Top 6 things to Avoid Logging

November 21, 2013 by Ajitesh Kumar · Leave a comment

Following are some of the things you may not want to write in the log file or write in masked form:

  1. Passwords (goes without saying)
  2. Database connection strings
  3. Encryption keys/access tokens
  4. Sensitive personal data
  5. Session identification value (must be masked)
  6. File Paths (consider masking)
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