RE: chat logs

["Hamish Stanaway" <koremeltdown () hotmail com>]

Hey there Melissa,

Reconnaisance of such inormation will have to be done on an individual 
basis. Firstly, parents will have to look at the individual chat programs 
that their children are using (building a list of possible chat programs to 
look for may help un-savvy parents e.g. yahoo messenger, msn messzenger, IRC 
etc). Parents actually talking to their children will also be useful, as 
there may have been chat apps used by the children that have since been 
deleted. Sometimes programs that have been deleted will leave behind their 
chat logs (e.g. msn messenger).
Once parents have listed down the applications that their children have been 
using to chat they can look at the individual logs. Again, listing defaul 
locations of logs, and explaining how to go through the settings to 
establish the location of logs stored in non-default locations.
I would suggest the best way to communicate this is ivia forum, so that 
other parents can ask questions, and communicate and "pull together" in what 
sounds like a bit of a scary time for everyone involved.
Hopefully the advice I have given will help you out some - good luck! :-)
If you need any further advice, please don't hesitate to let me know.

Kindest of regards,

Hamish Stanaway, Director

Absolute Web Hosting / -= KoRe WoRkS =- Internet Security
Auckland, New Zealand

http://www.webhosting.net.nz
http://www.buywebhosting.co.nz
http://www.koreworks.com




> From: "Melissa Fischer" <Melissa.Fischer () NorthMemorial com>
> To: <security-basics () securityfocus com>
> Subject: chat logs
> Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 13:52:11 -0500
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Received: from outgoing.securityfocus.com ([205.206.231.27]) by 
> mc2-f36.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Thu, 12 May 2005 
> 14:06:27 -0700
> Received: from outgoing.securityfocus.com by outgoing.securityfocus.com     
>      via smtpd (for mc2.bay6.hotmail.com [65.54.190.7]) with ESMTP; Thu, 
> 12 May 2005 14:06:28 -0700
> Received: from lists.securityfocus.com (lists.securityfocus.com 
> [205.206.231.19])by outgoing3.securityfocus.com (Postfix) with QMQPid 
> C2E7A2376FE; Thu, 12 May 2005 12:39:47 -0600 (MDT)
> Received: (qmail 11985 invoked from network); 12 May 2005 19:22:13 -0000
> X-Message-Info: JGTYoYF78jGkh/HeqIFPPNCEzxWvdk5uJLiNVH4FoDg=
> Mailing-List: contact security-basics-help () securityfocus com; run by ezmlm
> Precedence: bulk
> List-Id: <security-basics.list-id.securityfocus.com>
> List-Post: <mailto:security-basics () securityfocus com>
> List-Help: <mailto:security-basics-help () securityfocus com>
> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:security-basics-unsubscribe () securityfocus com>
> List-Subscribe: <mailto:security-basics-subscribe () securityfocus com>
> Delivered-To: mailing list security-basics () securityfocus com
> Delivered-To: moderator for security-basics () securityfocus com
> X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.5.2 Beta
> Return-Path: 
> security-basics-return-33920-koremeltdown=hotmail.com () securityfocus com
> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 May 2005 21:06:28.0146 (UTC) 
> FILETIME=[76B6A920:01C55736]
>
> Our community, Waconia, Minnesota has recently been the victims of
> threats against our children and schools.
> http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5399090.html
>
> The Emergency Response Task Force assigned to our case asked parents to
> go home and check their kids computers for any chats or emails with
> information.
>
> We are trying to find a document explaining where and what to look at
> to find any information.  We would like to post this on our school main
> page www.waconia.k12.mn.us for a resource for parents to use on how to
> find any information.  Can you tell me where to find this information?
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
>
>
> Melissa Fischer
> Database Administrator
> Data  and System Engineering
> North Memorial Health Care
> 763/520-1533
> melissa.fischer () northmemorial com