Re: Minimum Syslog Level Needed for Court Trial

[David Kovar <dkovar () gmail com>]

Greetings,

Part of the collection and forensic analysis process should include documenting the BIOS clock on the system, timezone 
settings, etc.

-David

On Dec 8, 2011, at 10:48 PM, Landron, Manuel wrote:

> Better be sure that date/timestamp is accurate though. 
>
> Manuel Landron
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 8, 2011, at 11:46 PM, "David Kovar" <dkovar () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > Greetings,
> >
> > The very short answer is that the court doesn't define the syslog level required for a log file to be accepted as 
> > digital evidence. A single line from a log file, collected in a forensically sound manner, and presented in context 
> > by a qualified expert, can be accepted as evidence.
> >
> > -David
> >
> > On Dec 8, 2011, at 10:16 PM, James.MacChlerie () gmail com wrote:
> >
> > > Good Day All,
> > >
> > > I am looking to see if any of you know what minimum syslog level needs to be set at to be presented as proper 
> > > evidence in a Court of Law?  If you know could please let me know and point me to specific references in the 
> > > Computer Forensics realm?  Thank you for your assistance.
> > >
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