The following example illustrates what information is collected based on a standard request for a World Wide Web document:
- xxx.yyy.com - - [15/Aug/1999:00:00:01 -0500]
- "GET /usaec/new.htm HTTP/1.0" 200 6530
- "http://aec.army.mil/usaec/aechome.htm" "Mozilla/4.51 [en] (Win95; I)"
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xxx.yyy.com (or IP address) this is the host name (or IP address) associated with the requester (you as the visitor). 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 (ISP) assign different IP addresses for each session, so the domain name identifies only the ISP. The IP address will identify a specific computer if that computer has a fixed IP address.
[15/Aug/1999:00:00:01 -0500] this is the date and time of the request
GET /usaec/new.htm HTTP/1.0 this is the location of the requested file
200 this is the status code, "200" indicates a filled request
6530 this is the size of the requested file in bytes
http://aec.army.mil/usaec/aechome.htm the last site the person visited, which helps indicate how the user found the page
Mozilla/4.51 [en] (Win95; I) this identifies the type of browser software used to access the page and the operating system the software is running on
Requests for other types of documents use similar information. No other user-identifying information is collected.
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