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Re: World Conference on Network Administration and Security
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (JR Oldroyd)
Sun Aug 30 14:10:09 1992
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> Subject: World Conference on Network Administration and Security
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> CALL FOR PAPERS
> AND PRE-ANNOUNCEMENT
>
> The 1992 World Conference On
> Network Administration and Security
> November 30 - December 4
> Washington, DC
>
> THEME: Practical solutions for cost-effective network administration
> and security in a UNIX environment.
>
> ELIGIBILITY: Network administrators, system administrators, security
> administrators, technology managers, computer installation managers,
> and their staff. In addition, a limited number of places are available
> for staff members from organizations that offer off-the-shelf software
> and hardware products that support network management and security.
>
> LOCATION:
> Ramada Renaissance Techworld Hotel
> 919 9th Street NW
> Washington, D.C. 20019
> (202) 898-9000
>
> CONFERENCE DATES:
> Courses: November 30- December 1
> Technical Sessions: December 2- December 4
>
> INFORMATION: For pre-registration materials, send mail to:
>
> Conference Office
> World Conference On Network Administration and Security
> 4610 Tournay Road
> Bethesda, MD 20816
>
> or send email to paller@fedunix.org.
>
> HOST ORGANIZATION: The Washington Area UNIX Users Group and the Federal
> Network Administration Council.
>
> CONFERENCE SPONSOR: the Open Systems Conference Board, a not-for-profit
> educational organization dedicated to removing the barriers to widespread
> adoption of UNIX and Open Systems.
>
> WHY YOU SHOULD PARTICIPATE: The demands of mission critical
> applications are driving the need for network innovation at an amazing
> pace. New technology and new standards promote confusion and
> interoperability problems while at the same time providing much needed
> connectivity and increased bandwidth. Cutbacks have forced fewer
> people to provide more service with less money.
>
> These challenges are particularly apparent and frustrating in the
> government agencies (both in the US and abroad), universities, and
> companies which have been in the vanguard of the move to open systems
> and networks of UNIX computers.
>
> This conference is designed to identify the current state of the art
> for cost-effective network administration and security so that the
> techniques and tools used by the most effective managers can be
> adopted by those still looking for solutions.
>
> Peer-reviewed papers will be complemented with invited papers plus
>
> "Ask the Experts" sessions where you'll find practical answers
> to your questions.
>
> "Best Of The Net" session where you'll learn which free programs
> available from the net are most useful.
>
> "Tips and Techniques" sessions in which conference attendees can
> share, in 5-minute presentations, their favorite techniques for
> solving recurring problems. These sessions are run as moderated
> BOFs with all conference attendees being asked, in advance, to
> contribute if they choose.
>
> "Ask OSF" session where you can learn from the people who brought
> you DCE.
>
> Informal Birds Of A Feather sessions in the evening to expand the
> sharing time. Please send your suggestions for topics with your
> registration.
>
> In addition, the Monday-Tuesday courses will be taught by several of
> America's top-rated instructors, including Matt Bishop, Rob Kolstad,
> Bruce Hunter, Richard Stevens, Marcus Ranum, and Tom Christiansen.
> Course topics include TCP/IP and UNIX Network Programming, UNIX
> Security, OSF DCE and DME, UNIX Fundamentals, UNIX Internals, UNIX
> System and Network Administration (Basic and Advanced courses), and
> Perl Programming.
>
> *********************
> ** CALL FOR PAPERS **
> *********************
>
> Papers are being sought for the technical conference from network
> administrators, system administrators, security managers, consultants,
> academics, and hardware and software developers.
>
> You don't have to have made a major breakthrough to have your paper
> accepted. The delegates will be looking for good problem definitions
> and practical solutions. And your presentation does not have to be
> long. You may choose a 15, 30, or 45 minute time slot.
>
> IMPORTANT DATES FOR SUBMISSION:
>
> Abstracts Due: September 14, 1992
> Notification of Acceptance: October 12, 1992
> Camera-Ready Papers Due: November 16, 1992
>
> FORMAL REVIEW: Papers that have been formally reviewed and accepted
> will be presented during the conference and will be published in the
> conference proceedings. The Review Committee is composed of experts
> on network administration and security along with managers of large
> installations and architects from the vendor community.
>
> Among the people invited to serve on the Review Committee are Matt
> Bishop (Dartmouth), Michele Crabb (NASA Ames Research Center), Richard
> Stevens (author of several best selling books on Network and UNIX
> Programming), Marcus Ranum (Digital Equipment Corporation), Jonathan
> Gossels (OSF), and Bruce Hunter and Rob Kolstad (well-known columnists).
>
> The committee will decide whether your abstract addresses important
> challenges (large or small), whether your approach seems promising, or
> whether your abstract should be accepted for any other reason.
>
> TOPICS: Please feel free to submit abstracts on any topic. The list
> provided below may help prompt some ideas:
>
> 1. Managing heterogeneous networks
> 2. Policies and procedures on the network
> 3. Security policies
> 4. Network security monitoring
> 5. Network monitoring and performance testing
> 6. Training and education
> 7. Techniques for dealing with users
> 8. Networked backup schemes
> 9. Distributed mail systems
> 10. Domain Name Service configuration
> 11. Distributed console access
> 12. OSF's DCE and DME
> 13. Off-the-shelf tools
> 14. Tools you don't like and why
>
> ABSTRACTS: A good abstract will be 500 to 1,500 words in length and
> include the following:
>
> 1. A description of the problem(s) and its importance.
> 2. Your solution including details of how it worked. If this is work
> on emerging technology, try to show what the expected impact will
> be. If your solution is based on commercial hardware or software
> tools, name them. Abstracts from vendors are welcome, but should
> not be sales pitches.
> 3. Data on how well it works: before/after comparisons, direct savings,
> trade-offs, etc.
> 4. Lessons learned and what you might have done differently.
>
> Please also provide the following information about the author(s):
> name, title, organization, daytime telephone, surface mail address,
> email address (please), FAX if possible.
>
> Finally, tell whether you want a 15, 30 or 45 minute time slot for
> your presentation.
>
> WHERE TO SEND YOUR ABSTRACTS:
> Technical Program Chairman
> Hal Pomeranz
> NASA Ames Research Center
> M/S 258-6
> Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000
>
> Questions or PostScript or ASCII format abstracts may be submitted via
> email to pomeranz@nas.nasa.gov.
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