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.
[11/Mar/2003:00:00:01 -1000] -- this is the date and time
of the request
"GET /index.html HTTP/1.0" -- this is the location
of the requested file on www.mhpcc.hpc.mil
200 -- this is the status code - 200 is OK - the request
was filled.
1138 -- this is the size of the file in bytes.
Googlebot/2.1 -- this identifies the type of browser software
used to access the page, which indicates what design parameters to use in constructing
the pages
+http://www.googlebot.com/bot.html -- this indicates the
last site the person visited, which indicates how people find www.mhpcc.hpc.mil
Requests for other types of information use similar information. No other user-identifying
information is collected.
