[logs] Star Trek and Log Integrity

[chris.wee at loglogic.com]

It is so disappointing that even in the 24th century, computer logs are
not tamper-proof.

At least the logs are tamper-evident. Kelsey, et.al. showed us how in
1999
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=317089&coll=portal&dl=ACM

-chris

-----Original Message-----
From: loganalysis-bounces at loganalysis.org
[mailto:loganalysis-bounces at loganalysis.org] On Behalf Of Tina Bird
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 1:38 PM
To: loganalysis at loganalysis.org
Subject: [logs] Star Trek and Log Integrity


I can't believe we've been talking about log data on this list for what,
over 6 years now, and no one's ever brought it up.

The CBS network Web site provides episodes of classic TV shows for
viewing,
at the cost of 90 seconds of advertising breaks per episode:

http://www.cbs.com/video/?showname=classics/star_trek

There's no obvious way to link directly to an episode, but if you click
to
page 5, you'll see episode 20, "Court Martial," in which Captain Kirk is
proved innocent of a crew member's death after Spock is able to prove
that
the computer logs have been tampered with. I am *so* going to
incorporate
this into my logging tutorial :-)

enjoy -- tbird
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