EFF's Logfinder

clonebarkins writes "EFF has just released a new software tool called "logfinder" to help server admins find (and delete) unnecessary log files on their boxen. "By finding unwanted log files, logfinder informs system administrators when their servers are collecting personal data and gives them the opportunity to turn logging off if it isn't gathering information necessary for administering the system.""

Comments

I just made one, too

[Anonymous Coward]

locate log

Oh, yeah

[Otter]

God forbid professional sysadmins should be expected to understand how their services are configured and what files are being written. If I were a user on one of their systems, sendmail log files would be the least of my concern.

"Boxen"

[m_member]

Can I have a tool to locate and delete people who use the word 'boxen'? GPL preferably.

Re:neat

[e2d2]

Any tool could probably be used for evil. For instance I have a calendar on my wall. If I took it down and rolled it up, I could probably beat you half way to death with enough strong blows.

Re:Thanks EFF!

[flyingsquid]

As is always, that which helps to protect the innocent can be used to protect the *evil*."

Yeah, sure. You guys are so paranoid, next you're going to be telling me that the flesh-reanimation technology I've been working on can be used for evil too.

Re:Can't subpeona what doesn't exist?

[Threni]

> Once a month I clean out everything we don't need, including "email
> logs" and other stupid shit MS piles up in various places in the operating
> system. If/When the lawyers/cops come knocking, I can point to the policy
> and scheduled reminder and say "sorry, dont have that".

"...but if you'd have come yesterday you could have had 30 days worth".

I think I prefer the policy apparantly in place at www.cryptome.org, which is to delete all your logs every 24 hours.

Re:Thanks EFF!

[theguyfromsaturn]

Yeah, sure. You guys are so paranoid, next you're going to be telling me that the flesh-reanimation technology I've been working on can be used for evil too.

Sure can. My wife just used your invention to bring back to life her dead mother. That is nothing but pure evil, believe you me.

Re:Just what I needed....

[0x000000]

Slashdot won't do you no good for new vulnerabilities. They are always a few days late with the news, and most system admins will have patched by then!