Re: Server naming conventions

[Bob Kalal <kalal.1 () OSU EDU>]

Our now defunct workstation and Unix group used Dr. Who characters and things: Tardis, Romana, RomanaII, K9, Susan, 
Sarah, Leela, Adric,  Nyssa, Peri, Brigadier, Rani, Ace, etc. There were so many that we had a broad name-space.

Bob Kalal

On Feb 10, 2010, at 4:12 PM, Perloff, Jim wrote:

> I name my servers after naval heroes British or American
>  
> Lord Nelson,
> Lord Vincent,
> (Lord Thomas) Cochrane,
> (John) Bulkeley,
> (Albert Leroy) David,
> (Robert) Blake, (from the Civil War not the actor)
> (Stephen) Decatur,
> (Joshua) Humphreys,
> (Isaac) Hull,
> (Edward) Preble etc. 
>  
> Other people here have use fictional computers (Edgar, Hal_9000, Athena) or mythological figures. Only one sys admin 
> insists on using logical names.
>  
> Jim
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> From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Greg 
> Francis
> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 12:29 PM
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Server naming conventions
>  
>  
> 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?
>  
> 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.
>  
> Dan Woodruff
> University IT Security and Policy
> University of Rochester
>