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,
management, training, tutorial, security, administrator, Windows NT, workshop,
server, Tools, technology, Solaris, PC, refereed papers, Web
Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix
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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