Re: Server naming conventions

[Greg Francis <francis () GONZAGA EDU>]

We typically use either saints or jesuits. For the saints, we used what they were the patron saint of in selecting the 
name. Used to be fine with <50 servers. Now as we approach 200 servers, that's started to go away. We're not out of 
saints, just ones that are well known! For certain services, like our Citrix farm, we just use something like 
CITRIX-01, etc. Boring, but effective. 

Our log management data collector is LMAO. 

Greg

Greg Francis
Director, Central Computing and Network Support Services
Gonzaga University
francis () gonzaga edu
509-313-6896



On Feb 10, 2010, at 11:17 AM, Woodruff, Daniel wrote:

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> What kinds of naming conventions do everyone follow when building new servers?
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> Currently, our Windows hosts are named following the pattern ‘its-w2ks#’ or similar, where the # is the next in the 
> sequence, and the names are published in DNS. What are the potential drawbacks or using a scheme like this? Do you 
> think it is any better or worse from a security perspective than using something like ‘its-oracle-1’ which has the 
> service right in the name? We’re concerned about disclosing the purpose of the machine via its name, and are trying 
> to get an idea of what other schools do for their machines. Thanks in advance.
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> Dan Woodruff
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> University IT Security and Policy
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> University of Rochester