Comment by saidnooneever
2 months ago
people in 2026 still print out logs like this on rolls lf paper. cant be tampered. log tampering is a big issue for forensics. most programs do not have cryptographically verifiable logs.... and yes that wont be for all systems and all types of logs. but will take shittons of paper still to keep the records going back up to like 7+ years
we're talking about logs for finger here, not bank transactions
Well, the brainchild of YC Founder Robert Morris, the Morris Worm, exploited a zero-day in fingerd, so yes, after 1988, fingerd was extremely important for network security.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_worm
I'm not sure a hard copy would have particularly helped
FINGER IS VERY IMPORTANT!
ah my bad :D. i wasnt talkin about bank transactions but yeah :p not finger logs either haha.