9:00am - 10:30am
Working with PCs
Session Chair: Melissa Binde, Swarthmore College

A Web-Based Backup/Restore Method for Intel-Based PCs
Tyler Barnett, Lexmark International

Managing PC Operating Systems With A Revision Control System
Gottfried Rudorfer, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration

BAL: A Tool to Synchronize Document Collections Between Computers
Juergen Christoffel, GMD

9:00am - 10:30am
Logging and Monitoring: How, Why, and When
Peter Honeyman, CITI, University of Michigan, and Joe Saul, ITD OPD&E, University of Michigan

Logging and monitoring is key to UNIX system security--but do you know how to do it effectively? What information should you collect? How do you protect your institution and user community from the potential hazards of logging?

In part one of the presentation, Peter Honeyman describes the tools available for logging and monitoring on UNIX systems, and describes strategies for using them to detect intrusion. In part two, Joseph Saul discusses the legal, ethical, and policy implications of logging and monitoring, and the tradeoffs that must be made.

As an illustration, Honeyman and Saul describe and critique the Packet Vault, a technique for capturing all network traffic and storing it for post-mortem investigation of a security incident.

10:30am - 11:00am
Break

10:30am - 11:00am
Break

11:00am - 12:30pm
Inside the Black Box
Session Chair: John Sellens, UUNET Canada

Increased Server Availibility Through Failover Capability
Michael R. Barber, Michigan Technological University

INN and the Cyclic News Filesystem
Scott Fritchie, Minnesota Regional Network

Adaptive Locks for Frequently Scheduled Tasks With Unpredictable Runtimes
Mark Burgess and Demosthenes Skipitaris, Oslo College

11:00am - 12:30pm
So Now You Are the Project Manager
William E. Howell, Glaxo Wellcome, Inc.

Do we congratulate you or express our condolences? Have you just strapped yourself to the solid fuel rocket booster that will take you to the heights of your career? Or, have you just been sized for a pair of concrete shoes that will take you to the bottom of the East River? The success of a new project manager can be enhanced by means of a mentor, a seasoned, more senior project manager to act as a sounding board and a guiding light.

But what if you don't have that mentor? What if you don't have that senior person to consult with? Where do you turn? Learn the critical success factors that will enable you to be a successful project manager.

12:30pm - 2:00pm
Lunch (on your own)

12:30pm - 2:00pm
Lunch (on your own)

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Work-In-Progress Reports (WIPs)
Short, pithy, and fun. Work-In-Progress Reports introduce interesting new or ongoing work. If you have work you would like to share or a cool idea that is not quite ready to be published, a WIP is for you! We are particularly interested in presenting student work.

To reserve your presentation slot, contact the WIPs coordinator via email to lisawips@usenix.org. A list of topics is announced on-site.

2:00pm - 3:30pm
When UNIX Met Air Traffic Control
Jim Reid, RTFM Ltd.

The management of Europe's congested air space is partly handled by custom software running on Eurocontrol's UNIX systems. These servers process all flight plans and optimize slot allocations for European air space. This service has uniquely difficult operating criteria: downtime is not permitted, data must never be lost and the service must run 24 hours a day, every day of the year.

This presentation will describe the operating environment and management structure at Eurocontrol. Configuration management and change control/administration procedures are also explained. It also discusses some of the problems caused by attempts to automate the task of system administration.

3:30pm - 4:00pm
Break

3:30pm - 4:00pm
Break

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Net Gains
Session Chair: Josh Simon, Sprint Paranet

Creating the Network for Lucent Bell Labs Research
Tom Limoncelli, Thomas Reingold, Ravi Narayan, and Ralph Loura, Lucent Bell Labs

Instrumenting and Tuning a Very High Performance Web Server
Douglas L. Urner, BSDI

4:00pm - 5:30pm
Enterprise Backup and Recovery--Do You Need a Commercial Utility?
W. Curtis Preston, Pencom Systems Administration

Every backup implementation leaves out something. Historically this has been because good methods to back up all types of data have not been available. Attempting to rectify this, many companies have purchased products that they did not need, and others have purchased the wrong products.

This talk will explain the different types of data that must be backed up, and the native and public domain utilities that attempt to do so. An overview will follow of all the types of commercial products available, including software and hardware.