Information concerning the number of visitors* is collected for analytical and statistical purposes, such as assessing what information is of most and least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas.

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this government computer system employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.

Raw data logs will only be used to identify individual users and their usage habits for authorized law enforcement investigations or national security purposes. These logs are scheduled for regular destruction in accordance with National Archives and Records Administration Guidelines.

Unauthorized attempts to deny service, upload information, change information, or to attempt to access a non-public sites form this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under Title 18 of the U.S. Code to include the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1987 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.

If you have any questions or comments about the information presented here, please contact the 30th Space Wing Public Affairs Office at (805) 606-3595 or DSN 276-3595.

*Information collected from the 30th Space Wing for Statistical Purposes:

1.Individual web pages can be designed to gather and store information. In the case of the 30th Space Wing's public web site, the only information gathering of this type are the hit counters recording the total number of visitors to that particular page since the counter was last reset.

2.The web server software gathers and stores information in log files. By default, this information includes the following for every file the visitor views:

a. IP address of the visitor
b. File names accessed
c. Date and time of the access
d. Access method (i.e. did they view a page, did they post information to a form, etc)
e. URI stem (the path and file name of the files mnetioned above in "method")
f. HTTP status (status of the request, i.e. "200" for successful processing of the request)

3. In addition to the default information logged, the web server administrator can select options that will cause the server to log up to 14 other pieces of information (including user name, and a variety of other data).

4. The web server administrator can also choose options to specify how data is stored (i.e. does the log file contain data for one day, one week, monthly, or up to a specified file size) and determines where the logs are stored, if they are backed up, and how much of a history to maintain. The administrator also has the option of turning off logging completely.

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