Today in Parliament

[James Firth]

Richard Clayton wrote:
> In article <00b401c8e82a$5cb90940$e57ea8c0@Jinja>, James Firth
> <james2@jfirth.net> writes
>
>>On a wider point, can anyone explain to me why (or indeed if they are)
>> ISPs
>>are required to capture Domain Name Service (DNS) lookup logs as part of
>>data retention legislation?
>
> We await the Communications Data Bill (or a statutory instrument that
> implements the Data Retention Directive)...
>
> ... but the existing ATCS voluntary scheme does not include DNS lookup
> logs (and indeed I doubt that many ISPs generate such logs)
>
>>  If so, what is supposed to happen if
>>subscribers choose to use their own or 3rd-party DNS servers?
>>
>>I ask the question because it is kind of obvious that ISPs need to keep a
>>log of which IP addresses were assigned to any subscriber at any given
>> point
>>in time.  I can see the argument for traceability.  But I can't see the
>>argument for DNS lookups.
>
> Who is making one ?
>

No-one to my knowledge is capturing 3rd party DNS requests, but I'm aware
of at least one service provider who captures and archives DNS logs from
their own servers.  In fact I though it was the norm and was the basis for
so many references by politicians to "... and websites visited..."

I'm sorry but I'm bound to confidentiality on who.