In most Pentests you might want to avoid permanently deleting the logfile, it might contain evidence of a hostile penetration of the client system. You could delete the file using the method below after saving a copy of the original logfile incase it is needed, or stop the IIS service modify the file and restart the service, with the below commands it takes about 10 seconds. net stop W3SVC copy logfile logfile.old find /V "yourIPaddress" logfile.old>OriginalLogfileName net start W3SVC del logfile.old -----Original Message----- From: julian1.lintonat_private [mailto:julian1.lintonat_private] Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 10:43 AM To: pen-testat_private Subject: Re: Clearing IIS logs I would just use the date command to change the date and IIS will create a new log base on the date u just created, then you can delete the old log and change the date back. work all the time... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus Security Intelligence Alert (SIA) Service. For more information on SecurityFocus' SIA service which automatically alerts you to the latest security vulnerabilities please see: https://alerts.securityfocus.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus Security Intelligence Alert (SIA) Service. For more information on SecurityFocus' SIA service which automatically alerts you to the latest security vulnerabilities please see: https://alerts.securityfocus.com/
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