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Best Worst Server Name Awards Compendium: Page 37 of 42

 

Submitted By: Poomba One
Server Function: OpenBSD firewall to surround PeopleSoft applications
Reasoning Behind Name: A scavenger which feeds on dung

Server Name: coprophage

 

Submitted By: Lauren Moore
Server Function: It was the personal workstation of a co-worker who also appreciated the name's ability to keep users from typing it into a telnet or ftp. Until I was driven to put up a DNS CNAME of "sissy".
Reasoning Behind Name: Named to reflect upon the thankless, never-ending tasks of a sysadmin
Server Name: sisyphus