RE: Referer logs, and a httpd logging bug?

  Well, this would be an issue if Squid accepts the patch at all I guess.
We're not in Europe, and we don't use the info for anything related to
individuals anyways. We just like to see who links to us, and when we have
major traffic bursts where they come from.

-Jonathan

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On 8/20/99 at 7:36 PM Dave J Woolley wrote:

>> From: Jonathan Roy [SMTP:roy@idle.com]
>>
>> Yay, I have referer and user agent logging working. One of the real
>> developers might want to clean it up a little. I added an
>> emulate_extended_httpd_log option. It might make more sense to use
>> emulate_httpd_log with an extended_logging on/off option, not sure.
Where
>> should I sent a patch to? This list?
>>
> Please make sure that this is not on by default; it might
> also be worth adding a caveat to check on communications
> privacy legislation, as some interpretations of recent
> European directives would suggest that such data should not
> be collected by a service provider (generalising from telephony)
> unless strictly needed for operation and that any such data that
> is collected should be "de-personalised" at the earliest possible
> time.
>
> See http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/lif/dat/1997/en_397L0066.html
> for the European position on this sort of information in voice
> telephony.

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