[3563] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: log files (was: Re: dbts: Cryptographic Dog Stocks, The Dirigible Biplane, and Sending the Wizards Back to Menlo Park )
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Simmons)
Thu Oct 29 12:35:06 1998
To: cryptography@c2.net
From: scs@ans.net (Steve Simmons)
Date: 28 Oct 1998 23:13:04 GMT
Speak as one with *almost* as many years in the sys admin biz as Steve
Bellovin, I wholeheartedly second his comments on utility of logfiles
and traceability of (trans)actions. (And for those who don't know
who I am, a few minutes with my name, alta vista, and the word `LISA'
should find you plenty of references). The less tracability in a system,
the harder it is to maintain and debug. It doesn't matter what kind of
system, that's a general truth.
I'll also submit that the utility values of the various parts are open
to debate, but outside the scope of this list.
--
``Personally I wouldn't take advice on how to raise a child from
anyone unless maybe they had a child of their own old enough to get
picked up by the police a few times.''
Colin Lamb, email message <0041200001105735000002*@MHS>
