From: t...@usenix.org (Toni Veglia)
Subject: LISA '98, Systems Administration Confernece 
Date: 1998/10/06
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Organization: USENIX Association
Keywords: USENIX, SAGE, LISA, system administration, conference, network, unix,
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12th Systems Administration Conference (LISA '98)
        Co-sponsored by USENIX and SAGE

        December 6-11, 1998
        Marriott Copley Place Hotel
        Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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For Detailed Technical and Tutorial Program and Online 
Registration:  http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa98
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TUTORIAL SESSIONS - SUNDAY-TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6-8, 1998

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6 
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FULL-DAY COURSES:                                                         
Administering Windows NT: A Course for UNIX People 
   Aeleen Frisch, Exponential Consulting

System and Network Performance Tuning 
   Hal Stern, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Internet Security for UNIX System Administrators 
  Ed DeHart, Pittsburgh OnLine, Inc. 

Learning Perl (Bring Your Own Laptop) -NEW 
  Tom Christiansen, Consultant

Linux Systems Administration 
  Bryan C. Andregg, Red Hat Software,Inc.

Setting Up And Administering A Web Server 
  Bryan Buus, XOR Network Engineering

Secure Communications over Open Networks -NEW
  Marcus J. Ranum, Network Flight Recorder, Inc.

Sendmail Configuration and Operation (Updated for Sendmail 8.9) 
  Eric Allman, Sendmail, Inc.

Network Security Profiles: What Every Hacker Knows About You and How 
They Do It 
  Jon Rochlis and Brad Johnson, SystemExperts Corp. 

Introduction to UNIX Administration 
  Peter Galvin, Corporate Technologies,Inc.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 7
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FULL DAY COURSES:
Topics in System Administration 
  Trent Hein, XOR Network Engineering; Evi Nemeth, University of 
  Colorado, Boulder

Designing Resilient Distributed Systems - High Availability  -NEW
  Evan Marcus, Veritas Software; Hal Stern, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

UNIX Security Tools: Use and Comparison 
  Matt Bishop, University of California, Davis

Learning More Perl (Bring Your Own Laptop) -NEW 
  Tom Christiansen, Consultant

Windows NT Security 
  Rik Farrow, Consultant

Computer Attacks: Trends and Countermeasures -NEW 
  Tina Darmohray, SystemExperts, Corp.; Phil Cox, Networking Technology 
  Solutions 

Advanced Solaris System Administration Topics -NEW
  Peter Galvin, Corporate Technologies,Inc

MONDAY HALF-DAY MORNING COURSES:
Ethics for Systems Administration -NEW
  Lee Damon, QUALCOMM Incorporated

Introduction to Domain Name System Administration -NEW
  William LeFebvre, Group Sys Consulting

Managing Network Printers and Print Spoolers 
  Patrick Powell, AStArt Technologies 

MONDAY HALF-DAY AFTERNOON CLASSES:
Setting up and Maintaining a Secure Web Server -NEW
  Bryan Buus, XOR Network Engineering

Intermediate Topics in Domain Name System Administration -NEW
  William LeFebvre, Group Sys Consulting
                                                                        
Ethernet Technology: From Basics to State of the Art -NEW
  Patrick Powell, AStArt Technologies 

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8
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FULL-DAY COURSES:
Topics in System Administration
  Trent Hein, XOR Network Engineering; Evi Nemeth, University of 
  Colorado, Boulder

Advanced Topics in DNS and BIND UPDATED
  Paul Vixie, Internet Software Consortium 
 
Troubleshooting Firewalls 
  Char Sample, Consultant

CGI and WWW Programming in Perl 
  Tom Christiansen, Consultant

Handling Computer and Network Security Incidents 
  Jim Duncan, Penn State University; Rik Farrow, Consultant 

Configuring Cisco Routers on an IP Network -NEW
  William LeFebvre, Group Sys Consulting

Computer and Network Security - A Multi-dimensional Approach -NEW
  Fred Avolio, Security Consultant 


TUESDAY HALF-DAY MORNING COURSES:
SPAM - What You Can Do To Limit Your Intake -NEW
  Tina Darmohray, SystemExperts, Corp.; Mark Mellis, Mellis & Associates

Faster Gigabit Ethernet Networks, File Servers, and Users -NEW
  Stuart McRobert, Imperial College, London

Performance Monitoring and Tuning Under Windows NT 
  Aeleen Frisch, Exponential Consulting 

TUESDAY HALF-DAY AFTERNOON COURSES:
Configuring Samba: Avoiding Pitfalls -NEW
  John Blair, Cobalt Microserver 

How to Give Great Presentations -NEW
  Hal Pomeranz, Deer Run Associates

PC/UNIX Connectivity 
  Joseph Radin, Sun Microsystems, Inc.


