Re: audit procedures

[David Parter <dparter@cs.wisc.edu>]

> G'day all,
> 
> Does anyone have a set of procedures to audit a computing facility?
> I'm thinking of the kind of thing a lead sysadmin would use when first
> coming to a new organization, covering such things as security, aging
> of accounts, network bandwidth utilization/load balancing, ...

> I'll be happy to collect as many suggestions along these lines as
> possible, with examples wherever they're available.  Might make another
> SAGE pamphlet someday!

Great idea! I don't know that there will be a one-size-fits-all
solution, but the topic is important.

A good place to start may be with Elizabeth Zwicky's "Are We There Yet?
Evaluating the State of Your Site" invited talk from LISA 8. Check out
	http://www.usenix.org/sage/lisa/lisa8/invited-talks.html.

	--david

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david parter                                         dparter@cs.wisc.edu
associate director, computer systems lab    voice: 608-262-0608/262-2389
university of wisconsin                                fax: 608-262-6626
computer sciences department