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Date:      Thu, 01 Jun 2000 15:54:40 -0400
From:      Sean Michael Whipkey <highway@cstone.net>
To:        ML Duke <mlduke@concentric.net>
Cc:        Chad Day <cday@beachassociates.com>, "'freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: System intrusion
Message-ID:  <3936BF80.77E2301B@cstone.net>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10006011120570.458-100000@mlduke.concentric.net>

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ML Duke wrote:
> They didn't tell him, but I found out for him later, quite by
> accident, that computer log files are not admissable evidence in
> court (do _not_ take that as legal advice, it's strictly third
> hand information, though I have reason to trust the source).

According to our contacts when we got hacked, they're only admissible if
you can prove they weren't tampered.  So, basically, unless you're
writing logs to CD-R, you're S.O.L.

SeanMike

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