> Our Code of Ethics - a differentiator between our group and others - > provides guidance. https://lopsa.org/CodeOfEthics
Does it really? Other than from groups like "Anonymous" - which are not sysadmins - I don't know who you'd compare Lopsa to. Also there's not much differentiation from the current laws out there and the Lopsa CoE (except the CoE has no consequences). > "Privacy This is pretty well covered by the law in the wikileaks case - and note that you're talking internal government/military especially in this case. I'd hate to be the person if/when they find him. It's called "leaks" for just this reason. Someone broke a rule by giving the data out when they shouldn't have - what makes the CoE better than the law? And Lopsa can't claim that Lopsa members won't do it - if someone is going to break the law, a CoE isn't going to stop them. > Further, a series of DDOS attacks have resulted against various web > sites as a result of the Wikileaks disclosures. I hope we can all > agree that LOPSA expects every professional sysadmin out there to > 1. Be doing their best to defend their employer's sites against a DDOS > 2. Not engage in a DDOS against another site Point #1 should be covered by the job description, point #2 is generally covered by law. The CoE doesn't fit in really except by reiterating the same thing. -=- So this really brings up the first point: What sysadmin group out there is different than Lopsa? I'd love to see a (public) sysadmin group that condones the actions of leaks and retaliation. IMHO, the only kind of press release that Lopsa could do based solely upon the CoE/wikileaks is going to be one that is basically ignored and can be summed up as: "Lopsa doesn't support releasing confidential information and attacking/hacking other parties." Woop-de-doo. On the otherhand, anything different would definitely get picked up by the press, but then the consequences are pretty large. :-) But to continue the idea of a PR - what would the purpose of the press release be then? - Just be a one-off statement of indignation or support? - Differentiate Lopsa from another group? (who?) - Get media to inquire with Lopsa about sysadmin practices? (is wikileaks even a sysadmin problem??) Widely done press releases cost money, and everyone releases them all the time - people spend less time reading PRs than resumes for a entry-level MCSE position posted to monster. :-) PS: Before releasing any PR - Someone might want to get https://lopsa.org/joinup to work. :-) -- _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
