[PATCH] conf/nginx.conf: add example "privacy" log_format

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 10:27:42AM +0100, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:

> # HG changeset patch
> # User Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at eds.org>
> # Date 1609333908 -3600
> #      Wed Dec 30 14:11:48 2020 +0100
> # Node ID 0e6fb2161806a4c4e3df54e2ed6523aca7c70e23
> # Parent  82228f955153527fba12211f52bf102c90f38dfb
> conf/nginx.conf: add example "privacy" log_format
> 
> The standard log_formats store detailed information which falls under
> data regulations like the EU's GDPR and California's CCPA. This merge
> request adds a suggested "privacy" log_format that generates logs that
> cannot be used to identify users. This has been developed and used by
> Tor Project, Guardian Project, and F-Droid.
> 
> * 
> https://guardianproject.info/2017/06/08/tracking-usage-without-tracking-people
> * https://gitweb.torproject.org/webstats.git/tree/src/sanitize.py
> * https://f-droid.org/2019/04/15/privacy-preserving-analytics.html
> 
> diff -r 82228f955153 -r 0e6fb2161806 conf/nginx.conf
> --- a/conf/nginx.conf	Tue Dec 15 17:41:39 2020 +0300
> +++ b/conf/nginx.conf	Wed Dec 30 14:11:48 2020 +0100
> @@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
>       #log_format  main  '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] 
> "$request" '
>       #                  '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
>       #                  '"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';
> +    #log_format privacy '0.0.0.0 - - [$time_local] "$request" '
> +    #                   '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" "-"';
> 
>       #access_log  logs/access.log  main;

Thank you for your suggestion.  It is believed that existing 
examples on how to configure log format are enough.

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Maxim Dounin
http://mdounin.ru/