Below is an example of the information collected based
on a standard request for a World Wide Web document:
xxx.yyy.com (or 123.123.23.12)-- this is
the host name (or IP address) associated with the
requester (you as the visitor). In this case, (....com)
the requester is coming from a commercial address.
Depending on the requester’s method of network
connection, the host name (or IP address) may or may not
identify a specific computer. Connections via many
Internet Service Providers assign different IP addresses
for each session, so the host name identifies only the
ISP. The host name (or IP address) will identify a
specific computer if that computer has a fixed IP
address.
[28/Jan/1997:00:00:01 -0500] -- this is the
date and time of the request
"GET index.html
HTTP/1.0" -- this is the location of the
requested file
200 -- this is the status code - 200 is OK -
the request was filled
1928 -- this is the size of the requested file
in bytes
Mozilla 3.0 -- this identifies the type of
browser software used to access the page, which indicates
what design parameters to use in constructing the pages
www.altavista.digital.com -- this indicates the
last site the person visited, which indicates how people
find our Web pages
Requests for other types of documents use similar
information. No other user-identifying information is
collected.
