Anche per una cosa così banale esiste un RFC ! Si tratta di un documento pubblicato nel agosto del 1990, numero 1178. Va detto che il documento non è uno standard ma soltanto una memo, come tra l'altro viene subito specificato:

This FYI RFC is a republication of a Communications of the ACM
article on guidelines on what to do and what not to do when naming
your computer [1]. This memo provides information for the Internet
community. It does not specify any standard.

Alcuni paragrafi sono ovvi altri più o meno interessanti. Per alcune reti che ho visto sta cosa andrebbe stampata a caldo sulla pelle dei relativi responsabili (o utenti).

Documento originale dal quale prende il spunto questo RFC:

Choosing a Name for your Computer


E' sicuramente il caso di rivedere i vecchi concetti...

karmacomputer


Citazione presa da: http://roseweb.de/caro/pages/security/v-one/cut-orig.htm

Direi che rende benissimo l'idea!!!

jaws

The ULTIMATELY Secure Firewall

(Adaptive Packet Destructive Filter)

Installation Instructions

  • For best effect install the firewall between the CPU unit and the wall outlet. Place the jaws of the firewall across the power cord, and bear down firmly. Be sure to wear rubber gloves while installing the firewall or assign the task to a junior system manager. If the firewall is installed properly, all the lights on the CPU will turn dark and the fans will grow quiet. This indicates that the system has entered a secure state.
  • For Internet use install the firewall between the demarc of the T1 to the Internet. Place the jaws of the firewall across the T1 line lead, and bear down firmly. When your Internet service provider's network operations center calls to inform you that they have lost connectivity to your site, the firewall is correctly installed.

If I had a dollar....

If I had a dollar for every time I've seen someone post "I need a 100% secure firewall, that lets me do everything" I'd be retired by now.

The fact is, that if you're connecting your network to anything else, you're running a risk. Period. Usually, that risk can be reduced, often dramatically, by employing basic security precautions such as firewalls. But a firewall is a risk reduction system, it is not a risk mitigation system -- there is, always, some danger that something can go fatally wrong with anything built by humans.

The firewall above is the only 100% guaranteed secure solution.


Ogni giorno se ne scoprono delle belle nuove... Ecco cosa dice un stupendo manuale su Exchange 2007:

Before we go any further, we'd like to introduce you to - or reacquaint you with - the single most important acronym you will ever encounter in the alphabet soup that IT professionals eat on a daily basis: RTFM, or Read The Fine Manual.

Come non dargli torto !!!