On Mon, 10 Sep 2001 19:26:35 -0500 (CDT) Tina Bird <tbird@precision-guesswork.com> wrote: > that ought to cause a bit of a rumpus. > > i've been tasked with giving a presentation to a group > of manager types who do not have our understanding of the > importance of staffing for log monitoring. i've got a > couple of analogies to use for them -- things like asking > how many of them balance their checkbooks or read their credit > card statements -- but figured that this group might have > an idea or two of how to convince a non-technie (or a new > sys admin) of how important this is... > > any ideas? Ask them if they would drive a car with no instuments or warning lights on the dash... When driving most of us glance periodically at the intrument display quite unconsiously, 99% of the time there is nothing of interest to note, but every now and again we get information that makes it worthwhile. Sometimes the information is critical (@#$% I'm nearly out of gas!). Or more usual we notice a trends "Hmmm... gas is getting low, better keep an eye out for a gas station..." Russell Fulton, Computer and Network Security Officer The University of Auckland, New Zealand --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: loganalysis-unsubscribeat_private For additional commands, e-mail: loganalysis-helpat_private
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