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- From: fenner@postscript.cs.psu.edu (Bill Fenner)
- Subject: Re: UUCP mail processing ethics
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- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 08:14:39 GMT
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- In article <TNDJuB1w165w@1776.COM> bob@1776.COM (Robert Coe) writes:
- |fenner@postscript.cs.psu.edu (Bill Fenner) writes:
- |> Why would it be bad in your imaginary situation to keep logs of passthru
- |> mail?
- |
- |Assuming the Government searches your system, it should be more difficult for
- |them to hold you responsible for knowing what passed through your machine if
- |they can't show that you kept logs.
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- And if you didn't keep logs, they can just say "Everyone else keeps logs, so
- you must also, so you must have been aware of the material that passed through
- your machine and deleted the logs, so we'll confiscate your machines."
-
- Paranoid? Yes, just as so as your scenario. I'd say to keep logs, since it
- is invaluable when debugging problems and not keeping logs will almost
- definitely not hide you from the big bad feds.
-
- Bill
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