On Apr 24, 2018, at 9:53 AM, <[email protected]> 
<[email protected]> wrote:
> [Med] Sure, if the intent was to discuss logging in general. But, when it 
> comes to source ports in the context of address sharing, I’m adopting a 
> distinct approach: whenever a server decides to log the IP address for abuse, 
> it has to maintain a record of the source. Because otherwise, its records 
> won’t be useful in case an important address ratio is used.  
>  
> In other words, I don’t think we can mandate to a server if and when it has 
> to log source IP address.

That's correct.   But we can say "there are cases where it may be necessary for 
servers to log source ports; servers that support this functionality must be 
able to log source port in some cases and not log it in others," and then talk 
about when it's appropriate to log it and when it's not.   N'est ce pa?

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