This is a good topic for nanog-futures and not the main list since it's about the organization.
Kris On Jun 10, 2010, at 9:05 AM, Michael Dillon wrote: > I expect that the collected members of this list could do a good job > of defining some network security practices checklists. Now that NANOG > has been spun out as an independent entity, I would hate to see it > become just another conference organizer. In the recent past many > professions have learned how valuable a simple checklist is in > preventing errors and ensuring that work adheres to a certain > standard. > > So I am suggesting that NANOG take on the task of compiling and > publishing checklists for various areas of network operations. We > could have a NANOG wiki where people can publish, and work over, > suggestions for checklist topics and content. Then at the conferences, > a BOF-style meeting could hash out the official published versions. > > We could have an interesting debate on whether or not this would make > a difference and whether or not NANOG should take on this role. But I > hope that we are now at a point where we see that network sloppiness > and insecurity are becoming such major issues that action is needed. > Let's act first, and evaluate the usefulness of the work, later. > > --Michael Dillon >
