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3. TECH BRIEFING:

The Ten Commandments Of A Sysadmin

I found a really good and fun article on the Caffinated Security site. This is the summary: "As system and network administrators, we play many roles. We are the ones who provide stable and secure environments for electronic business in all of its forms, from email to accounting systems to mission-critical Web applications.

However, despite our best efforts, disaster will occasionally strike. In this series, I'll present what I feel are the 10 most important steps a systems administrator can take to ensure that when that dreaded 3a.m. page hits, you're prepared to react quickly, assess the situation, and make everything right again. I call these the Ten Commandments of system administration. Here goes:

1) Thou shalt make regular and complete backups
2) Thou shalt establish absolute trust in thy servers
3) Thou shalt be the first to know when something goes down
4) Thou shalt keep server logs on everything
5) Thou shalt document complete and effective policies and procedures
6) Thou shalt know what cable goes where
7) Thou shalt use encryption for insecure services
8) Thou shalt not lose system logs when a server dies
9) Thou shalt know the openings into your servers
10)Thou shalt not waste time doing repetitive and mundane tasks

http://www.w2knews.com/97TMK/050926TB-10_Commandments
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3. TECH BRIEFING:

* The Ten Commandments Of A Sysadmin:

I found a really good and fun article on the Caffinated Security
site. This is the summary: "As system and network administrators,
we play many roles. We are the ones who provide stable and secure
environments for electronic business in all of its forms, from
email to accounting systems to mission-critical Web applications.

However, despite our best efforts, disaster will occasionally
strike. In this series, I'll present what I feel are the 10 most
important steps a systems administrator can take to ensure that
when that dreaded 3a.m. page hits, you're prepared to react quickly,
assess the situation, and make everything right again. I call these
the Ten Commandments of system administration. Here goes:

1) Thou shalt make regular and complete backups
2) Thou shalt establish absolute trust in thy servers
3) Thou shalt be the first to know when something goes down
4) Thou shalt keep server logs on everything
5) Thou shalt document complete and effective policies and procedures
6) Thou shalt know what cable goes where
7) Thou shalt use encryption for insecure services
8) Thou shalt not lose system logs when a server dies
9) Thou shalt know the openings into your servers
10)Thou shalt not waste time doing repetitive and mundane tasks

http://www.w2knews.com/97TMK/050926TB-10_Commandments