1. Lebanese University IT Department Open Source Culture (IT Infrastructure Projects, LPI Academy & LMS)

2. Lebanese University- Central Administration
Lebanese University Overview:
Number of Faculties: 88
WAN Topology: Star to Central Admin
Number of Students: 75000
Number of Staff/Professors: 7000
Internet Link Speed: 220 Mbps
WAN Topology

3. Lebanese University- Central Administration
Network Infrastructure Solutions:
Systems & Services:
DNS (Bind)
WebFilter/Cache (Squid, SquidGuard)
Filter (spamassassin)
Faculty Webhosting (LAMP)
Scripting and Task Automation:
Bash, AWK scripting
DNS, proxy
Firewall, IDS
Antivirus
Network Operation Center

4. Lebanese University- Central Administration
Network Infrastructure Solutions:
Systems & Services:
DNS (Bind)
WebFilter/Cache (Squid, SquidGuard)
Filter (spamassassin)
Faculty Webhosting (LAMP)
Scripting and Task Automation:
Bash, AWK scripting
Network Security:
IPS (SNORT)
Firewall (IPTABLES)
Network Operation Center

5. Lebanese University- Central Administration
Network Infrastructure Solutions:
Systems & Services:
DNS (Bind)
WebFilter/Cache (Squid, SquidGuard)
Filter (spamassassin)
Faculty Webhosting (LAMP)
Scripting and Task Automation:
Bash, AWK scripting
Network Security:
IPS (SNORT)
Firewall (IPTABLES)
WAN Topology
Faculty Firewalls

6. Lebanese University- Central Administration
Network Infrastructure Solutions:
Systems & Services:
DNS (Bind)
WebFilter/Cache (Squid, SquidGuard)
Filter (spamassassin)
Faculty Webhosting (LAMP)
Scripting and Task Automation:
Bash, AWK scripting
Network Security:
IPS (SNORT)
Firewall (IPTABLES)
WAN Topology
iptables
60x Faculty Firewalls

7. Lebanese University- Central Administration
Learning Management Solution:
Moodle + Office365, OpenMeetings

8. Lebanese University- Central Administration
Learning Management Solution:
Moodle + Office365, OpenMeetings
6x Faculties
Faculties of sciences (1,2,3,4,5)
Faculty of Pedagogy
Done
Done

9. Lebanese University- Central Administration
LPI Academic Partner

10. Lebanese University- Central Administration
LPI Academic Partner

11. Lebanese University- Central Administration
Conclusion: …..As per LU IT team Experience
LPI certificate is being integrated with official curriculum
Basic Computer Hardware + Linux Skills = ~ ANY IT Service
High Specification Computer Hardware = ~ ANY IT Service + Performance
LU Annual Savings using Open-Source:
Central Firewall ~ 60,000$
Faculty Firewall ~ 90,000$ = (3000$ x 30 Faculties)
Services ~ License Fees (MEHE Agreement for Microsoft Software)

12. Lebanese University- Central Administration
Conclusion: …..As per LU IT team Experience
LPI certificate is being integrated with official curriculum
Basic Computer Hardware + Linux Skills = ~ ANY IT Service
High Specification Computer Hardware = ~ ANY IT Service + Performance
LU Annual Savings using Open-Source:
Central Firewall ~ 60,000$
Faculty Firewall ~ 90,000$ = (3000$ x 30 Faculties)
Services ~ License Fees (MEHE Agreement for Microsoft Software)
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