[Foundation-l] Release of squid log data

[Platonides]

Tim Starling wrote:
> For a while now, we've been releasing squid log data, stripped of 
> personally identifying information such as IP addresses, to groups at 
> two universities: Vrije Universiteit and the University of Minnesota. We 
> now have a request pending from a third group, at Universidad Rey Juan 
> Carlos in Spain. They are asking if they can have the full data stream 
> including IP addresses, and they are prepared to sign a confidentiality 
> agreement to get it.

Why do they need the ips?
What is the purpose of the data?

I don't see why personally identifying information could be needed other 
than to personally identify someone.
Given that you say ip's are not to be used as unique ids... Maybe 
they're going to proxyscan hundreds of ips to find out if they're proxies??

I'd like to see the request reasons :P


PS: The intercepted data would surely be useless but would the data 
stream with "personally identifying information" be vulnerable to a 
man-in-the-middle attack?