Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!looking!funny-request From: bob@camb.com (Bob Tinkelman) Newsgroups: rec.humor.funny Subject: The Very Model of a Modern Network Architect Keywords: computer, smirk Message-ID: Date: 14 May 91 23:30:04 GMT Lines: 36 Approved: funny@looking.on.ca The following was written by one of my clients who is involved in a project to specify the architecture of his organization's data communications network for then upcoming decade or so. I am the very model of a modern network architect, I've information presentation, transport, session, Oh See Net, I know about the X.400, X.500 Standard set, I am the very model of a modern network architect. I carry all the data via integrated LAN and WAN, With gateways, bridges, routers I can form a Global Network plan, And clients talk to all their servers end-to-end with seamless ease, Assisted by creative use of APIs and RPCs. Protection of the network I achieve with great security, Through DES authentication I can send a message tamper-free, I verify the user with a cryptographic public key. And access to an object must be gained from my directory. I run the system from an integrated single-window view, And manage all financial transfers with a store-and-forward queue. In short, the many network layers I apply to great effect, I am the very model of a modern network architect. Lyrics by Dan Sullivan Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan -- Bob Tinkelman, Cambridge Computer Associates, Inc., 212-425-5830, bob@camb.com -- Edited by Brad Templeton. MAIL your jokes (jokes ONLY) to funny@looking.ON.CA Please! No copyrighted stuff. Also no "mouse balls," dyslexic agnostics, Iraqi driver's ed, Administratium, strings in bar or bell-ringer jokes.