Re: Retention of NAT translations and Connections

[Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks () VT EDU>]

On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:37:44 PST, Mike Iglesias said:
> The longer you keep logs, the more you open yourself up to discovery requests
> should a suit or other legal action arise.  The more data to go through, the
> more man hours it takes to do so.  I'm not saying to dump your logs as fast as
> possible, but you need to keep discovery in mind as well as why you need the
> logs in the first place (troubleshooting, monitoring, etc).
>
> You should sit down with your campus lawyer(s) and discuss this with them as
> well as asking for advice here.  They may have some important input to the
> process that you will need to keep in mind as you work this out.

What the heck, I just posted this URLa few seconds ago on a similar thread on
NANOG...

https://www.eff.org/wp/osp - Best Practices for Online Service Providers.

And what Mike said - take the EFF recommendations and run them past a lawyer
you paid to give you advice.   With luck, you'll find a policy that makes both the
EFF and your lawyer happy. :)

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