> I can see your point but what if one is an ISP and some government auditor > or whatever wants to see evidence dating back to two years? I'm certainly > not a lawyer but I've read horror stories where an ISP was asked to provide > records up to seven years back in the course of a fraud inquiry. Yup, those > DAT24 tapes are expensive...
I am an ISP and we have been served with a warrant to submit log files. At the time I only had 2 months worth of them. The FBI didn't bat an eye (they did wish we had more...) and took what we had. We still had to send my partner in to sit on the bench long enough to say "Yes this is our log file...". They do understand that it takes space and money. There is no law that says you have to keep log files. But if you DO have them, you have to provide them upon subpoena. The laws that exist say you have to save all files once alerted to a potential problem. You do not and should not hand them over until you have the court order to do so. But if you delete anything after you are told they will need them, you are now in just as much hot water as the person they are wanting to nail. Sheldon Sheldon Koehler, Owner/Partner http://www.tenforward.com Ten Forward Communications 360-457-9023 Nationwide access, neighborhood support! "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
