network service technologies
Task
1. Log files can be useful for a variety of tasks from verifying that a backup finished successfully to gathering evidence after a break-in. Discuss three uses of log files and methods for storing them for those uses.
2. You will given a web server log file to process. Using a command-line pipeline display the top ten IP addresses in your file along with the count of how many times the IP address appeared.
Embed your pipeline in a shell script and include a description of how your pipeline works in comments.
Discuss other methods for achieving the same result, such a spreadsheet program, SQL processing, or special program for analysing log files.
Rationale
This assessment item is design to test your
- knowledge of the details of network service technologies;
- ability to apply problem-solving techniques;
- ability to find credible information sources and apply them;
- ability to write clearly and concisely; and
- ability to correctly reference information sources.
Marking criteria
| Question 1 (6 marks) | FL | PS | CR | DI | HD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of discussion | No content or off-topic | Very brief comment on one method | A few sentences missing some of the major methods | Some well-developed paragraphs but missing a major method | Well-developed discussion describing the most common methods |
| Question 1 (1 mark) | Unsatisfactory | Satisfactory |
|---|---|---|
| Sources used | none or not credible | credible |
| Question 2 (8 marks) | FL | PS | CR | DI | HD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of pipeline | Missing or doesn't work at all | Could give the correct result with one or two major errors corrected | Could give the correct result with two minor errors corrected | Could give the correct result with one minor error corrected | Gives the correct result |
| Quality of documentation | No documentation | Very brief documentation and no meta data | Adequate documentation but missing all meta data | Good documentation but missing some meta data | Outstanding documentation with meta data including author, date, and revision |
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