BayLISA -> BayISSA

Thu Jun 17 09:04:31 PDT 2004

Good idea/thoughts.  Of course, ISSA is used by the Information
Systems Security Association (www.issa.org)...

Ron

>>>>> "richard" == richard childers / kg6hac <fscked at pacbell.net> writes:

    richard> Another thing to think about is the exclusivity implies
    richard> by the acronum 'LISA'.

    richard> Who defines what's 'Large'? The arrays of 500 MB hard
    richard> drives I managed in 1986 - each one over a hundred pounds
    richard> in weight, and requiring two strong men to lift, and a
    richard> third to align with sliding rack supports - why, their
    richard> data could fit into a laptop now. The same laptop
    richard> contains more computing power than an entire room full of
    richard> servers, 'way back when.

    richard> But no one would seriously suggest that managing a small
    richard> stack of laptops is equivalent to managing a half a dozen
    richard> server rooms. No, although the complexity within the
    richard> server is an important metric of the capacity of the
    richard> administrator, it is the potential interconnections with
    richard> other islands of complexity which elicit another level of
    richard> complexity; and it is that complexity which we
    richard> administer. Not the servers, but their relationships,
    richard> across networks.

    richard> (I could fill fifteen minutes, easily, with a small talk
    richard> on objectively measuring the entropy of a given network,
    richard> using procedures which generate numbers which will garner
    richard> respect in the board room; but I digress.)

    richard> And yet, within the acronym LISA, I see no room for
    richard> network administrators, or network service administrators
    richard> ... or database administrators, for that
    richard> matter. Obviously these groups have their own SIGs; and
    richard> yet, administration of servers and their services is
    richard> closely linked to authentication mechanisms, which are
    richard> increasingly distributed and must be seen in their proper
    richard> context - which is that they are simply another service,
    richard> and that database administrators are, fundamentally,
    richard> providers of a service that is server-based nd
    richard> network-delivered, and for that reason, they can best be
    richard> regarded as network service administrators, like the rest
    richard> of us.

    richard> (Indeed, the market itself is saying as much. How many
    richard> ads do you see for someone to administer their Linux
    richard> servers, Windows clients, Mac clients, database, do a
    richard> little SQL, administer their firewall, maintain their
    richard> router, and maybe tap-dance, too? The boundaries that
    richard> exist in the IT marketplace are largely a result of
    richard> organizational, and consequently, budgetary, boundaries,
    richard> which the current economic slump has erased - they do not
    richard> reflect the actual problems [which span from the
    richard> desktops, across the networks, to the servers] or the
    richard> capacities of the individuals whose job it is to
    richard> troubleshoot them.)

    richard> The acronym 'LISA' is dated for another reason; it
    richard> alludes to a period when big iron was predominant. This
    richard> is no longer the case. Distributed computing is
    richard> increasingly a player in scientific communities - and by
    richard> that term I include hackers, of course. Wireless
    richard> connectivity isn't just over the horizon, it's here, and
    richard> the speed is increasing every year. Using a
    richard> volt-ohm-meter remains an important skill - but so does
    richard> orienting an antenna for maximum gain. Sure, you'll still
    richard> find pockets of concentrated computing capacity, but
    richard> nowadays, with a gHz laptop in almost every house, the
    richard> mean mHz of computing power per square acre of urban
    richard> landscape has taken a big step upwards.

    richard> I'd like to propose disbanding BayLISA, and creating
    richard> BayISSA - 'ISSA' as referring to 'Information Systems &
    richard> Services Administrators', which comprises network
    richard> administrators, network services administrators, and
    richard> server administrators, without drawing any boundaries
    richard> which exclude.

    richard> Regards,

    richard> -- richard

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