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How to anonymize logs before sharing?
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For me this typically involves doing a search&replace for my username, hostname, and IP addres(es)
This is the correct answer. Private IPs are less concerning (on noes now someone knows a network in my homelab is 10.0.0.1/24!) - but absolutely change public IPs in logs.
If it's necessary to reference external users/systems in multiple log files, I'll change the names to
user1,user2,server1,db2, etcThis can also be mitigated by using a username and/or hostname that doesn't leak private data.
No need to make your username your real name, or make your hostname contain anything more revealing than say "living room thinkpad"
Counterpoint: https://xkcd.com/910/
Also, both hostname and username might fit a company schema that you want to anonymize.