> What's the CTC?
I was responding to a message from someone from the Cornell Theory Center.
Sorry, didn't meant to be confusing.
> I got it, and I for one would be interested (if I had had any idea that
> there was an AFS/Kerberos workshop at this year's Usenix, I would have
> gone).
Er, there isn't going to be one, to my knowledge. Usenix2000 wil have an AFS/
Kerberos *BOF*, but not a workshop. I don't believe Usenix is doing workshops
at this time.
I've proposed an AFS workshop for LISA, but have not yet heard any decisions.
But, perhaps we're just getting our nomenclature confused :-).
LISA is a subset of the Usenix conference suit. LISA conferences concentrate
on issues for systems and network administrators.
Like the other Usenix conferences, LISA offers both folks giving papers, and
tutorials (which are really classes). In addition, last year LISA started
organizing workshops.
The idea of a workshop is to tackle an issue or category of issues that might
be discussed in a BOF, but in a more formal session. Where BOFs are usually an
hour, maybe two, workshops are a full day long.
The proposal I've sent to the LISA co-ordinators for an AFS workshop is
flexible, but the idea I'm leaning towards right now is to combine folks giving
short papers with discussions on related topics. This would allow people to
present a talk about a new project, something in progress, or major problems
worked through (like would happen at an AFSUG) and also allow for discussions
in that area. An example, Ken, might be you offerering a paper about your K5
work which might be then followed by discussion of authentication issues.
I hope I've cleared up confusion. I also hope the proposal gets accepted :-).
e.