EXPANDED TECHNICAL PROGRAM - THREE TRACKS - WEDS-FRI, 12/9-12/11
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* Refereed papers report for the first time research and innovation
* Invited talks deliver analysis by luminaries in the profession
* First-time-ever third track is potpourri of pragmatic talks with 
  speakers chosen for expertise and outstanding presentation
* Two workshops--Global-LISA & Advanced Topics--provide small group 
  discussion

REFEREED PAPERS SESSIONS
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* Security
  Titan 
  Infrastructure: A Prerequisite for Effective Security 
  SSU: Extending SSH for Secure Root Administration

* Pushing Users and Scripts Around
  System Management With NetScript 
  Accountworks: Users Create Accounts on SQL, Notes, NT and UNIX 
  Single Sign-On and the System Administrator
  
* Storage Performance
  How We Backed up Our 6TB Sun E10000
  Configuring Database Servers
  General Rules for Maximizing Disk IO Performance

* Distributed Computing
  A Configuration Distribution System for Heterogeneous Networks
  An NFS Configuration and Management System and its Underlying 
    Object-Oriented Model 
  Design and Implementation of an Administration System for Distributed 
    Web Server

* Networking
  MRTG, Multi Router Traffic Grapher
  Wide Area Network Ecology
  Automatically Selecting a Close Mirror Based on Network Topology

* Infrastructure
  What to Do When the Lease Expires: A Moving Experience
  Anatomy of an Athena Workstation
  Bootstrapping an Infrastructure

* Printing and Configuring Files
  Ganymede: An Extensible and Customizable Directory Management Framework
  Building an Enterprise Print System
  Large Scale Print Spool Service

* Distributing Software Packages
  Mkpkg: A Software Packaging Tool
  SEPP, Software Installation and Sharing System
  Synctree - For Single-Point Software Installation Upgrades and Patches

* New Thoughts and Evolution
  The Evolution of the CMD Computing Environment: A Case Study in Rapid 
    Growth
  Immunology
  A Visual Approach for Monitoring Logs

* Mailing Lists
  Mailman: The GNU Mailing List Manager
  Drinking from the Fire(walls) Hose: Another Approach to Very Large 
    Mailing Lists
  Request v3: A Modular, Extendable Task Tracking Tool

INVITED TALKS
* Panel Discussion: TCP/IP Futures
* Zero to LISA in One Year 
    Brent Chapman and Paul Evans, Covad Communications Company 
* Got LDAP? Deploying and Using the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol 
    Leif Hedstrom, Netscape Communications Corporation
* Branchstart - A Generic, Multi-OS Installation Server 
    Rory Toma, WebTV Networks Inc.
* Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI): Causes, Treatment, and Prevention 
    Jeff Okamoto, Hewlett Packard
* Overview of the LISA/NT Conference
    Ian Reddy, Cisco Systems, Inc.
* Security as Infrastructure
    Tom Perrine, San Diego Supercomputer Center
* Practical Cryptography - Privacy for Business and Electronic Commerce
    Frederick M Avolio, Security Consultant

JOINT SESSIONS
* Eric Allman, CTO/co-founder of Sendmail, Inc., delivers the Keynote
* Succumbing to the Dark Side of the Force: The Internet as seen from an 
  Adult Website,  Dan Klein, Cybertainment, Inc.
* The Great Certification Debate
* SAGE Community Meeting & Candidates Forum
* The LISA Quiz Show!  Hosted by Rob Kolstad

PRACTICUM
* Teaching System Administration
* FREENIX Administration Issues
* University Issues
* Panel: Technical Summaries
* Mailer Wars
* Network Admin and Remote Computing
* Works-in-Progress (WIPs)
* Palm Pilot Magic

TWO DAY PRODUCTS EXHIBITION
Wednesday-Thursday, 12/9-12/10 

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For Detailed Technical and Tutorial Program and Online 
Registration:  http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa98
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