCP Connections
  	HTTP Protocol and Web Application Optimizations
  		Caching
  		Compression
  		Pipelining
  		HTTP pipelining
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