You want to keep your own log files for legal/security purposes. If
there is an incident, the gatekeeper log is probably the only thing you
have that links activity on your site to a specific incoming user DN.
In most EU countries, *the resource owner* is responsible for all damage
originating from his/her site *unless* (s)he can provide evidence
tracing to the real culprit. VOs are not legal entities so it's not
enough to say "it was somebody from CMS".
JT
Antonis Zissimos wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> i was checking the APEL software and i was confused by the FAQ that is
> in the GOC site.
>
> Joseph L. Kaiser wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am not certain I am understanding correctly. Are you asking for a
>> backup of these log files so they can be recovered if lost or an archive
>> so that every transaction a gatekeeper records is kept and accessible in
>> some fashion, i.e. on disk and/or restored from backup? If we don't
>> need to archive, what is the the required lifetime of the log files?
>>
>> Rotated backups of these areas are easy. Keeping an archive for the
>> life of the LHC may not be, so please help me understand better.
>
>
> I see no answer in this post, so can someone explain why it is necessary
> to backup the log files? According to the APEL user guide the GOC and
> the site R-GMA MON box keeps all the necessary information in their
> databases. Is it only for backup purposes if the GOC fails and data is
> corrupted?
>
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