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Sunday, November 14, 2004      Full Day (9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.)     S1 Amsterdam/ Stockholm/ Copenhagen Rik Farrow Hands-on Linux Security Class: Learn How to Defend Linux/UNIX Systems by Learning to Think Like a Hacker (Day 1 of 2) S2 Bonn John Sellens System and Network Monitoring S3 International 10 Mike Ciavarella and Lee Damon Seven Habits of the Highly Effective System Administrator S4 International 4 & 5 James Mauro and Richard McDougall Solaris Kernel Performance, Observability, and Debugging S5 Sydney Radia Perlman Bridges, Routers, Switches, and Internetworking Protocols S6 International 6 & 7 Trent Hein and Ned McClain Essential Topics in System Administration S7 International 3 Esther Filderman and Alf Wachsmann An Introduction to OpenAFS and Its Administration S8 Consulate Brad C. Johnson Network Security Profiles: Protocol Threats, Intrusion Classes, and How Hackers Find Exploits S9 International 8 & 9 Tom Christiansen Advanced Perl Programming Monday, November 15, 2004      Full Day (9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.)     M1 Amsterdam/ Stockholm/ Copenhagen Rik Farrow Hands-on Linux Security Class: Learn How to Defend Linux/UNIX Systems by Learning to Think Like a Hacker (Day 2 of 2) M2 International 6 & 7 John Sellens System and Network Monitoring: Tools in Depth M3 Sydney Peter Baer Galvin Advanced Solaris System Administration Topics M4 International 4 & 5 Marcus Ranum System Log Aggregation, Statistics, and Analysis M5 Bonn Radia Perlman and Charlie Kaufman Network Security Protocols: Theory and Current Standards M6 Consulate Trent Hein and Ned McClain Six More Essential Topics in System Administration  Half Day Tutorials (a.m.)    M7 International 3 Steve Acheson and Doug Dexter  Designing, Implementing and Using PKI to Provide Enterprise Security Services M8 International 10 Brad C. Johnson and Richard E. Mackey, Jr. Security Standards and Why You Need to Understand Them M9 International 8 & 9 Gerald Carter Kerberos 5—Revenge of the Three-Headed Dog  Half Day Tutorials (p.m.)    M10 International 8 & 9 David N. Blank-Edelman Over the Edge System Administration, Volume 1 M11 International 10 Geoff Halprin Troubleshooting: A Basic Skill M12 International 3 Æleen Frisch Beyond Shell Scripts: 21st-Century Automation Tools and Techniques Tuesday, November 16, 2004      Full Day (9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.)     T1 Zurich/London David Rhoades Network Security Assessments Workshop—Hands-on (Day 1 of 2) T2 Amsterdam/ Stockholm/ Copenhagen Gerald Carter Implementing LDAP Directories T3 International 4 & 5 Æleen Frisch Administering Linux in Production Environments T4 Bonn Eric Allman Advanced Technology in Sendmail T5 International 10 Heison Chak VoIP Principles and Implementation with Asterisk T6 Consulate Marc Staveley System and Network Performance Tuning  Half Day Tutorials (a.m.)    T7 International 8 & 9 Mike Ciavarella Advanced Shell Programming T8 International 6 & 7 Jacob Farmer Eliminating Backup System Bottlenecks Using Disk-to-Disk and Other Methods T9 International 3 David Skoll Combating Spam Using Sendmail, MIMEDefang, and Perl  Half Day Tutorials (p.m.)    T10 International 8 & 9 Mike Ciavarella Documentation Techniques for SysAdmins T11 International 6 & 7 Peter Baer Galvin Solaris 10 Security Features T12 International 3 W. Curtis Preston Administering NetBackup Wednesday, November 17, 2004      Full Day (9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.)     W1 Zurich/London David Rhoades Network Security Assessments Workshop—Hands-on (Day 2 of 2) W2 Sydney Marcus Ranum Defeating Junk/Spam Email  Half Day Tutorials (a.m.)    W3 Yukon/ Mackenzie/ Rio Grande Mark-Jason Dominus  Regular Expression Mastery W4 Champagne Steve Acheson and Laura Kuiper  Cisco Device Configuration Basics, Part 1 W5 Bonn W. Curtis Preston Oracle Backup and Recovery  Half Day Tutorials (p.m.)    W6 Bonn Mark-Jason Dominus  Perl Program Repair Shop and Red Flags W7 Champagne Steve Acheson and Laura Kuiper  Cisco Device Configuration Basics, Part 2 W8 Yukon/ Mackenzie/ Rio Grande Mark Burgess Introduction to Host Configuration and Maintenance with Cfengine Thursday, November 18, 2004      Full Day (9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.)     R1 Zurich/London David Rhoades Hacking & Securing Web-based Applications—Hands-on (Day 1 of 2) R2 Sydney Gerald Carter Managing Samba 2.2 & 3.0  Half Day Tutorials (a.m.)    R3 Yukon/ Mackenzie/ Rio Grande David N. Blank-Edelman Perl for System Administration R4 Bonn Peter Baer Galvin Next-Generation Security Tools R5 Champagne William LeFebvre Introduction to Domain Name System Administration  Half Day Tutorials (p.m.)    R6 Yukon/ Mackenzie/ Rio Grande David N. Blank-Edelman Perl Saves the Day: Writing Small Perl Programs to Get You Out of Big Sysadmin Pinches R7 Bonn Theodore Ts'o Recovering from Linux Hard Drive Disasters R8 Champagne Tom Limoncelli Introduction to Massive Upgrades and Changes Friday, November 19, 2004      Full Day (9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.)     F1 Zurich/London David Rhoades Hacking & Securing Web-based Applications—Hands-on (Day 2 of 2) F2 Champagne Steve Acheson and Laura Kuiper  Cisco Security Features  Half Day Tutorials (a.m.)    F3 Yukon/ Mackenzie/ Rio Grande Tom Limoncelli Time Management for System Administrators: Getting It All Done and Not Going (More) Crazy! F4 International 7 & 8 Mark Burgess Advanced Topics in Host Configuration and Maintenance with Cfengine F5 Bonn William LeFebvre Intermediate Topics in Domain Name System Administration