Is it reasonable to write logs to write-once media? -----Original Message----- From: Rick Magill [mailto:RSMAGILLat_private] Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 5:50 PM To: loganalysis Subject: Re: [logs] Due Diligence for Admission in Court I don't have a clue what the US laws may be with respect to the use of logs in court trials. But I do have a brother in law who is a Judge here in Canada. Last year we were having a beer and I brought up this topic as well as the more general use of 'electronic' evidence in trials and how could any court put any significant weight on it given how easy it is to forge or tamper with, etc. His reply, after finishing a good chuckle, is that they don't put all that much weight on it. What they do put weight on is the character of the individual who is presenting the evidence and their assurance that the record was accurate. After some reflection his point was obvious - records were even more easily tampered with in days gone before systems existed. All that systems have made easier is generating volumes of it. In terms of situations where data streams or logs are tampered with perhaps the question is better put to IT people - how can you/we testify to the accuracy of something when we know it can be tampered with and have we taken all steps possible to prevent the tampering. Regards Rick --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: loganalysis-unsubscribeat_private For additional commands, e-mail: loganalysis-helpat_private --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: loganalysis-unsubscribeat_private For additional commands, e-mail: loganalysis-helpat_private
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