* Seth Arnold sez: : > Now it occurs to me that someone could say, "Gee, how do we know that : > these logs haven't been altered?" : > : > What about a digital signature for each log? How would you go about : > this? I was thinking of using gpg (GNU Privacy Guard) but haven't : > gotten far enough to know how - and my reference book is the PGP book : > from O'Reilly and Associates. : : gpg (and pgp) are overkill for this application. Not necessarily. A service like stamper (locally implemented, e.g.)[1] saves the hassle the presentation of logfiles as evidence usually brings with it, or reduces it in a sufficient way to warrant the setup time. [1] http://www.itconsult.co.uk/stamper/stampinf.htm
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