Ted,

Could you give me an example of when you think it would be appropriate to log 
source port and when it would not be?

Thanks,
daveor

> On 24 Apr 2018, at 16:26, Ted Lemon <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 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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