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Logs Are a Crime Scene

When something breaks in, the logs are all you have. No logs, no story. Just a hole and a guess. Record who did what, and when. Enough to reconstruct the night. But never log the secret itself — a password in plaintex

When something breaks in,
the logs are all you have.

No logs, no story.
Just a hole and a guess.

Record who did what, and when.
Enough to reconstruct the night.

But never log the secret itself —
a password in plaintext
is the breach you wrote yourself.

See everything. Store nothing dangerous.

– Serguey Asael Shinder

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