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RFC 6302: BCP 162: Logging Recommendations for Internet-Facing Servers

Best Current Practice

A. Durand
I. Gashinsky
D. Lee
S. Sheppard

June 2011
IETF publication
Internet Area

Abstract

In the wake of IPv4 exhaustion and deployment of IP address sharing techniques, this document recommends that Internet-facing servers log port number and accurate timestamps in addition to the incoming IP address. This memo documents an Internet Best Current Practice.

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RFC 6302: BCP 162: Logging Recommendations for Internet-Facing Servers

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